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9:00 AM ET, February 6, 2015

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John Simerman / The New Orleans Advocate:
NBC News anchor Brian Williams' comments about dead bodies, Hurricane Katrina starting to gain attention, draw scrutiny  —  FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Brian Williams speaks at the 8th Annual Stand Up For Heroes, presented by New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation in New York.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC stays silent, but privately stands behind news anchor Brian Williams  —  NBC News went into damage-control mode a day after the public symbol of the network, anchor Brian Williams, faced a torrent of derision and criticism for telling a story about his wartime reporting that has proved to be untrue.
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
In wake of hack, Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal to step down  —  Amy Pascal to Step Down From Top Sony Post  —  Amid the fallout of the ever-widening Sony hacking crisis, Amy Pascal will step down from her post as co-chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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John Herrman / The Awl:
Media companies are turning to apps and services instead of the traditional web for distribution  —  The Next Internet Is TV  —  I was talking to someone who works at one of those half-dozen or so apps that we tend to associate with teenagers: the ones that were built around some novel concept …
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Twitter beats Q4 revenue expectations with $479M, nets just 4M new monthly users  —  Twitter's users are still growing at a slow rate, but its revenue is booming.  —  Today, Twitter reported fourth quarter earnings for 2014, with revenue of $479 million on non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.12.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Advisory Council to Google on the Right to be Forgotten publishes final report and suggestions  —  Google Faces Fight In Europe On Search Delisting  —  Google's digital policy pantomime on the theme of Europe's so-called ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ (rtbf) ruling has delivered its final conclusions …
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Google's slippery slope: If search giant pays Twitter for content, should it pay all publishers?  —  Toward the end of Bloomberg's story about a potential deal between Google and Twitter to display tweets in search results, this bit at the end made me sit up:
JeeYeon Park / CNBC:
Pandora plunges more than 20% after missing estimates with $268M in revenue  —  Pandora plunges more than 20% on revenue miss  —  Pandora plunged sharply after the music streaming company on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that widely missed expectations as mobile advertising growth slowed.
Discussion: Forbes, Pandora, @mmasnick, Mashable and GeekWire
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Islamic State burning video generates strong traffic to FoxNews.com  —  According to Omniture numbers provided by Fox News, the raw video from the Islamic State terrorism organization, also know as ISIS, depicting the burning death of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh has generated 10 percent …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
A year after its sale, Patch is down to 123 staffers, was profitable in 2014 with $17M in revenue  —  Has Patch finally cracked the code on hyperlocal?  —  At its peak in 2013, hyperlocal news network Patch had all the trappings of a startup: Employees got lavish expense accounts …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Family of journalist Austin Tice, kidnapped in Syria in 2012, launches #freeaustintice campaign and pushes for reforms to US hostage policy  —  Family of journalist missing in Syria campaigns anew for his return  —  WASHINGTON — With blindfolds to symbolize the plight of captives …
 
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Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Gina Rinehart accuses Fairfax management of having ‘no plan’ and sells her 15% stake
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Nielsen Pitching New ‘Tweets Per Impression’ Metric to Entertainment Marketers
Discussion: AdExchanger
Angelica Das / Center for Media & Social Impact:
Sundance panel explores the difference between documentary and journalism
Anthony Wing Kosner / Forbes:
Apple's Next Move In TV Will Filter The A-List Brands From All The Rest
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Postmedia cuts national writer jobs, offers newsroom buyouts
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Bauer centralises digital business to create single customer view for advertisers
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Alec Luhn / Guardian:
Moscow Times forced offline by hackers after being criticized by pro-Kremlin commenters for being anti-Putin
Pew Research Center:
Majority of investigative journalists believe the US has collected their phone, email, or online data