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Journalist bailout program
A gimmick?
(PBS MediaShift)

Anniston Star cuts staff
By 10%.
(BizJournals.com)

Covering WH turkey event
How Rosalyn Carter saved the day.
(Commercial-News)

Buffalo sportswriter Borrelli dies
From injuries suffered in fall.
(Buffalo News)

NYT science reporter Chang
Speaks at Yale.
(New Haven Ind.)

New contract for Fox News' Ailes
Five more years.
(NYTimes.com)

RIP Dick Dougherty
Ex-columnist, editor was 88.
(Rochester D&C)

POSTED WEDNESDAY
Suggestions for Time's POY
If it isn't Obama.
(Granta.com)

Reflective vests required
For reporters working near highways.
(Virginian-Pilot)

Esquire's greatest stories
Seven of them.
(Esquire)

RIP Clive Barnes
Critic was 81.
(New York Times)

Rather's lawsuit pooh-poohed
By Dealey.
(US News)

Hillary story twist and turns
NBC's Mitchell started it all.
(NY Observer)

POSTED TUESDAY
Sicha on Gawker boss Denton
"Made too much work for himself."
(LATimes.com)

HuffPost to fund investigative journalism
No details yet.
(Reuters)

Boston Globe, GateHouse battle
Dan Kennedy's take.
(Media Nation)

"On the Media"
Latest audio and transcripts.
("OTM")

D Mag layoffs, pay cuts
Staff trimmed by 19%.
(D Magazine)

Forbes layoffs
Forty-three since Friday.
(WWD)

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