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12:15 AM ET, January 11, 2014

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David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Fox's War Against Ailes Biographer  —  Fox News has been uncharacteristically quiet about the upcoming tell-all Roger Ailes biography, but the media empire seems to have been doing secret investigative work on writer Gabriel Sherman.  —  The book is nearly out.  Now comes the battle.
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
CNN's Jeff Zucker Fires Back at Fox News' Roger Ailes  —  Former NBC exec also says deals with Jay Leno, Ann Curry not in the cards  —  CNN chief Jeff Zucker fired back at Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes on Friday, saying his understanding is that an upcoming Ailes biography …
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Is The Times Giving Proper Credit on the Christie-Bridge Story?  —  The explosive story surrounding Gov. Chris Christie this week is bringing well-deserved praise to the newspaper, The Record, in northern New Jersey, which has been chipping away at it for months.
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
For Bergen Record's reporting, public records requests are ‘the go-to tool’  —  Following months of reporting, The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record broke the news Wednesday that a senior member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's staff ordered lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, and they had the emails to prove it.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
The New York Times website redesign is great, as far as it goes — which isn't very far  —  Having worked for many years on the web side of a large national newspaper, I know that a website redesign is a huge undertaking — and it must be even more gigantic and time-consuming when you are the New York Times, with all that that implies.
Discussion: Subtraction.com
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Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
Study: Nearly Half of Americans Tune to Other Devices While Watching TV  —  Findings from CES and NATPE indicate millennials are most frequent multitaskers, while a majority don't find it makes for an enjoyable viewing experience.  —  A new study indicates that nearly half of all Americans employ …
Discussion: TVWeek.com and Kirk LaPointe's …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
TV Viewers Aren't Thrilled with Second-Screen Synchronized Content, Study Finds
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Supreme Court to Hear Aereo Case  —  The Supreme Court has granted review to broadcasters' challenge to the legality of startup Aereo, in a case that may not only determine the future of digital streaming of station signals but of network television itself.  —  Without comment …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Facebook hit with lawsuit over “Like” ads - user says he never “Liked” USA Today  —  A Colorado man who claims Facebook falsely told his friends that he “Liked” USA Today has filed a lawsuit seeking at least $750 for himself and every other user who appeared in ads for products they never endorsed.
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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
LivingSocial CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy to Resign  —  Tim O'Shaughnessy, a co-founder and the CEO of LivingSocial, on Friday told the staff of his daily deals company he planned to step down.  —  The news was first reported by the Washington Business Journal and confirmed by Re/code.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
How a London news agency became the fifth biggest news provider in the world on YouTube  —  The most popular UK news provider on YouTube at present isn't ITN, Press Association or The Guardian.  It's a comparatively little known agency called Barcroft Media.
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Why is Yahoo bad at being a tech company?  It doesn't want to be one.  —  “Media has long been one of Yahoo's key strengths,” Yahoo President and CEO Marissa Mayer told a room full of techies at CES this week.  And Yahoo's talent investments over the past year, like recruiting Katie Couric …
Discussion: The Switch
David Sirota / PandoDaily:
Anti-SOPA coalition launches day of action against the NSA  —  Almost exactly two years after national protests defeated the so-called Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and one year after information activist Aaron Swartz took his own life, Washington is in the midst of another fight about democratic freedoms …
Joshua Hollis / Wannabe Hacks:
Can student media fill a gap left by closing local papers?  —  “No I'm sorry; we don't speak to student journalists.”  Hands up who has ever run up against this brick wall of polite (and often apologetic) indifference in your journalistic endeavours.  I certainly have, and it can be one of …
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Wheeler Adds Chief Economist, Cybersecurity Counsel  —  Pair come with plenty of Washington experience  —  FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has added a chief economist and chief counsel for cybersecurity to his senior staff.  —  His new chief economist comes with a resume that should prepare …
Michael Rondon / Folio:
Southern Weddings to provide print, digital content for Southern Living's bridal channel  —  Southern Weddings to provide print, digital content for SL's bridal channel.  —  Southern Living has produced bridal content before, but Time Inc.'s regional lifestyle brand chose to partner …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Automated recommendation engines Taboola and Outbrain supply links on many major news websites  —  You'll never believe how recommended stories are generated on otherwise serious news sites  —  In its top story Tuesday, Politico.com covered the Senate's jockeying over a bill to extend unemployment benefits.
Discussion: @nnall and @dabeard
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Time Inc. shake-up: Hackett out at People, replaced by E.W.'s Cagle  —  Larry Hackett, the longtime editor of People magazine, is leaving parent company Time Inc. and will be replaced by Jess Cagle, the editor of sister title Entertainment Weekly.  —  Cagle also assumes the role …
 
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Joe Strupp / Media Matters for America:
Washington Post Will Fill Vacant Reader Rep Role, But Not Revive Ombudsman
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Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: Bleacher Report and Forbes
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Citing Jana Winter, Colo. lawmaker proposes strengthening state's shield law
Sam Laird / Mashable:
International Olympic Committee Won't Police the Internet in Sochi
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Telegraph Media Group made record £60m profit last year
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