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LAT Editor: Web Will Be 'Primary Vehicle' for News Delivery (NYT)
Recently installed editor James O'Shea announced to staff that the paper would integrate its print and online newsrooms, saying the paper is engaged in "a fight to recoup threatened revenue that finances our news gathering." He also named business editor Russ Stanton to the newly created position of "Special Editor for Innovation." E&P: Staffers greet merged newsroom with cautious enthusiasm. LAT: O'Shea employed dire statistics on declining print advertising revenue to urge the Times' 940 journalists to throw off a "bunker mentality." FishbowlLA: The memo.

Fox's Piracy Czar Subpoenas YouTube Over Pirated Shows (Google Watch)
Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube to reveal the identity of users who uploaded four episodes of the TV series 24 and twelve episodes of The Simpsons. The subpoena includes the testimony of Jane Sunderland, vice president of content protection and anti-piracy for the Fox Entertainment Group.

Time4Media Expected to Go to Bonnier Group (NYP)
Time Warner is expected to announce today that it has sold 18 magazines to the Bonnier Group, a Stockholm-based publishing giant. The deal was expected to be more than $200 million but well below the $300 million that Time Inc. sought last fall. Time Warner's board is scheduled to meet today for its quarterly meeting, during which they are expected to approve the sale. Mediaweek: Eight bidders submitted final offers Monday.

CBS Nears Super Bowl Ad Goal (NYP)
After Super Bowl sales seemed to get off to a slow start, CBS said it's close to selling out ad time with still two weeks to go until the big game. The network had lined up 25 advertisers as of yesterday and expects to have a few more deals in place before the end of the day, according to JoAnn Ross, CBS's ad sales chief. Mediaweek: Of the perennial big spenders, Anheuser-Busch has placed the largest commitment, buying 10 of the 59 or 60 available in-game spots. Other long-time sponsors onboard for next Sunday's big game include Pepsi, General Motors and Fed-Ex. WSJ: Budweiser lightens up in Super Bowl ads.

Talks Signal Distaste by Chandlers for Tribune's Newspaper Business (WSJ)
News Corp. could contribute as much as $300 million, implying a stake of as large as 22 percent in the newspaper concern that results from a Chandler purchase. News Corp. would use the stake to negotiate merging back-office functions of Newsday with the New York Post. Such a deal would help reduce the Post's losses, which run in the tens of millions of dollars a year. Forbes: Louis Hau on why News Corp. likes Newsday.

Cleared Page Sixer Stern Planning Suit Against Burkle (LAT)
After a season in the limelight as a suspected extortionist, former gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern said he was relieved he wouldn't face federal charges of demanding payments in return for favorable coverage, and vowed to sue Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle and the New York Daily News for spreading the stories that ruined his career. FishbowlNY: Jared Paul Stern talks about his plans to sue Burkle in a video interview last summer.

MySpace to Speed Overseas Expansion in '07 (Reuters)
The News Corp. social networking giant plans to more than double the number of countries it serves by the end of the year, a senior executive said. The target expands Rupert Murdoch's initial goal for MySpace to operate in 11 markets over time, compared to the current 10. The News Corp. chief executive has expressed deep interest in launching MySpace in the potentially lucrative China market.

HarperCollins Retains Regan's Personal Belongings After Firing (Rush and Molloy)
Murdoch's minions at HarperCollins have been going through Judith Regan's personal effects and still haven't returned them five weeks after the publisher was fired. Legal staffers at the publishing house, which Regan is suing, have had access to everything from documents to her children's report cards. "They have her financial statements, her will, her divorce papers ... even her clothing," said a source.

Martha: I Don't Miss Being CEO (WWD)
"I spend a lot of time nurturing creativity, thanks to the SEC," Martha Stewart told a lunch crowd of members of the American Society of Magazine Editors. She doesn't miss signing Sarbanes-Oxley forms or investor meetings, but said she has plenty to do — she had already taped five episodes of her daytime program by the time attendees sat down for lunch.

In Unusual Move, Chinese President Demands Inquiry After Journalist's Death (NYT)
In a rare response to a criminal incident, China's president, Hu Jintao, ordered a speedy investigation into the killing of a journalist who was beaten to death recently while investigating conditions in an illegal coal mine. The killing of the journalist, Lan Chengzhang, a reporter for the newspaper China Trade News, drew widespread protests from reporters in China and media advocacy groups abroad. WaPo: Chinese reporters are increasingly demanding hush money from businesses and government agencies in exchange for the withholding of unfavorable news. Guardian: China will soon be world's biggest Internet user.

Davos Tackles the Future of Newspapers (Guardian/Comment Is Free)
Alan Rusbridger: The problem of newspapers' future is a bit like climate change. Five years ago a lot of time was wasted listening to the deniers. Now there are very few: The nature of the problem has dawned on everyone — and an industry which is notoriously uncollaborative is actually getting together to find some solutions. Huffington Post: In Davos, a "virtual interview" with Arianna Huffington on Second Life.

CIA Gets in Your Face(book) (Wired)
If you're a Facebook member, a career as a government spook is only a click away. Since December 2006, the Central Intelligence Agency has been using Facebook.com, the popular social networking site, to recruit potential employees into its National Clandestine Service. It marks the first time the CIA has ventured into social networking to hire new personnel.

Alexis Faran Krentcil on 'Fashionista' (Eat the Press)
Former Fashion Week Daily and onetime-anonablogger Faran Krentcil takes the reins at new blog Fashionista, and promises "runway trends, party roundups, designer interviews, and street style shots" plus "the DIY recipe for Chanel nail polish."

TV's 'Necro-Celebrity' Obsession (NY Press)
Stan Friedman: What shall the next television spectacular be? Flagellating Flavor Flav? Die Like Princess Di? Everything transcends satire now that actor and amateur alike have easy access to the three ingredients that lead to any crime against humanity: means (low budget cable shows and the web), motive ("Look at me, look at me!") and opportunity (us, wanting more).

They Want Their SVU: NBC Gives Stars Rich New Deals (Variety)
NBC and Dick Wolf have averted a casting crisis on Law & Order SVU, inking Mariska Hargitay ("Olivia Benson") and Christopher Meloni ("Elliott Stabler") to two-year deals. Insiders said the new pact gives both stars substantial raises over their existing deals, with annual salaries of more than $6.5 million each. It's believed that with the bump, Hargitay will become one of the highest-paid actresses in network TV.