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2:50 PM ET, January 9, 2015

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New York Times:
Police Storm Two Hostage Sites, Killing Charlie Hebdo Suspects  —  PARIS — French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of murdering 12 people at a Paris newspaper on Wednesday and freed his hostage unharmed, the authorities said.  The police launched a simultaneous raid …
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Tom Kludt / CNN Money:
BBC scraps old guidance and runs image of Mohammed  —  The BBC ran Charlie Hebdo's controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammed on Thursday night, a move that flew in the face of editorial guidance that the network now says is outdated.  —  The images ran on the BBC's “Ten O'Clock News” …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo to publish ‘Le journal des survivants’ on 14 January  —  Surviving staff hold first meeting since terrorist attack, as French government and companies including Vivendi, Publicis and Canal+ pledge financial support  —  Charlie Hebdo plans to publish a “journal des survivants” …
Angeline Benoit / Bloomberg:
Algerian Offers to Buy Charlie Hebdo to Defend Freedom  —  Rachid Nekkaz gave up French citizenship, put off by what he sees as the nation's anti-Muslim policies.  Now his attachment to the country's values is prompting him to offer to invest in Charlie Hebdo, the satirical weekly ravaged by an Islamist massacre this week.
Guardian:
Guardian Media Group pledges £100,000 to sustain Charlie Hebdo's publication, sees no need to publish its cartoons
Erin Polgreen / Talking Points Memo:
Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support The Artists You're Exploiting
Nick Denton / Gawker:
Gawker to focus less on viral traffic, limit bonus to writers whose posts editor and colleagues deem worthy  —  What is to be done?  —  Gawker's new editorial supremo has replaced the traffic chart that used to greet visitors to the Fourth Floor, the library-like space in the company's headquarters on Elizabeth Street.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Jack Shafer Joins Politico  —  NEW YORK — Media critic Jack Shafer is joining Politico to write a regular column on the press and politics as well as feature-length articles, according to a staff memo obtained by The Huffington Post.  —  Politico editor Susan Glasser described Shafer as …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
One year in, The Information sticks to subscription model  —  In late 2013, former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin turned heads with the launch of The Information, a tech site that ditched ads for a $399 per year subscription.  —  The move was risky: Most publishers on the Web …
Discussion: @rafat, @digiday and @simonowens
David Friend / The Canadian Press:
Canada's Postmedia lost $10.3M in Q1, revenue down 12.6%, print ad sales dropped 20%, digital revenue up 3%  —  Postmedia losses narrow in first quarter  —  Falling print advertising revenues weighed heavily on the latest results from Postmedia Network Canada Corp. as the newspaper publisher reported …
Discussion: Castanet.net and j-source.ca
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Maggie Haberman leaves huge hole at Politico, moves to New York Times  —  Politico eminence Maggie Haberman just announced her departure for the New York Times: … As reported previously in this space, Politico has been shedding staffers at a stunning rate — about 25 percent of its people left over the course of 2014.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
London Evening Standard to cut more than a dozen editorial roles  —  Managing editor apologises for unfortunately-timed email about redundancies reaching staff as they returned from Charlie Hebdo church service  —  The London Evening Standard is axing more than a dozen editorial roles, affecting a number of veteran senior staff.
Kevin Donovan / Toronto Star:
Canada's Global TV anchor Leslie Roberts suspended amid probe of ties to secret PR firm  —  Global TV anchor Leslie Roberts suspended  —  TV anchor Leslie Roberts has secretly been part owner of a small public relations firm whose clients appear on his show.
 
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