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9:05 AM ET, January 1, 2014

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Press Gazette:
Defamation Act comes into force today with ‘serious harm’ now needed for claims to succeed  —  The long-awaited Defamation Act 2013 comes into force today bring sweeping changing to the law of libel.  —  The act introduces a “new serious harm threshold” designed to help people understand …
Reuters:
Egypt's top prosecutor detains Al Jazeera journalists for 15 days  —  Egypt's general prosecutor on Tuesday detained several journalists for 15 days for broadcasting graphics on the Qatar-based Al Jazeera channel that damaged the country's reputation.  —  Al Jazeera's Cairo offices …
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Capital:
Mossberg and Swisher relaunch as Re/Code  —  It's styled as and in a message to the anxiously awaiting crowds who wanted to see what Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher did with AllThingsD when they migrated the franchise from The Wall Street Journal to NBC, they tell us: “While we think tech news is important …
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AllThingsD:
Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher reflect on AllThingsD, tease new company launching January 2  —  You Say Goodbye and We Say Hello  —  This is the last day of the All Things Digital site, which began life in April of 2007 as a year-round extension of the D conference we launched in 2003.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Could the N.Y. Times have saved ‘60 Minutes’?  —  The New York Times was partly responsible for taking down “60 Minutes” in November after its botched Benghazi segment, but it also could have saved the program had the Times run its exhaustive new report on the attacks in Benghazi when it was first ready this summer.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Rethinking TV news, Part I: What's broken, what's possible  —  Most TV news sucks.  But I don't want to dwell on that.  —  I'd like to see TV news be reinvented, yet I'm astounded so little innovation is occurring in the medium.  That could be because TV news is still in better financial shape than print.
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Chinese Search Giant Baidu Fined for Copyright Infringement  —  The crackdown comes as China tries to rid itself of the stigma of rampant piracy and establish a healthy Internet video market.  —  China's largest search engine, Baidu Inc., and Shenzhen-based technology firm QVOD …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
For newspaper stocks, 2013 was a surprisingly good year  —  Despite yet another year of falling revenues, publicly traded newspaper companies saw their share prices rise sharply during 2013.  —  Yes, the overall market was strong — with the S&P index up 29.5 percent and the Dow Jones up 26.5 percent.
Susan Stellin / New York Times:
District Judge Upholds Government's Right to Search Electronics at Border  —  The government's right to search travelers' electronic devices at the border was upheld in a ruling released by a federal judge on Tuesday, which dismissed a lawsuit challenging this policy.
John Borland / Wired:
GlobaLeaks project powers key web sites underpinning the growing whistleblowing movement  —  Whistleblowing Rippling into New Corners  —  HAMBURG - Edward Snowden is on the run.  Chelsea Manning is in prison.  Julian Assange is in limbo, otherwise known as the Ecuadorian embassy in London
Andrew Longstreth / Reuters:
Justice Department defends Apple monitor in e-books case  —  (Reuters) - A bitter battle between Apple Inc and a lawyer appointed to monitor its compliance with a court antitrust ruling escalated on Monday, as the U.S. government and the monitor both hit back at Apple.
Paul Vitello / New York Times:
John Dominis, a Star Life Magazine Photographer, Dies at 92  —  John Dominis, a Life magazine photographer who was known for capturing celebrities, wild animals and presidents at their unguarded best, and who was caught off guard himself while taking his most famous picture …
 
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
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