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1:58 AM ET, January 7, 2015

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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Melissa Segura named BuzzFeed's first investigative fellow  —  BuzzFeed News announced Tuesday that Melissa Segura will be its first investigative fellow.  Segura has reported at Sports Illustrated and SI.com since 2001, when she was a college intern.  —  “Melissa reports deeply and writes beautifully …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and bookforum.com
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT's executive editor Dean Baquet writes memo to staff, outlines goals for 2015, announces creation of audience development department  —  Dean Baquet's ‘Charting the Future’ Note to Times Staff  —  A turbulent year at The Times is over, and with that, the executive editor, Dean Baquet …
Mike Snider / USA Today:
Monster sues Beats; CEO Noel Lee claims he and Monster invented the technology behind Beats By Dr. Dre headphones  —  Tech firm Monster sues Beats and founders Dre and Iovine  —  Monster, which co-designed the original Beats By Dr. Dre headphones, is filing suit against Beats Electronics …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Kindle Unlimited program has let one author increase annualized revenue about 50 percent  —  For the Indie Writers of Amazon, It's Publish or Perish  —  One big argument for “all you can eat” music, video and book services is that they encourage people to sample new artists and ultimately develop …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Neil Young's high-quality Pono music player goes on sale Monday for $399  —  Neil Young's high-quality music player, the Pono, is finally going on sale.  After completing a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, the Pono is heading into retail stores on Monday.
Discussion: Fusion, Pitchfork, Engadget and Tech Times
Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Detained For Reporting On Possible Ebola Case In Somalia  —  Three journalists were detained by Somali police on Saturday for reporting on a potential case of Ebola within Somalia.  —  The journalists all worked for the private radio station Radio Risaala, which has reportedly since been shut down.
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Yelp Says FTC Won't Act on Complaints About Its Reviews  —  Local-reviews site Yelp said the Federal Trade Commission had ended an inquiry of the company without taking action.  —  In a blog post Tuesday, Yelp said the FTC had examined the software it uses to manage consumer reviews on its site …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
HBO's “Game of Thrones” will air trailer and two episodes on Imax screens later this month, blurring lines between video platforms  —  ‘Game of Thrones’ Takes a Trailer of Its New Season to Imax  —  The dragons, dire wolves, White Walkers and power-hungry political factions …
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Millennial-focused news site Mic releases first mobile app MicCheck, shows single stream of stories from both Mic and other sites  —  Mic releases ‘MicCheck’ mobile app  —  This morning, Millennial-focused news organization Mic released its first mobile app.
Discussion: @jbenton and @joelcifer
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Meet Nate Cohn, New York Times' new young gun on data  —  When The New York Times lost statistics star Nate Silver and his high-traffic 538 franchise to ESPN in July 2013, it found a way to fill the void by assembling a data-driven politics and policy brand called The Upshot …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Gawker Media's independent Kinja posts apparently aren't generating a ton of traffic  —  Platisher — the ugliest journalism word of 2014 — lives on in 2015.  (Despite the fact that I can't hear it without thinking: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.")
 
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Meredith buys ad tech firm Selectable Media; CEO says it continues to look for partners or acquisitions
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Public official Kirby Delauter threatens newspaper with lawsuit for publishing his name; it then publishes his name, lots
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico's events editor Lois Romano becomes editor of Washington Post Live
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Fusion, Vox, Al Jazeera and The Verge Partner With Newscast App ‘Watchup’ (Exclusive)
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NYT's Amy O'Leary, Innovation Report co-author, joining Upworthy as editorial director
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Kickstarter publishing projects raised $22m in 2014
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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