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6:40 PM ET, January 14, 2014

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Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules, agency may appeal  —  An appeals court in Washington on Tuesday ruled that the FCC's “net neutrality” rules, which prevent companies like Verizon from favoring some types of internet traffic over others, are invalid.
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality  —  The principle behind the phrase “net neutrality” is that internet service providers of all kinds should treat data flowing over the open internet equally, without giving preferential treatment to data from one provider or platform.
Brent Kendall / Digits:
Net Neutrality Ruling: What the Key Passages Mean
Erik Wemple:
Politico's Mike Allen gives flattering coverage to Roger Ailes and Fox News  —  Politico's Mike Allen and Fox News PR  —  In Sunday's edition of “Playbook,” Politico's Mike Allen included a massive excerpt of the new biography of Fox News chief Roger Ailes by journalist Gabriel Sherman …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Capital New York
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Washington Post, Politico Editors To Meet After Bombshell Mike Allen Reports  —  NEW YORK — Politico editor-in-chief John Harris and chief executive Jim VandeHei are expected to visit The Washington Post on Wednesday to discuss the paper's recent scrutiny of chief White House correspondent Mike Allen …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Howard Kurtz Lied About Business Ties To Fox News Contributor  —  Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz has repeatedly claimed, most famously during a live interrogation on CNN, that his relationship with Fox News contributor Lauren Ashburn amounted to a “limited venture” for which the MediaBuzz host …
Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook:
Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million  —  With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well.  —  Oyster, which gives customers access to more than 100,000 books for $10 a month, has raised $14 million in a new round of financing.
Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Study shows decline in news quality at Times-Picayune since shift to digital, cut in print schedule  —  Tracking digital-era news quality declines  —  A Tulane student project tracks the Times-Picayune before and after a digital overhaul  —  When the New Orleans Times-Picayune announced …
Discussion: Poynter
Lucia Moses / Adweek:
Skimping on Fees and Avoiding Journalists: Are Publishers Doing Native on the Cheap?  —  From publishers to creative agencies to writer networks, many seem to be making money from native advertising.  But one group that doesn't always share equally in the booty is journalists.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
With Knight funding, Solutions Journalism Network wants to grow reporting on positive results in health reporting  —  The Solutions Journalism Network wants to help newsrooms change how they report on problems in the community.  As its name would imply, it wants to outlets find ways to report on solutions …
Caysey Welton / Folio:
B&N: Flat Bookstore Sales Overshadowed by Grim NOOK Returns  —  NOOK's overall revenue down 60.5 percent from 2012.  —  Barnes & Noble released its 2013 nine-week holiday revenues report, showing earnings of $1.1 billion—a 6.6-percent decrease when compared to the previous holiday period.
Discussion: Publishers Weekly
Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:
AP's Carvin: News Battle Near For Twitter, FB  —  Twitter and Facebook are setting themselves up for a battle for news supremacy among social media networks.  Twitter, though, holds the upper hand, according to Eric Carvin, social media editor at the Associated Press.
Emma McGarthy / Press Gazette:
Boston Globe's Jeff Moriarty joins UK's Johnston Press as chief digital and product officer  —  Johnston Press appoints new chief digital and product officer  —  Johnston Press has today announced the appointment of American born Jeff Moriarty as chief digital and product officer.
Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC news chief: problems facing local newspapers ‘not our fault’  —  James Harding responds to calls for BBC to rein in coverage, telling press to focus on web rivals such as Google or Facebook  —  James Harding, the BBC News director, believes the corporation has an obligation to deliver local news …
Discussion: BBC and Kirk LaPointe's …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL Sells Winamp And Shoutcast For $5-10M To Radionomy, Takes 12% Stake In Belgian Digital Audio Company  —  Returning from the brink of death, music services Winamp and Shoutcast are now officially with a new owner: Digital audio business Radionomy has acquired the both media player and radio platform from AOL.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Financial Times launches Samsung Smart TV app  —  Financial Times videos are now available via an application to televisions viewers who have a Samsung Smart TV.  —  The app shows the latest FT video, including analysis and coverage of stories and issues in politics, business and finance.
Discussion: Financial Times
Reuters:
Deezer in talks with Samsung, Dailymotion with Microsoft - paper  —  (Reuters) - French online music group Deezer is studying a commercial and industrial agreement with Korean electronics group Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which might also take a stake in its capital, a French weekly said.
Discussion: Gigaom and hypebot
Liz Gannes / Re/code:
Infographic-on-Demand Site Visually Gets $8.1 Million More  —  Visually, an online market for infographics and other visual content, has raised $8.1 million in Series A funding led by Crosslink Capital, a round that had been previously partially disclosed.  The company says it has 100,000 creatives …
Discussion: TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Time Inc. hires CTO from Amazon, and in 2013 made offer of less than $200m for Forbes  —  As It Preps for Spinoff, Time Inc. Hires CTO from Amazon  —  As it gets ready to say goodbye to Time Warner, Time Inc. has brought in someone with digital chops to the top of the company's org chart …
 
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Digital Dealmaker Zander Lurie Leaves Guggenheim
Discussion: Variety
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Netflix is eyeing Germany and France for international expansion
Discussion: WebProNews
Jim Romenesko:
Poynter lost $1,747,581 in 2012, according to newly posted documents
Discussion: Gawker
Steve Volk / Philadelphia Magazine:
Inquirer Ownership Battle: “Darling ... Eliminate the Daily News”
Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
“Don't Tase Me, Bro” Dude Has a New Journalism Job
Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail announces deal with talkSPORT radio
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Jon Passantino / BuzzFeed:
DirecTV Drops The Weather Channel In Dispute Over Carriage Fees
Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
Newspaper PDF replica service bets on future of print-style digital reading
Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Protecting a Source, James Risen Takes His Case to the Supreme Court
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The Boston Globe nicks a page from the OC Register playbook and pushes subscribing as a civic good
Discussion: @jamescridland and @jcstearns