Top News:

Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show — There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn't seem to like America very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the favor. Three years after taking over for Larry King, Mr. Morgan has seen the ratings for …
Discussion:
Politico, Guardian, Mediaite, Variety, The Wrap, TVNewser, The Daily Caller, @samsifton, TIME, Mashable, @digitalhen, Vanity Fair, @davidsirota, Digital Spy, @laceyvrose, Hot Air, @rulajebreal, @tinabrownlm, Hollywood Life, Talking Points Memo, @patrick_kidd, @kirstiemallsopp, @dylanbyers, National Updates, Softpedia News, @afneil, @sunnyright, @larrymadowo, @byronyork, Daily Mail, Wall Street Journal, Gretawire, @howardkurtz, Business Insider, BBC, @corbettreport, @keitholbermann, @carr2n, The Raw Story, Inside Cable News, Broadcasting & Cable, TVbytheNumbers, Bleacher Report, Rehak/Stuebing Mostly Media and All Things CNN
RELATED:

After CNN Cancels Morgan, Larry King Says: I Could Come Back — Larry King and former CNN President Jonathan Klein speak exclusively to The Daily Beast about the cancellation of Piers Morgan's prime-time show. — Several months ago, backstage at a concert in Central Park …
Discussion:
Guardian, Mediaite, TheBlaze.com, Talking Points Memo, @r2000c, @jeffjarvis, @huffpostmedia, The Daily Caller, Digital Spy, Variety and ITV News

Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group — When Ronan Farrow, the young human rights lawyer with a Hollywood lineage, debuts as an MSNBC host on Monday, he will have some prodigious computing power backing him up. — MSNBC has struck a partnership with Vocativ …
Discussion:
@alessandriamasi and @petereavis
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Former Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff to leave New York Times Co. board — Times Co. Board Member Is Stepping Down — The German business executive Thomas Middelhoff, a director of The New York Times Company since 2003, is leaving the company's board.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY and New York Times Co.

Tamron Hall Named Co-Host of 9 A.M. Hour of ‘Today’ — Tamron Hall has been named a co-host of “TODAY's Take,” the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show, joining Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist. The announcement came on this morning's show. — “We're really excited to officially welcome Tamron …
Discussion:
TVNewser, Mediaite, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline.com, The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, USA Today, Hollywood Reporter and Variety

Local newspapers and TV stations are building their own private ad exchange with Google — In 2006, 176 newspapers came together in a partnership with Yahoo to found The Newspaper Consortium. The idea, a simple one now, was an important step forward for the development and growth of ad networks.
Discussion:
Forbes, PR Newswire, DoubleClick Publisher Blog and Local Media Consortium

Head of digital out at Dow Jones amid course correction — Dow Jones & Company has removed its head of digital, Michael Rolnick, amid a strategy shakeup that has been unfolding over the past month, Capital has learned. — The move comes as Will Lewis, who replaced Lex Fenwick as chief executive …
Discussion:
@capitalnewyork

Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On — LOS ANGELES — Mr. Moviefone's lines are going dead. — For 25 years, residents of America's biggest cities have been able to call 777-FILM to receive movie listing information and buy tickets. The service's goofily booming greeting became …
Discussion:
@richdemuro, Variety, @sladehv, @peterlattman, @todayshow, @carr2n, The Verge and The Wrap

In a First for Spain, a Woman Is Convicted of Inciting Terror Over Twitter — MADRID — The line between youthful rebelliousness and something more dangerous is not always clear. But in her angry musings on Twitter, Alba González Camacho, 21, who describes herself as a “very normal girl,” sailed across it.
Discussion:
Daily Mail, Softpedia News, CNET, The Verge and Re/code

NBC's Sochi Winter Olympics Coverage Looks For Gold — NBC Universal's Sochi performance is partly measured in gold, too. Televising the Olympics is a complex, multi-million dollar business venture that seems to have more riding on it every two years. Beyond attracting millions of people …
Discussion:
Poynter and Deadline.com
RELATED:
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A different Olympics on TVs across the world

Supreme Court Declines Tennis Channel Review of Comcast Case — The Supreme Court declined to take up Tennis Channel's petition against Comcast, ending a legal avenue for the sports network as it sought equal placement on the same tiers as the sports channels owned by Comcast.

Maria Bartiromo Aims To Build Fox Business Network With Morning Show — CNBC veteran charts new course and vows perspective and insight, not stock picks, will carry the day — When Maria Bartiromo departed her longtime perch at CNBC in November for a competitor, she did so knowing full …
Discussion:
TVNewser, Speakeasy and Talking Biz News

Aereo will launch its internet TV service in Austin next week as Supreme Court date looms — Aereo, the startup that streams over-the-air TV channels to computers and smartphones starting at $8 a month, is expanding to a new city even as it prepares for a closely watched Supreme Court hearing …
Discussion:
Multichannel, CNET, Austin American-Statesman and Top - Digital Journal