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4:40 AM ET, January 3, 2012

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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month  —  According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important — but not large-scale — event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa's Media Watering Hole  —  At the zoo that is the Iowa Caucus, the lobby bar in the downtown Des Moines Marriott is like a communal watering hole where roving packs of reporters, political hacks and even candidates assemble nightly to drain drinks and exchange political gossip.
Discussion: CJR and Vanity Fair
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Julie Moos / Poynter:
Des Moines Marriott a ‘Star Wars’ bar scene for journalists covering Iowa Caucus  —  Everyone knows the media loves a horse race, so it's no surprise journalists covering the Iowa Caucus have gathered at the same starting gate in the derby for the White House.
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Tim Armstrong trumpets AOL successes, urges ‘kaizen’ spiritual-business approach on employees in New Year's Eve missive  —  AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong closed out 2011 with a 2,000-word motivational memo emailed to his several thousand staffers around 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
Discussion: Future of Journalism
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Dylan Byers / Politico:   Romney's Huffington Post connection
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
An annotated field guide to the Campaign 2012 press corps  —  According to the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, there are some 1,500 of what they call “media visitors” in Iowa right now, attracted by the run-up to the Iowa caucuses beginning formally tomorrow.
Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:
Three trends from 2011 that will reshape digital news in 2012  —  If you're like me, by now you've read more than enough uninspired recaps of what happened in 2011 or wild guesses at what's in store for 2012.  So here's something a little different.  —  I looked back at the world …
Paddy Manning / Sydney Morning Herald:
What if public-interest journalism had a white knight: a media start-up is born, packed with pedigree  —  Paddy Manning  —  PLENTY of people are worried about the future of quality, independent media in the internet age.  Not many can do something about it.
Discussion: The Independent
Sarah Kessler / Mashable:
Google Launches New Site With Resources for the 2012 Presidential Election  —  Google will officially announce its online information hub for political elections on Monday, a day before the Iowa Caucuses.  It is the first website Google has dedicated exclusively to elections.
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
Lots of Newspaper Deals, But Not Much Hope  —  The last three months of 2011 brought a sudden flurry of deals in the newspaper industry, with a number of fair-sized metropolitan and regional dailies trading hands.  But the increased pace of deal-making doesn't reflect improved fundamentals …
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Jim Romenesko:
San Diego Union-Tribune staff told told to dress up, work longer hours
Discussion: Future of Journalism
Sara-Ellen Amster / The Huffington Post:
Journalism Needs Plenty of Tintins to Invigorate Field  —  As I watched the latest Spielberg movie this week with my wide-eyed 7-year-old son, I could not help thinking that the brave new world of journalism, both virtual and real, still holds cosmic power for millions of young people.
Peter Preston / Guardian:
If you choose your own news, you'll be less well read  —  Digital news offers customers the choice of what they want to read.  But print offers something extra: stories that people didn't know they wanted to read until they had read them  —  Last year it was paywalls …
Adam Smeltz / StateCollege.com:
Daily News' Response to Conlin Allegations Sets Bar for Penn Staters  —  Immediately, the Pennsylvania newspaper's disgust and outrage were palpable.  —  No hint of hesitation.  No qualifications or excuses.  Just pure outrage and undiluted disgust.  —  Those are gut reactions you'd expect …
Jim Romenesko:
No mention of WP editor Brauchli in publisher's letter  —  The person who forwarded this year-end memo from Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth points out: There are roughly one kajillion people acknowledged in this Weymouth note — including Zaleski and Narisetti on the digital side …
The Independent:
Gordon Brown's Downing Street emails ‘hacked’  —  Police investigating computer hacking by private investigators commissioned by national newspapers have uncovered evidence that emails sent and received by Gordon Brown during his time as Chancellor were illegally accessed.
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Cahal Milmo / The Independent:   Scale of email hacking is set to be this year's biggest story
 
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Justin Peters / CJR:
Movement Man  —  Meet Chris Faraone, Occupy reporter for the Boston Phoenix
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Post-apocalyptic journalism  —  Happy New Year's, everyone!
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Shifting reading habits boost Read It Later in 2011
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Mike Reynolds / Multichannel News:
Time Warner Cable: MSG Offered No ‘Credible Explanation’ For License Fee Hike
Discussion: PC Magazine
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