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6:35 PM ET, December 20, 2010

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Clark Fredricksen / eMarketer and Blog Posts:
The Web Passes Newspapers in Ad Spending For First Time  —  Advertisers will spend more on internet ads in 2010 than newspaper ads for the first time, according to new estimates by eMarketer.  —  Online ad spending will grow 13.9% to $25.8 billion for the full year in 2010 …
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Russell Adams / Wall Street Journal:
Online Ads Pull Ahead of Newspapers  —  This year, for the first time, advertisers will have spent more on Internet ads than on print newspaper ads, according to new estimates from eMarketer.  —  The digital-marketing research firm says U.S. spending on online ads will hit $25.8 billion …
Discussion: AdAge, Gawker and VentureBeat
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Targeted TV Ads Set for Takeoff  —  DirecTV to Pioneer Commercials Keyed to Each Household; Concerns About Privacy, Technology Linger  —  After years of promises and false starts, TV commercials targeted at individual homes may finally be ready for prime time.
Thomas E. Weber / The Daily Beast:
Cracking the New York Times Popularity Code  —  Just how many people does it take to propel a story onto the Times' influential most-emailed list?  And can it be gamed?  Thomas E. Weber finds the answers.  —  The most-emailed articles list on the New York Times website …
Elizabeth Weingarten / The Atlantic:
Forget Journalism School and Enroll in Groupon Academy  —  It's a Friday afternoon and Jane Flotte is getting a little tired of spa treatments.  “Today I've written a lot of salon deals,” the Groupon employee said.  “And I'm getting kind of sick of talking about facials.”
Vadim Lavrusik / Mashable:
10 Predictions for the News Media in 2011  —  In many ways, 2010 was finally the year of mobile for news media, and especially so if you consider the iPad a mobile device.  Many news organizations like The Washington Post and CNN included heavy social media integrations into their apps, opening the devices beyond news consumption.
Discussion: Soup
Bloomberg:
CBS, Couric Said to Discuss Lower Pay, Wider Role for Anchor as CNN Waits  —  CBS Corp. began preliminary talks on a new contract for Katie Couric, looking to cut the evening news anchor's $15 million salary and possibly expand her role amid falling viewership, people with knowledge of the situation said.
Dylan Stableford / The Wrap:
Newspapers in 2010: Another Bad Year, But the Bleeding Slows  —  The newspaper industry, devastated during the recession, had another bad year in 2010.  —  Overall, circulation for newspapers in the U.S. declined 5 percent during the six months ended Sept. 30, according to the Audit Bureau …
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Google Poaches Paramount Executive For Content Role  —  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has turned to Hollywood to fill out its content team, hiring Malik Ducard, who is currently senior vice president of digital distribution at Viacom-owned film studio Paramount, according to sources.
Discussion: Fortune, Electronista and MediaPost Raw
New York Times:
Google TV Faces Delays Amid Poor Reviews  —  Google TV has just enacted its first programming cancellation.  —  The Consumer Electronics Show next month in Las Vegas was meant to be the great coming-out party for Google's new software for televisions, which adds Web video and other computer smarts to TV sets.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Afghan War Just a Slice of U.S. Coverage  —  As the Obama administration conducted an Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review this month, the news media did too, and the coverage came peppered with question marks.  —  The same week that ABC News scheduled a series of segments titled “Afghanistan …
Michael Morisy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
In an age of free-flowing information, there's still a role for journalists to provide context  —  The Washington Post's venerable national security reporter Walter Pincus wants to make one thing clear: He isn't just hopping on the WikiLeaks bandwagon.  —  “I used WikiLeaks before [it] …
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
Steven Overly / Washington Post:
SB Nation's sports blogger collective sees bias as a plus  —  Most sports reporters cover games from the press box.  The perch typically provides a view of the entire field of play and quick access to post-game press conferences with coaches and players.  —  SB Nation bloggers prefer the bleachers.
David Kaplan / paidContent:
AP Moves Video Service From thePlatform To News Distribution Network  —  The Associated Press is switching hosting duties for its Online Video Network to the News Distribution Network from Comcast-backed white label video tech services provider thePlatform.  The reason is that NDN …
Mark Prendergast / Stars & Stripes:
The sound of silence  —  UPDATE: The director of Defense Media Activity informed me by e-mail at 9:33 a.m. today that Stars and Stripes had told him that my column challenging new restraints on this newspaper's journalists would be published in tomorrow's (Tuesday's) editions.
Chris Rovzar / New York Magazine:
The New York Times Pay Wall: A Goodwill Membership?  —  The New York Times pay wall will go up in early 2011, possibly as early as January.  Last week, Slate.com asked readers how much they thought the Times would charge per month, with choices between $5 and $25.
Jack D. Lail / JackLail.com:
Coming down from the mountain with a few ideas for iPad apps  —  Last weekend I spent an intensive and fascinating weekend at the Snowbird Resort in Utah working on ideas for applications for iPads, other tablets and smart phones.  It was one of those events where the positive energy and creativity of the people there fed on itself.
Danica Lo / Racked National:
Intelligence: Rumor: Was Carine Roitfeld Fired From Vogue?  Le Figaro's Fashion Director Virginie Mouzat is Frontrunner for the Job  —  Last Friday morning, in a surprise move, decade-strong editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld, announced she would be leaving the magazine at the end of January.
Discussion: Jezebel, FishbowlNY, Fashionista and Gawker
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
CNN's New Chief Dives In  —  As Network Loses Ground, Ken Jautz Moves to Inject ‘Passion and Personality’  —  Ken Jautz, the new head of CNN's U.S. network, is getting his hands dirty.  —  Since taking over in late September, Mr. Jautz has started shuffling programming and personnel …
 
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Music Web Sites Dispute Legality of Their Closing
Discussion: PlagiarismToday and Techdirt
Courtney Boyd Myers / The Next Web:
The New York Observer partners with Scoop St., a NYC deals site for the holidays
Lois Beckett / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Maybe not much will change at all: 2011 journalism predictions …
Liz Gannes / NetworkEffect:
Top Docs on Scribd in 2010: Prop 8, P ≠ NP, GOP Pledge
Jxpaton / Digital First:
What A Difference A Year Makes
Jason Deans / Guardian:
Kate Reardon appointed Tatler editor
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Hollywood dreams take digital direction
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
A Hollywood Brawl: How Soon Is Too Soon for Video on Demand?
Discussion: Techland
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Blip.tv Readies HTML5 as its Standard Player, Replacing Flash
Bradley Johnson / AdAge:
A Sign of Hope in Ad Biz: Help Wanted
The Independent:
Stephen Glover: Who would want to buy The Times?
Liz Shannon Miller / GigaOM:
5 Questions With...Boxee CEO Avner Ronen
Discussion: NYConvergence.com
Katy Bachman / Mediaweek:
(Ad) Apocalypse Soon
Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:
In Hollywood, a tougher climb to studio executive ranks
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog:
Getting it right (behavioral tracking)
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
Murdoch's iBlunders