FIRST CUTS: Atlantic reinvents itself; Washington Examiner takes a bite out of crime

Here's our list of headlines that should be on your morning media menu:

• Here's how The Atlantic managed to turn a $1.8 million profit this year, its first in at least a decade. (New York Times)

• Forbes has plans to launch a European title. (The Telegraph)

• Journalism bigwigs weigh in on WikiLeaks and its relationship with the press. (New York Times)

• The Washington Examiner is fighting crime in the nation's capital. (New York Times)

• There's a newspaper war brewing -- in Israel. (Wall Street Journal)

• Variety is losing staff, scoops and web traffic -- as one of its competitors is keen to point out. (The Wrap)

• Current, the bi-weekly public broadcasting trade pub, has a new owner. (New York Times)