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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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Brian Lowry notes that reporting and analysis isn't enough for many news orgs these days; they're in the predictions business, too. LAT's "Movie Projector," for example, guesses at box office figures. "For 'Iron Man,' the paper pegged the opening weekend at $72 million, which was only off by a factor of 40%," writes Lowry. "Perfection can hardly be expected ...but when you study entertainment, sports or politics professionally, shouldn't there be a penalty for failing to be somewhere in the ballpark -- you know, plus or minus 40%?"
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