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4:10 AM ET, January 20, 2013

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ESPN:
Manti Te'o denies being part of hoax  —  Manti Te'o denied being part of a hoax involving a relationship with a person online whom he considered his girlfriend, during an interview with ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on Friday night, but did say he “tailored” his stories so people would think he “met her before she passed away.”
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ESPN:
Manti Te'o interview highlights  —  The following is an edited transcript of Jeremy Schaap's interview with Manti Te'o.  —  JEREMY SCHAAP: What was your reaction when you saw the story came out on Wednesday?  —  MANTI TE'O: Avoid every piece of technology, don't listen to anything …
TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o Speaks — I Knew It Was Crazy, But I'm Innocent  —  MANTI TE'O SPEAKS  —  I Knew It Was Crazy ... But  —  I'M INNOCENT  —  BREAKING NEWS  —  Manti Te'o has broken his silence ... admitting he knew having a relationship with a “girlfriend” solely online was “crazy,” …
Discussion: Bossip
TMZ.com:
Manti Te'o — Rebounded with ACTUAL Girl, When Fake Girlfriend ‘Died’
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip and Bossip
Shelley Smith / ESPN:
Friend: Tuiasosopo admitted to hoax
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Justin Bieber Pulls Down Pants, Moons the Camera  —  Justin Bieber is full of surprises.  On the heels of his recent breakup with Selena Gomez and a headline-making marijuana controversy, the 18-year-old singer showed off his bare butt in an Instagram picture Saturday, Jan. 19.
Discussion: PerezHilton and Oh No They Didn't!
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber — Victorious in $9 Million Deafening Scream Lawsuit  —  Victorious in $9 Million  —  Deafening Scream Lawsuit  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Hear ye, hear ye ... Justin Bieber just scored a massive victory in his $9 million legal battle over a woman's busted ear drums, TMZ has learned.
Discussion: Gossip Cop and PerezHilton
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
NEWS/Daniel Radcliffe Talks Steamy Gay Sex Scene in Sundance Movie: “It Was Something New”  —  Daniel Radcliffe proves once again that he's put Harry Potter way behind him.  —  In his new indie drama, Kill Your Darlings, he plays the late gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1944 when a murder brings …
TMZ.com:
Octomom — Oops, I'm Stripping Again ... Last Time I Swear  —  Oops, I'm Stripping Again ...  (Last Time, I Swear)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Octomom's 2013 is shaping up a lot like 2012 ... weeks after signing up for welfare (again), the mother of 14 has inked a deal to shake her naked ta-tas (again) — but swears this is the last time.
Michael Ausiello / TVLine:
Modern Family Exclusive: Criminal Minds Vet Paget Brewster to Play [Spoiler]'s New Girlfriend  —  When Benjamin Bratt returns to Modern Family later this season as Manny's biological father, he won't be alone.  —  Ex-Criminal Minds leading lady Paget Brewster has been cast as Javier's new girlfriend, TVLine has learned exclusively.
Discussion: TV Fanatic
Guardian:
Jamie Foxx: ‘Django Unchained is supposed to make you angry’  —  The Oscar-winning actor and star of Quentin Tarantino's ultra-controversial new film about slavery talks about the n-word, Spike Lee and meeting George W Bush  —  In the mid-1980s a teenage musician named Eric Bishop went …
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't! and The Wrap
Christy Lemire / Associated Press:
Justin Bieber's Mom Produces Anti-Abortion Short Film  —  FOLLOW:  —  Abortion, Video, Crescendo Pattie Mallette, Justin Bieber, Movie To Movement, Pattie Mallette Abortion, Pattie Mallette Anti Abortion, Crescendo, Justin Bieber Mom, Justin Bieber Mom Abortion, Pattie Mallette, Pattie Mallette Crescendo, Entertainment News
Discussion: Crushable, Hollywood.com and Gawker
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
Robert F. Chew, who played Proposition Joe on ‘The Wire,’ dead at 52  —  An ‘exceptional actor’ and ‘essential part of community,’ David Simon says  —  Robert F. Chew in 2009 teaching at the Arena Players summer theater program.  Here he leads a rehearsal of “Fame.”
 
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TMZ.com:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

Austin Fuller / Current:
NPR CEO Katherine Maher will not attend a US House committee hearing on May 8 looking at alleged NPR bias due to a schedule conflict, but offers to appear later

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A historical look at Pulitzer winners shows the decline of local and regional newspapers and the growth in online news outlets, especially at the local level

 
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