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10:35 AM ET, January 9, 2014

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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Barnes & Noble Reports Steep Drop in Holiday Sales  —  Barnes & Noble, the nation's last remaining major bookstore chain, experienced steep sales declines in its digital division during the nine-week holiday period, the company announced on Thursday.  —  Revenue in the Nook division …
Discussion: MarketWatch, Reuters and CNET
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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
NYT redesign: an end to page breaks in articles and a focus on tablets and subscribers  —  ‘New York Times’ Website Redesign Goes Back to the Future  —  The New York Times has rolled out its largest website redesign in seven years, but readers familiar with the newspaper might feel like it's a step back in time
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Roger Ailes Fights Back: CNN ‘Out of News Business’; Megyn Kelly Critics ‘Jealous’; Dismisses New Book (Q&A)  —  Roger Ailes, like his Fox News Channel, is as divisive as he is successful.  The chairman and CEO of the de facto victor in cable news' ratings war, whose colorful professional past includes …
Discussion: Capital New York, TVNewser and Gawker
William Wan / Washington Post:
China renews Western journalists' visas after months-long standoff  —  BEIJING — Several Western journalists who faced expulsion from China were issued renewed visas by the Chinese government Thursday, ending a months-long standoff with the government.  —  But China is still on track …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Dominic Rushe / Guardian:
Arianna Huffington teams with Berggruen Institute, will launch global news site during Davos  —  Arianna Huffington announces launch of World Post news website  —  The 1% are about to get their own publication.  The digital media titan Arianna Huffington and the billionaire investor Nicolas Berggruen …
Olzhas Auyezov / Reuters:
UAE frees American jailed for YouTube parody video  —  (Reuters) - An American citizen was released from jail in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday after serving nine months for posting a parody video on YouTube, his family said.  —  Shezanne Cassim, 29, was sentenced to a year in prison …
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and NY Daily News
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Nat Geo to Air Live Special From International Space Station (Exclusive)  —  The cable network, focusing more on event programming, has also ordered a second outing for “Inside Combat Rescue” and scheduled “Miracle Landing on the Hudson” for summer.  —  Nat Geo's Howard T. Owens
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Excerpt from the new biography of Fox News exec Roger Ailes, “The Loudest Voice in the Room”  —  Citizen Ailes  —  When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values.  Guess what happened next?
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Josef Adalian / New York Magazine:
Has Jeff Zucker Made CNN Better?  —  It's been a year since Jeff Zucker took over CNN, and so far, the worst fears of veteran Zucker Watchers have not materialized.  The former NBC chief — who was widely blamed, fairly or not, for running the Peacock network into the ground …
Discussion: Barron's Online
Nic Hodges / Press Gazette:
Australia: Media buyer warns that if ‘clickbait’ replaces great stories - advertisers will move elsewhere  —  Head of innovation and technology at MediaCom Australia Nic Hodges looks at the rise of paywalls Down Under and explains why ‘clickbait’ tactics from publishers could be a turn-off for advertisers.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Last pink Observer to be published in March  —  The New York Observer's radical redesign, first reported by Capital, is now scheduled to debut in late March.  —  The makeover was originally scheduled to debut next month, but sources familiar with the plans told us it's been pushed back.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Warner Brothers and Lukup Media partner for Indian on-demand channel  —  Warner in Digital Link Up With India's Lukup  —  MUMBAI — Bangalore-based digital content platform Lukup Media has partnered with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to launch an as-yet-unnamed on-demand channel in India.
Discussion: Rapid TV News and CIOL
Daniel D'Addario / Salon:
Post-Stelter, has the New York Times changed its tack on Lauer's “Today”?  —  “Presumed,” says very strange N.Y. Times piece  —  The New York Times, on Monday, published the most stunning piece of meta-journalism since Janet Malcolm met Joe McGinniss.  And it's all about the newspaper's former punching bag Matt Lauer.
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Glasgow's Herald trumpets success of metered paywall with more subscribers online than in print  —  Digital subscriptions for the Glasgow based Herald & Times group now outstrip those in print, the publisher has claimed.  —  The newspaper group began charging for access to the HeraldScotland website …
David S. Cohen / Variety:
FCC Chairman Voices Clear but Cautious Support for Net Neutrality  —  CES 2014: Tom Wheeler says commission will act if markets get out of balance  —  Speaking at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler offered cautious but clear support for net neutrality.
Bridie Jabour / Guardian:
Nauru to increase visa cost for journalists from $200 to $8,000  —  The new fee, which is not refundable if an application is rejected, will come into force in the next few days  —  Journalists will be charged $8,000 to apply for a visa, even if it is rejected, to visit the island of Nauru …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Ipso, the new press regulator, is just the PCC with extra bells and whistles  —  Ipso is a creature of the publishers in which they will continue to hold the strings - including the purse-strings  —  At last, the new press regulator is emerging from the shadows.
Discussion: @michaelwhite
 
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Paul Sawers / The Next Web:
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Michael Rondon / Folio:
With Stock Price Plummeting, Dolan Appoints Chief Restructuring Officer
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Leadership Change May Signal New Start for Billboard Magazine
Jack Shafer:
Buzz off, Waxman — Congress can't tell a newspaper how to do business
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
Advance subsidiary Reddit licensed its logo for use on AR-15 rifles
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Beth Healy / Boston Globe:
Globe publisher Christopher Mayer to step down
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post Seeking Ezra Klein's Replacement
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
USA Today apologizes for lifting weather map
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and @mattbors
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Sales of Online Movies Jumps; DVDs Continue to Decline
Discussion: CNET, ParisLemon, BGR and @benfritz
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
AMA: How a Weird Internet Thing Became a Mainstream Delight