0Year in MediaFrom Julian Assange's WikiLeaks to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook—2010 felt many quakes in the media world. See Peter Lauria's gallery of the 17 biggest stories of the year.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 9:25PM EDT / Published Dec. 21, 2010 3:21PM EST Thomas Coex /AFP / Getty Images,THOMAS COEX Story of the Year: Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Thomas Coex /AFP / Getty Images Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Comes of AgePaul Sakuma / AP Photo New York Times Resurrects Wiretapping Charges Against Murdoch-Owned DailyEvan Agostini / AP Photo Sarah Palin Invades Television Courtesy of TLC Sumner Redstone Wants His Electric Barbarellas Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images Conan O'Brien's Triumphant ComebackDon Ryan / AP Photo Jeff Zucker Says Goodbye to NBC Universal Bill Clark / Roll Call via Getty Images Animal House Comes to Sam Zell's TribuneCharles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo CNN—The Confused News Network Ric Feld / AP Photo Keith Olbermann Suspended for Political Donations AP Photo News Corp. Plans to Launch iPad-Only Newspaper Called The Daily Chris Jackson / Getty Images; Ian Gavan / Getty Images ABC'Ya Later Stephen McPherson and David Westin Mark Lennihan / AP Photo; Rick Rowell, ABC / Getty Images) Publisher's Rejoice, the iPad Will Save You Tony Avelar, Bloomberg / Getty Images Tea Party Invades Congress Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images NewsBeast is Born CBS Shakes Up the Early Show—Again. Yawn! CBS Network Programming Executives' Revolving Door Jonathan Alcorn, Bloomberg / Getty Images; Kevin Mazur, WireImage / Getty Images
Story of the Year: Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Thomas Coex /AFP / Getty Images Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Comes of AgePaul Sakuma / AP Photo New York Times Resurrects Wiretapping Charges Against Murdoch-Owned DailyEvan Agostini / AP Photo Sarah Palin Invades Television Courtesy of TLC Sumner Redstone Wants His Electric Barbarellas Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images Conan O'Brien's Triumphant ComebackDon Ryan / AP Photo Jeff Zucker Says Goodbye to NBC Universal Bill Clark / Roll Call via Getty Images Animal House Comes to Sam Zell's TribuneCharles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo CNN—The Confused News Network Ric Feld / AP Photo Keith Olbermann Suspended for Political Donations AP Photo News Corp. Plans to Launch iPad-Only Newspaper Called The Daily Chris Jackson / Getty Images; Ian Gavan / Getty Images ABC'Ya Later Stephen McPherson and David Westin Mark Lennihan / AP Photo; Rick Rowell, ABC / Getty Images) Publisher's Rejoice, the iPad Will Save You Tony Avelar, Bloomberg / Getty Images Tea Party Invades Congress Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images NewsBeast is Born CBS Shakes Up the Early Show—Again. Yawn! CBS Network Programming Executives' Revolving Door Jonathan Alcorn, Bloomberg / Getty Images; Kevin Mazur, WireImage / Getty Images