Mediagazer: Neil Young's PonoPlayer promises high-res audio, but with no discernible sound improvement and massive file sizes, it's not worth the $400 price tag (Mario Aguilar/Gizmodo)

1:20 PM ET, January 13, 2015

Top News:

Despite free speech protests, French authorities investigating comedian Dieudonné for offensive remark — French comedian Dieudonné faces inquiry over ‘Charlie Coulibaly’ remark — Controversial comic who invented ‘quenelle’ gesture combined names of magazine and gunman on Facebook post

Discussion: @lex_looper, @ggreenwald and @epic_morphism

Austin Hunt / BuzzFeed:
Here's Who Is And Isn't Publishing The New Charlie Hebdo Cover Image

Discussion: Guardian, Mashable, Flatworld, Poynter, Hit & Run, Yahoo! News, Talking Points Memo, BillMoyers.com, @mattwelch, @tomgara, @passantino, @mlcalderone, @miriamelder and mUmBRELLA

Sophie Louet / Reuters:
First print run of this week's Charlie Hebdo will be 1M copies, compared to normal 60K; 2M more possible

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal, @timobrien, Washington Post, The Wrap, Associated Press and Talking Points Memo

Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Charlie Hebdo's Wednesday edition to include Prophet Mohammed cartoons

Discussion: Adweek, New York Times, USA Today, Poynter, The Dish, Latest News & Headlines, CNNMoney.com, @ericuman, @szanajafi, @imbimallick, @raju, @mirandachale, The Huffington Post, Gawker and Guardian

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

By refusing to compete with sites like Business Insider for ad dollars, Quartz hopes to build a profitable news business — Quartz's Digital Media Strategy Begins to Crystallize — When Atlantic Media introduced business-news publication Quartz in September 2012, it spent about $10 million on the launch …

Discussion: @mhbergen, @jayrosen_nyu, @raju, @miamabanta, @kevinjdelaney, @zseward, @nwquah and @marklittlenews

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Publisher Macmillan Signs On With E-Book Subscription Services Oyster And Scribd — Macmillan, one of the “Big Five” book publishers in the United States, is making its titles available on subscription e-book services Oyster and Scribd, starting today. — The news isn't exactly a surprise …

Discussion: Mediashift, Publishers Weekly, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Bookseller News, Digital Book World and Mashable

Knight Foundation:

Columbia University's Tow Center gets $3M Knight grant to fund newsroom innovation research — Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism to foster news innovation with $3 million in new support from Knight Foundation — Recruitment for new Knight News Innovation Fellows begins this month

Discussion: @susanemcg, @rosental, @knightfdn, @emilybell and @towcenter

Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:

Neil Young's PonoPlayer promises high-res audio, but with no discernible sound improvement and massive file sizes, it's not worth the $400 price tag — Don't Buy What Neil Young Is Selling — Neil Young's “high resolution” PonoPlayer goes on sale for $400 today. You shouldn't buy it.

Discussion: RAIN News, Business Insider, New York Post, @scottgum, @jyarow, @mathewi, @stevesilberman, @edbott, @splitsurround and hypebot

Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:

Al Jazeera initially pulled interview with French National Front leader Marine Le Pen because she critcised Qatar — Al Jazeera Runs Interview With French Far-Right Leader After Accusations Of Censorship — Marine Le Pen criticized Qatar, which owns the channel, leading editors to pull the interview, sources said.

Discussion: Mediaite, @jo_bouk, @miriamelder, Mashable, NPR, Talking Points Memo and The Week

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:

Washington Post Folds Storyline into Wonkblog — A rare contraction in the ever-expanding Bezos era. — The Washington Post will combine Storyline, a data-driven storytelling site it launched last July, with Wonkblog. Both verticals cover public policy.

Discussion: @abeaujon, @washingtonian and @rachel_sadon

Business Wire:

Adweek Integrates Mediabistro Editorial Properties to Form the Adweek Blog Network — With migration of nine popular industry blogs, Adweek bolsters its coverage of marketing, advertising, public relations and social media; Mediabistro to focus exclusively on professional development and recruitment services

Discussion: Adweek, Adweek, @sarahw, @laurahazardowen, @joshsternberg and @flobombin

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

CNN's deal with the FAA on drones limits their use to testing, not newsgathering — Don't let that CNN deal get you too excited about drone journalism yet — Yesterday, CNN announced that it had struck a deal with the feds that represents some progress for those interested in using drones for journalism:

Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
CNN Strikes Deal With FAA to Integrate Drones Into Aviation Reporting

Discussion: CNN, CNNMoney.com, Politico, Associated Press, Deadline and Broadcasting & Cable

Meg Wagner / NY Daily News:

UVA frat accused of gang rape in Rolling Stone article reinstated after police probe finds no proof of claims — The University of Virginia's Phi Kappa Psi chapter was disbanded after Rolling Stone magazine published a harrowing account of a 2012 alleged gang rape involving seven frat members.

Discussion: Mashable and New York Times

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Most of The New York Times' most popular items last year weren't news stories — The New York Times — Last year's most popular item in The New York Times was this interactive, an image gallery of sorts that showed the photographic evolution of four sisters over 40 years.

Discussion: @raju, @benmullin, @cwarzel, The New York Times Company, @moorehn and @bydanielvictor

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Digital-Video Startup Whistle Sports Raises $28M from Emil Capital, Sky, Liberty Global, Derek Jeter and Peyton Manning — Whistle Sports Network, which distributes video content aimed at millennial sports fans across 225 YouTube channels and social networks, announced that it has raised $28 million in Series B financing.

Discussion: TechCrunch, VentureBeat and @waynekimmel