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12:10 PM ET, January 24, 2015

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Kim Severson / New York Times:
Modern Farmer's future in doubt as editorial staff leaves; PR firm says magazine will be published again in summer with new staff  —  Modern Farmer Ceases Publication  —  Modern Farmer, the 100,000-circulation quarterly and website that tried to link effete urban farmers' market culture …
Donald R. Winslow / NPPA:
Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers  —  The remaining six staff photographers at Sports Illustrated magazine were all laid off yesterday.  —  Staff photographers Robert Beck, Simon Bruty, Bill Frakes, David E. Klutho, John W. McDonough, and Al Tielemans were informed …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Michael Bloomberg offered to buy the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said the paper not for sale  —  People Are Talking About Michael Bloomberg Buying the New York Times, Including Michael Bloomberg  —  If the former mayor tries, it won't be without its challenges.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music  —  The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet.  —  All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon To Stream Golden Globe Winner “Transparent” For Free On Saturday, While Offering Discounted Prime Membership  —  Fresh off the heels of its first Golden Globes win, Amazon is taking advantage of the increased exposure its Netflix-like video streaming service, Prime Instant Video …
Discussion: Forbes
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How Vox is rethinking presidential election coverage  —  When Vox launched in April, it was led by an article from co-founder Ezra Klein that seemed to lay out his ambitions for the new site.  —  Titled “How politics makes us stupid,” it explained that debates are often intractable …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Redstone's Pay Cut by Two-Thirds at Viacom as Dauman Gets Raise  —  Viacom Inc. lowered the total compensation of Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone, its controlling shareholder, by almost two thirds to $13.2 million.  —  Philippe Dauman, chief executive officer, got a raise to $44.3 million …
Discussion: The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
Tom Risen / US News:
Barrett Brown's Prison Time Raises Cybersecurity, Journalism Concerns  —  The sentencing of an online writer and activist raises new questions about the nature of journalism in a digital age.  —  Members of Anonymous take part in the Million Mask March in front of the White House on Nov. 5 …
Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
Cerberus, Apollo bidding for Digital First Media  —  After one cost-cutting private equity company has spent close to half a decade wielding the knife at Digital First Media, how many new “efficiencies” might a second P.E. buyer find?  That's the question we may soon see answered …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Imprisoned Russian journalist sentenced to new three-year jail term  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the conviction and three-year sentence handed to critical reporter Sergei Reznik in Russia today and calls on authorities to overturn the verdict on appeal.
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Walmart starts selling its Vudu Spark streaming stick for $25  —  Remember Walmart's very own HDMI streaming stick, which I spotted in the FFC's online database two months ago?  Turns out Walmart already started selling it for just $24.95, and is now getting ready to make it more widely available.
Discussion: Multichannel News and SlashGear
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Filmmakers are finding more buyers at Sundance as digital firms join traditional buyers  —  Sundance goes digital: Why it's a great time to be a filmmaker  —  You've made a spellbinding drama or a heart-wrenching documentary.  Now what?  —  Now you try to sell it to distributors, at the Sundance Film Festival.
 
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