Mediagazer: Guns & Ammo columnist fired for suggesting Second Amendment limits after gun manufacturers threaten to pull ads (Ravi Somaiya/New York Times)

3:05 PM ET, January 5, 2014

Top News:

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Guns & Ammo columnist fired for suggesting Second Amendment limits after gun manufacturers threaten to pull ads — Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns — BARRY, Ill. — The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the country's pre-eminent gun journalists, has gone missing.

Discussion: Mediaite, @sacca, @tom_watson, @charlescwcooke, @michaelngraff, @glennf, @piersmorgan, @mckaycoppins, @nycsouthpaw, @jimmy_wales, @ericboehlert, Business Insider, The Rural Blog and Pressing Issues

Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:

In the run-up to the Great Recession, accountability journalism saw the story that access journalism missed — In the run-up to the Great Recession, accountability journalism saw the story that access journalism missed — (Christopher Anderson via Magnum Photos)

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @jayrosen_nyu and @jayrosen_nyu

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Ezra Klein Speculation Creates Delicate Situation In Washington Post Newsroom — NEW YORK — In fall 2006, John Harris and Jim VandeHei were growing restless at the The Washington Post. — So the two political journalists began meeting privately with potential investors to launch an online site …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, @jayrosen_nyu, American Spectator, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Capital New York, The Week, Mediaite and Politico

Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:

You don't tip competitors on Twitter; you beat them — You can't get scooped because competition gets tipped to a story when you tweet about it. Your tweets already scooped the competition. — A Digital First engagement editor who's been teaching colleagues how to use Twitter got these questions from a veteran reporter:

Discussion: @becj2k, @dangillmor, @palafo, @jayrosen_nyu and @macloo

Alan Feuer / New York Times:

NYPD's John Miller has a long history of moving between journalism and government jobs — Bratton and Miller Back in Blue for Round 3 — Minutes after the news conference last month announcing that he would serve a second term as New York City's police commissioner …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, @moorehn, @dangillmor, @mikehuckman, @alanfeuer and @jonathanwald

George Lewis / Galapagos Digital:

Jeff Bezos flown from cruise in Galapagos islands by Ecuadorian navy after kidney stone attack — Billionaire Bezos Flown out of Galápagos — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of the popular Amazon.com shopping website and current owner of the Washington Post …

Discussion: CNBC, Business Insider, Mashable, @sai, @bensherwoodabc, NYT Bits, Gawker, The Verge, GeekWire, Latest News & Headlines, Re/code, New York Magazine and NBCNews

Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:

CBS Tests Twitter Rules By Placing Film Critic's Tweet In An Ad — On Saturday, the print edition of the New York Times carried a full-page ad for the movie Inside Llewyn Davis with a single tweet by A.O. Scott, a film critic for the newspaper. — While he tweeted the words of praise …

Discussion: Gothamist, The Wire, @aoscott, @aoscott, Deadline.com, @poniewozik, Mediaite, JIMROMENESKO.COM and The Wrap, Thanks:@owenthomas

Maggie Mahar / healthinsurance.org:

Anatomy of an Obamacare ‘horror story’ — Texas daily went digging for victims of the ACA and Surprise! Reporter unearthed three Tea Partiers who hate the new law. — For months, health reform's opponents have been feasting on tales of Obamacare's innocent victims …

Discussion: @stevebuttry, @yelvington, @jrovner, @dankennedy_nu, @robpegoraro and @dangillmor

Randall White / Publishers Weekly:

Publisher says it's alive and prospering nearly two years after pulling its books from Amazon — Life After Amazon — A publisher has no regrets after cutting ties to the online retailer — In January 2012, one of the sales representatives for my company, Educational Development Corp. …

Matt Asay / ReadWrite:

The BBC's Social Media Problem With Sherlock — I'm not an information anarchist. I don't start from the premise that all information must be free. Or even that the availability of content necessitates it being open to all on equal terms. I collect a paycheck and believe others should …

Rap Genius:

Rap Genius begins to recover its Google search ranking, details SEO strategies, apologizes — Rap Genius is Back on Google — It takes a few days for thiAnnotatengs to return to normal, but we're officially back! First of all, we owe a big thanks to Google for being fair and transparent …

Discussion: Gawker, @fredericl, @stevesi, @bhorowitz, @dannysullivan, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Yahoo! News, SEO Book, The Verge, Search Engine Land, Forbes, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, Business Insider, The Switch and Re/code

Ed Christman / Billboard:

As streaming grows, digital music sales decreased in 2013, the first time since iTunes launch — Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time in 2013 — For the first time since the iTunes store opened its doors, the U.S. music industry finished the year with a decrease in digital music sales.