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4:20 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 …

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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.

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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.

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Jeff Jarvis / Guardian:
The new New York Times: making the concept of redesign obsolete

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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 …

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 …

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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 …

Associated Press:

Guatemala prez drops complaint against journalist — GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina says he and his vice president have dropped criminal complaints against a newspaper director they accuse of blackmail and harassment. — Molina said Friday it will be up to a tribunal …

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.

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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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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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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Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat:
Facebook killing ‘sponsored stories’ in April — but your name may still show up next to ads

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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.

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Hugo Lindgren Named Acting Editor of Hollywood Reporter — Hugo Lindgren, who stepped down as editor of The New York Times Magazine in November, will become acting editor of The Hollywood Reporter for the next three months, according to a Twitter post by Janice Min, who held that job before being promoted.

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