Here are the most popular FishbowlNY stories of 2012. As you can see, you all were very interested in the White House, Osama Bin Laden, and people getting fired. Hey, we’re not judging, we’re just happy you’re reading.

Have a safe and happy New Year’s Eve. We’ll be back Wednesday.

1) The New York Times Adjusts Printing on The Fly
2) White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media
3) How Photos from Obama’s Speech on Bin Laden’s Death Were Staged
4) Disney Trademarks ‘Seal Team 6′
5) ‘Wasn’t a Surprise’ for Ousted Early Show Host Chris Wragge
6) Fred Imus, Brother of Don Imus, Dies at 69
7) Traffic Report Jill Nicolini Leaves WPIX, Heads for WYNW
8) Psychology Today Pulls Offensive Article on Black Women from Website
9) Steve Malzberg Out at WOR, Replaced By Former Governor David Paterson
10) Toni Braxton and Sisters Debut WEtv Reality Show

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TVNewser: The “When will Robin Roberts return to GMA?” articles are increasing. One great thing to arise from all the coverage? We learned that Roberts was just reunited with her dog.

AppNewser: Instagram usage has declined which means… Nothing, really. Unless you work at Instagram.

AllFacebook: Mafia Wars was the top Facebook app in 2012, which is just another reason to use Facebook less in 2013.

We know that you come to FishbowlNY for investing advice, so please heed our words for next year: Buy low, sell high and never, ever, login to your Scottrade account after three scotches. With those 2013 pearls of wisdom aside, let’s take a look at how media stocks did this year.

MediaPost reports that the media industry did quite well. The Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting and Entertainment Index was up 40 percent compared to last year, as a number of media companies saw gains. By comparison, the Dow Jones Industry Index was up only 6.7 percent.

Comcast, Time Warner and News Corp. all saw improvements over 2011, with jumps of 54, 52 and 47 percent, respectively.

The world is poised to celebrate another New Year’s Eve in Times Square. But this one will be unlike any in the last forty years, as there will be no Dick Clark preceding over the all-important ball drop.

Clark died in April at the age of 82. He suffered a massive heart attack, and was dealing with the complications from a stroke since 2004.

For the majority of his decades in the business, Clark’s boyish looks kept his title “Oldest Living Teenager” intact. He was synonymous with New Year’s Eve since creating his Rockin’ Eve special to usher in 1973. He marked his 40th anniversary with the holiday program just months before his death.

The show must go on, as New Year’s Eve goes on without Clark, and his beloved show continues his legacy and to bear his name.

In recent years, tourists or anyone else venturing to the Times Square Visitors Center, or online, were asked to write notes to help ring in the New Year that would be used as confetti.

This year, people are encouraged to leave fond farewells to Clark.

Tim Tompkins, Times Square Alliance president, says approximately 400 messages were left for the broadcasting icon. Those hand-written notes came from people from as far as away as Fiji and Yemen. Overall, they receive thousands of well-wishers year-round on various topics.

Tompkins tells FishbowlNY that Clark played a major psychological role when New York needed it most.

“For many decades, this was one of the few positive images that went out to the rest of the country of New York City and Times Square, Tompkins says. “This is the time you had Midnight Cowboy, you had Taxi Driver.” Read more

Anyone want to buy a newspaper? How about a TV station? Or maybe you’re more of a web fan, in which case careerbuilder.com might interest you. Either way, if you’re a media mogul with deep pockets, The Tribune Company has something for you.

The company has just emerged from bankruptcy with a new board, and they’re planning a fire sale. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Tribune Company wants to sell its eight newspapers, 23 TV stations and various sites, like Career Builder.

The papers — which include heavyweights like the Tribune and The Los Angeles Times — are only valued at about $623 million total. The TV stations and web properties — including WPIX and national cable channel WGN — are worth much more; at about $2.85 billion.

Somewhere, Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg and Warren Buffett are counting up the change in their respective piggy banks.

We first heard about News Corp. purchasing SportsTime Ohio early this month, and now the deal is officially done. According to Reuters, News Corp. bought the regional sports network for about $230 million.

The network broadcasts Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns games, as well as local college and high school sports.

As part of a separate deal, News Corp. is going to pay the Indians $40 million per season for the next 10 seasons for the rights to broadcast their games. That’s a lot of money for a mediocre team. Sorry Clevelanders!

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Fans of vintage sitcoms can celebrate the new year in style.

WPIX/Channel 11 renews its ball dropping tradition with a marathon of The Honeymooners starting at 11 p.m. New Year’s Eve. The Jackie Gleason touchstone comedy began on WPIX in 1976, and has been part of the December 31/January 1 programming since 1996. WPIX airs 26 classic episodes featuring the exploits of Ralph Kramden, his bosom buddy Ed Norton, and their wives Alice and Trixie. Channel 11 halts the marathon at 4 a.m. for the PIX Morning News. Following the respite, The Honeymooners is back in action from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

But wait, there’s more.

WLNY/TV 10 55 is set with another New York staple, The Odd Couple. The 38 episodes chronicling the struggles between roommates, neat freak Felix Unger and sloven sportwriter Oscar Madison.

The marathon, which begins at midnight, runs until 9 p.m. It takes on a bittersweet tone, as Jack Klugman, a two-time Emmy winner for his portrayal of Madison, died last week at age 90.

Each episode in the marathon is hosted by Carolina Bermudez, John Elliott, and Lisa Kerney of WLNY’s Live From the Couch. The marathon concludes with perhaps the funniest Odd Couple episode from 1972, when Felix and Oscar compete on Password from 1972.

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TVNewser: Christiane Amanpour discusses “this new thing called CNN.”

FishbowlDC: Sorry everyone else, Erick Erickson says he is The Media.

SocialTimes: Now complaints about companies that you post Google+ can be answered directly by those companies. This, of course, takes place in that imaginary world where people use Google+.

Here’s a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week.

1) Terry Glover, Managing Editor of Ebony, Dies
2) Journal News Publishes Gun Owners’ Names and Addresses
3) Brian Williams Doesn’t Like ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’
4) No Shortage of Yule Log: WPIX and WLNY Light the Holiday Tradition
5) Newsweek’s Last Cover is Depressingly Funny
6) BuzzMedia Folds Spin
7) Please Tell Us if Pitchfork’s New Site is a Joke or Not
8) Condé Nast Creates a Magazine for Walmart
9) Gawker Lists its Own Writers Among ’50 Least Important Writers of 2012′
10) New York Times’ ‘Snow Fall’ Piece is a Huge Hit

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