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2:00 AM ET, January 18, 2011

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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Apple Says Steve Jobs Is Taking a New Medical Leave  —  Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder and chief executive of Apple Inc., is taking a medical leave of absence, a year and a half after his return from a liver transplant, the company said on Monday.  —  Mr. Jobs announced his leave in a letter to employees …
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Apple:
Apple Media Advisory  —  Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees:  —  Team,  —  At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health.  I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.
New York Times:
A Deep Bench of Leadership at Apple
Discussion: New York Times and The Next Web
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:   A Few Thoughts On Apple's 2011, Stock, Tim Cook, And The Future
Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:
Could Steve Jobs' leave of absence be more serious this time around?
Discussion: Digits, Forbes and SAI
Aaron Lucchetti / Wall Street Journal:
Goldman to Offer Facebook Shares Only to Non-U.S. Clients  —  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. decided to exclude U.S. clients from the private offering of as much as $1.5 billion in shares of social-networking company Facebook Inc., citing “intense media attention.”
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Felix Salmon / Reuters:
Goldman's Facebook plan falls apart  —  When the news came out that Goldman Sachs was orchestrating a private offering of Facebook shares at a $50 billion valuation, those shares overnight became an even hotter commodity than they had been up to that point.  Check out the results …
Discussion: All Facebook
Andrew Ross Sorkin / DealBook:
Goldman Limits Facebook Investment to Foreign Clients
Henry Blodget / SAI:   Goldman Sachs Thumbs Nose At SEC, Sells Facebook Deal Outside Its Jurisdiction
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes  —  Cheezburger, the internet publisher responsible for LOLcats, FAIL Blog, and other memes, has raised a whopping $30 million in new funding led by the Foundry Group with Madrona Venture Group, Avalon Ventures …
Jamie / The Official Netflix Blog:
Removing “Add to DVD Queue” from Streaming Devices  —  Hi there, it's Jamie Odell, director of product management at Netflix, with an update for members who add DVDs to their Queue from the device they use to watch instantly.  We're removing the “Add to DVD Queue” option from streaming devices.
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Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Netflix Enrages Subscribers By Limiting DVD Queue
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Eighth grader knocks Angry Birds out of the top free spot on the App Store  —  Angry Birds and its variants have dominated the top ranks of iPhone games for the past year.  But on Thursday, a game called Bubble Ball ousted Angry Birds: Seasons from the No. 1 spot on the App Store's top free apps list.
Yeeguy / FrameThink:
How Facebook Ships Code  —  I'm fascinated by the way Facebook operates.  It's a very unique environment, not easily replicated (nor would their system work for all companies, even if they tried).  These are notes gathered from talking with many friends at Facebook about how the company develops and releases software.
Discussion: Pulse2
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
iPhone User?  90% Chance You're On The Latest OS.  Android User?  0.4% Chance  —  As a member of the media, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a Nexus S running Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” a few weeks ago.  It's great, easily the best version of Android yet.  I hope one day soon you all get to try it out.
Edmund Lee / AdAge:
Facebook Books $1.86B in Advertising; Muscles In on Google Turf  —  New Estimate From eMarketer Shows Majority of Social Network's Ad Revenue Comes From Small Businesses  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — It turns out Facebook is a lot like Google after all.  —  As the social network steams past …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Mashable!
Andrew Wallenstein / paidContent:
Exclusive: Roku Lands Its First Cable Channel  —  Roku is expected to announce Tuesday an unlikely addition to its programming lineup: WealthTV.  This will mark the first time a cable channel has joined the streaming device, which begs an obvious question: How is this even possible?
David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Perfect Market, news ad firm, lands $9 million in funding round led by Comcast  —  Perfect Market Inc, a start-up that seeks to help news organizations make more money through online advertising, has won $9 million in new funding in a round led by Comcast Interactive Capital, the cable giant's venture arm.
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
RIM: BlackBerry PlayBook Is Great Even Without A BlackBerry  —  One of the more unusual aspects of the upcoming tablet from BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is the fact that users need to synch their BlackBerrys to it to fully access their email, calendars and memos.
Tom Warren / WinRumors:
Microsoft meets with Windows Phone 7 “unlocker” team … Microsoft has begun discussions with the ChevronWP7 team today.  —  Microsoft representatives met with Rafael Rivera and Long Zheng of the ChevronWP7 team on Monday to discuss the tool and Microsoft's plans to support homebrew applications on Windows Phone 7.
Discussion: The Next Web, Thanks:alesrosina
Maria Bartiromo / USA Today:
Maria Bartiromo interviews Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer  —  Q: What's most important right now for Microsoft (MSFT) in terms of your new product launches?  A: If you want to know where is the consumer heat, the things that people want to get their hands on, it's Xbox and Xbox Kinect.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
What Hollywood Execs Privately Say About Netflix … Disgusted that a video rental store raked him over the coals for returning a movie late, Reed Hastings created Netflix.  Seventeen million subscribers later, some people probably wish a clerk would have just refunded the man his 40 bucks.
 
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BBC:
£98 PCs target UK digital divide
Discussion: Electronista and Engadget
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Pegatron Raises 2011 CDMA iPhone Production Plans to 12-15 Million Units
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Report: Search Ad Spending Jumped By 23 Percent During The Quarter
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Tilera Scores $45M For Specialized Cloud Chips
Discussion: VentureBeat
 Earlier Items: 
Justin / Mobile Marketing Watch:
86 Percent Of iPad Owners Prefer Seeing Advertising In Exchange For Free Content
Chiara Remondini / Bloomberg:
Italy Closes Antitrust Probe of Google News, Accepts AdSense Commitments
Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:
Music makers plan ‘instant pop’ to beat piracy
Ryan Radia / Ars Technica:
Why you should always encrypt your smartphone
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Nokia pulls plug on free music in most markets
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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