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4:25 PM ET, January 12, 2015

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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Amazon, Netflix Win Big At The Golden Globes  —  Last year, Amazon wasn't even included in the Golden Globes.  Netflix took home one of five nominations with the help of Robin Wright from House Of Cards.  —  This year, both companies are walking away winners.
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Adam Flomenbaum / Lost Remote:
The Golden Globes on Twitter: 2.6 Million Tweets is 24% Increase Year Over Year  —  Last night's Golden Globes drove 2.6 million tweets between 8pm EST and 11pm EST - a 24% increase compared to last year.  —  Twitter's Head of TV, Andrew Adashek, detailed the highlights in a blog post after the event.
Max Read / Gawker:
Gawker splits site into verticals, adds sections for politics, media, news and more  —  How to Read Gawker in 2015  —  Hi there.  We're trying something new out for the new year, which means Gawker's going to be publishing things a little differently.  Let me explain.
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Stephen Colbert's ‘Late Show’ will debut Sept. 8  —  “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will debut Tuesday, Sept. 8, CBS said in an announcement Monday morning at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif.  —  Colbert will replace David Letterman, who will host his last “Late Show” on May 20, 2015.
New York Times:
Pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones leaves The New Yorker to join Genius as an executive editor focusing on annotation of lyrics  —  Pop Music Critic Leaves The New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Start-Up  —  Sasha Frere-Jones, the longtime pop music critic for The New Yorker …
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
CNN Strikes Deal With FAA to Integrate Drones Into Aviation Reporting  —  CNN and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed an agreement to integrate drones into news gathering and reporting, the two organizations announced Monday.  —  The agreement will provide the FAA …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Prosecutors now want to exclude NYT reporter James Risen from any appearance at CIA leak trial  —  Feds want Risen out of leak trial  —  Federal prosecutors who have decided after a seven-year legal battle not to call New York Times reporter James Risen in the leak trial of one of his alleged sources …
Daniel Menaker / Slate:
Longtime book editor Daniel Menaker on Amazon, Authors United, and the future of publishing  —  One day about three years after I'd left the New Yorker to become a book editor, Alberto Vitale—former CEO of Random House, Inc., a genial, intelligent, and remarkably tan businessman …
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Daily Mail Buys Full-Page Times Ad to Promote Automated Ad Sales  —  Offers Free Dollar in Programmatic Ads for Each Dollar Spent Directly  —  TV and Technology  —  The DailyMail.com ran a full-page ad in The New York Times on Monday to promote its automated ad sales in the U.S. …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Amid tensions with Omidyar, The Intercept wants to ditch its non-profit status  —  The Intercept Found Serial's Elusive Jay, but Can It Find a Profitable Future?  —  Investigative site could drop its nonprofit status by year's end  —  Last month, The Intercept scored an exclusive interview with Jay …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Al Jazeera America Schedule In Flux After Network Cancels Programs  —  Al Jazeera America launched with the noble mission of providing in-depth news to a cable populace inundated with fast bits of information and a surfeit of talking heads, but putting transforming its goals into practice is proving more difficult.
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