Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
‘The New Republic’ plans to establish a New York office  —  The New Republic will open up a New York office sometime in the coming months, Capital has learned.  —  Of course, the Beltway media-scene staple had its original offices here at its founding in 1914.

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Netflix launches sexy new web-based video player  —  Netflix just rolled out a completely revamped video player for browser-based viewing, and I gotta say, it's pretty slick: Not only does it come with lightbox-like text overlays while a video is paused, users can also preview entire seasons …

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Viacom Gives Up Fight Against Time Warner Cable, Adds Channels to TWC iPad App  —  Customers of Time Warner Cable have some reason to rejoice today, as the cable company has gotten the go-ahead to add channels like MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to its live streaming iPad app.

Jeffrey Van Camp / Digital Trends:
Internet radio on the rise thanks to social media and tablets, says study  —  A new study shows that Internet radio usage is up by huge margins all across the board, especially among those with a lot of money.  Suspiciously, this study is funded by an Internet radio advertising agency.

Nick Pinto / Village Voice:
In The First Occupy Wall Street Protest Trial, Acquittal  —  The NYPD has arrested protesters and journalists thousands of times since Occupy Wall Street first began in September, but the case of Alexander Arbuckle was the first of them to actually go to trial.

Cory Bergman / Lost Remote:
Turner Broadcasting invests in social video site Funny or Die  —  When Funny Or Die launched in April 2007 — a startup co-founded by Will Ferrell — it enjoyed an early-mover advantage in jumping on the wave of socially-shared video.  Today, it sports 1.7 million Facebook fans …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Romney Campaign Admits ‘Error’ After Reporters Blocked At Event  —  Several reporters covering Mitt Romney described being blocked from a rope line on Wednesday and prevented from asking the candidate questions at a St. Petersburg, Fla., event.  “Romney campaign and Secret Service attempted …

Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
CBS' Leslie Moonves blasts Dish's Auto Hop ad-skipping feature  —  CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves blasted satellite broadcaster Dish Network's new Auto Hop feature that allows consumers to more easily block commercials from recorded programming.  “They can't just take our signal and change …

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
For its 2012 elections coverage, MTV swaps out citizen journalism for gamification  —  Nearly 17 million Americans have reached voting age in the four years since the last presidential election cycle.  This year's pool of youth voters includes 46 million people in the United States …

John O'Brien / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Laurie Fine to sue ESPN for libel, says the network “spitefully destroyed” her reputation  —  Geneva, N.Y. — Laurie Fine will announce this morning that she's filing a federal libel lawsuit against ESPN over its reporting of child-molesting accusations against her husband …

Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Laurie Fine To Sue ESPN For Libel  —  That “major announcement” that Laurie Fine promised for us later this morning, at a castle for some reason?  It's exactly what you thought.  Fine is bringing a libel lawsuit against ESPN, reporter Mark Schwarz, and producer Arty Berko for their reporting …