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10:30 PM ET, January 22, 2015

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Associated Press:
Mother of Japanese reporter Kenji Goto makes public appeal for his life after Islamic State abduction  —  Japanese Isis hostage Kenji Goto's mother makes tearful appeal  —  Junko Ishido calls for end to hatred as supposed deadline approaches for paying ransom for two captured men
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Antoni Slodkowski / Reuters:
Japanese reporter's bid to save friend led to Islamic State abduction
Discussion: The Independent and TIME
Linda Ge / The Wrap:
DreamWorks Animation to Cut 500 Jobs, Release Fewer Films  —  DreamWorks Animation will release two films per year, down from three, and cut approximately 500 jobs across the board in a restructuring of its core feature animation business, the company announced Thursday.
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Journalist and Anonymous advocate Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in prison on charges stemming from Stratfor hack  —  Barrett Brown has been sentenced to 63 months in prison  —  After years of legal battles, Barrett Brown's legal saga has finally come to a close.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Bill Gates is guest-editing The Verge in February  —  Technology will build a better, safer, healthier world by 2030  —  I'm very excited to announce that Bill Gates will be The Verge's first ever guest editor in February.  This is a new type of collaboration for us, but there's no one better …
Economist Group:
Zanny Minton Beddoes appointed new editor of The Economist  —  The Economist Group announced today (January 22nd) that Zanny Minton Beddoes has been named as the 17th editor of The Economist.  —  She succeeds John Micklethwait, the editor for the past nine years, during which time the circulation grew from 1.1 million to 1.6 million.
Michael Roston / Nieman Lab:
Don't try too hard to please Twitter — and other lessons from The New York Times' social media desk  —  The past year brought major changes to The New York Times.  The social media desk's editors joined a new department, Audience Development.  Our team gained new resources as we combined efforts …
Discussion: @niemanlab
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Journalism site success means uniquely defining beats and a different mission than industry standard  —  A brief sketch of the “full stack” (intellectually speaking...) news and information company.  —  Meaning: it has its own way of doing things, its own ideas about what is worth doing, and it implements them from end to end.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The case for Marissa Mayer, as key metrics suggest the turnaround at Yahoo is on track  —  Marissa Mayer's Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold.  The Question Now Is Time.  —  When Marissa Mayer was offered the chief executive job at Yahoo in the summer of 2012, she had a script for returning …
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
The Upshot: Where The New York Times Is Redesigning News  —  Should I buy a condo or continue renting?  I'd been asking myself that question as I perused Chicago real estate, uncertain how market gains, taxes, tax breaks, maintenance costs, homeowners insurance, mortgage payments, and assessments would add up for me financially.
John Otis / Committee to Protect Journalists:
How Ecuador's plans to make communications a public service is threat to free press  —  Attempts to amend Ecuador's constitution to categorize communications as a “public service” has sparked a fierce debate, with one critic drawing comparisons to the way dictators such as Stalin and Hitler used …
Discussion: @albertocairo
Eric Athas / Nieman Lab:
NPR tests audio to find what people share: explainers, strange sounds, storytelling, quick reviews  —  From explainers to sounds that make you go “Whoa!”:  The 4 types of audio that people share  —  Editor's note: Public radio produces a lot of audio — but it doesn't always get the attention …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The case for, and against, integrated print-digital newsrooms  —  In the dot-com days, publishers tended to treat their online counterparts as second-class bolt-ons to their print editions.  When it became clear the Web was here to stay, they had to demonstrate they were serious about growing their Web operations.
Discussion: @marcwalder
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
After conflict of interest allegations, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. bans on-air journalists from paid appearances  —  In wake of Amanda Lang controversy, CBC bans on-air journalists from making paid appearances  —  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is banning all outside paid appearances …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Television Becomes a Force at Sundance Film Festival  —  PARK CITY, Utah — The Sundance Television Festival this is not.  —  That snarky, small-screen nickname is nonetheless being tossed around by some of the Hollywood attendees who are gathering here for the 31st Sundance Film Festival, which starts on Thursday.
Discussion: @nytimes and The Corsair
Paul Rosania / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter rolls out “While you were away” feature to iOS users, coming soon to Android and web  —  While you were away...  Today we're introducing something new to your home timeline: a recap of some of the top Tweets you might have missed from accounts you follow.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
New possible metrics for the value of news and ads: time spent, time well spent, time saved  —  Time spent or time well spent — how to think about Web traffic  —  The search for meaningful digital audience metrics took a turn for the better in 2014 when Chartbeat and others began touting …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Tumblr's Creatrs Network connects Tumblr's top artists with brands to help make ads  —  Tumblr wants its best artists to create ads people actually like  —  Tumblr's beautiful, GIF-filled feed is what keeps bringing visitors back, and it wants to make sure the feed stays that way even as brands begin to fill it with ads.
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
How Björk and Madonna acted quickly when digital thieves leaked album tracks  —  Björk and Madonna Deal With Leaks of Album Tracks  —  When nearly 30 new Madonna songs, many of them unfinished demos, surfaced online last month, the singer and her team reacted both emotionally …
Discussion: @kathryngoldman and @joecoscarelli
 
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Marc Graser / Variety:
Annapurna Pictures Forms Virtual Reality Division
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Caroline Alexander / Bloomberg:
Egypt President Seeks End to Jazeera Reporters' Detention
Discussion: TVNewser and @malonebarry
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Tony Verna, Who Started Instant Replay and Remade Sports Television, Dies at 81
Discussion: @dleonhardt
Jessica Davies / The Drum:
AOP in talks with UK publishers to pool inventory for private marketplace launch
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Garrett Graff named editor of Politico Mag
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Capital New York
Ian Black / Guardian:
Planned flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi postponed again
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC News executives discuss pitfalls of broadcasting Islamic State video