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12:40 PM ET, February 10, 2015

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New York Times:
Under Fire, Brian Williams Loses Lofty Spot on a Trustworthiness Scale  —  If Brian Williams's future as the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rests on his trustworthiness and ratings, new research delivered some sobering news on Monday.  —  Before Mr. Williams apologized for exaggerating …
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Photos show Brian Williams' recollection of floodwaters after Hurricane Katrina may have been accurate  —  Photos show Brian Williams' New Orleans hotel was surrounded by water  —  This story will not prove that NBC Anchorman saw a body floating in the New Orleans floodwaters after Hurricane Katrina …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NBC's fact-checking of Brian Williams will be finished ‘sooner rather than later’  —  The NBC investigator who has been fact-checking the network's star anchor Brian Williams provided a “progress report” to network executives on Monday night.  —  The work is not done yet …
Guardian:
Julian Assange 24hr guard leaves London police with £10m bill  —  Metropolitan police commissioner says preventing escape of Wikileaks founder from Ecuadorian embassy is ‘sucking resources’  —  Police are reviewing the round-the-clock guard outside the Ecuadorian embassy preventing …
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Telegraph:
How YouTube became a power player, in industries from politics to music  —  How YouTube changed the world  —  In late 2005, when YouTube was just a few months old, one its co-founders announced that the site's users were consuming the equivalent of an entire Blockbuster store each month.
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
Advice for young journalists: Find another more lucrative, lasting career  —  To all the young journalists asking for advice....  Thanks very much for your email!  I'm always happy to meet just about anybody, and would love to find some time to have that coffee with you.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Alex Koppelman, Guardian US's enterprise editor, joins Vocativ as editorial director  —  Vocativ names new editorial director, outlines coverage priorities  —  Vocativ, a startup that aims to break news using data and the deep Web, took additional steps in its 2015 reboot Tuesday …
National Union of Journalists:
Newsquest, UK's third largest publisher of regional and local newspapers, is charging students £120 for opportunity to have byline published  —  Newspaper group charges students £120 for chance of a by-line  —  Newsquest, the UK's third largest publisher of local and regional newspapers …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Newsweek's Twitter hacked by pro-ISIL group; threat issued to Obama family; parent company IBT Media's site also hacked  —  Newsweek's Twitter account hacked  —  Newsweek's Twitter account was hacked by a pro-ISIL group on Tuesday.  —  For about 15 minutes on Tuesday morning, the group …
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Presidential interviews rarely make news; Vox's slick presentation of Obama plus softball questions became an extended commercial  —  All the President's Explainers  —  Interviews with the president are always useless.  Vox's was no different.  —  A sit-down interview with the president …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision posts $136.2M loss, increase of 4.5% in revenue of $727.7M in Q4 earnings  —  Univision Communications Posts Fourth-Quarter Loss  —  Univision Communications swung to fourth-quarter net loss, but its other financial metrics improved.  —  The Spanish-language media giant …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Associated Press offers simultaneous live video feeds to news websites  —  News agency says its video service took off before birth of Prince George  —  The Associated Press, the US-based news agency, has expanded its video services in response to growing demand by media outlets.
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