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12:05 AM ET, February 11, 2015

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC: Brian Williams suspended for 6 months without pay  —  NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay, the network announce Tuesday night.  —  The full memo from NBC News President Deborah Turness:
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Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Suspending Brian Williams buys NBC time to consider his replacement at a time when news anchors are losing influence  —  Here's why NBC didn't fire Brian Williams  —  NBC President Deborah Turness announced Tuesday she is suspending Brian Williams for six months with no pay.
New York Times:
Under Fire, Brian Williams Loses Lofty Spot on a Trustworthiness Scale
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Jon Stewart to sign off ‘Daily Show’  —  It is the end of a fake-news era.  —  Jon Stewart, whose wit defined “The Daily Show” for more than 15 years, will sign off the iconic Comedy Central program later this year, the cable channel said on Tuesday.  —  Stewart is expected to speak …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Guardian hires Chelsea Manning  —  Chelsea Manning is joining The Guardian U.S. as a contributing opinion writer, the site's editor-in-chief Katharine Viner announced on Tuesday.  —  Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, was an Army private who was convicted in 2013 and is serving …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Strayer University Taps Daily Mail For Elaborate Year-long Branded Content Deal  —  Until about a week ago, the DailyMail.com in the U.S. didn't have a business section.  But thanks to a new ad partnership, it does now-one that is loaded with sponsored content.
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Time now lets marketers buy print ads with the same automated tools used for digital ads, working with ad tech firm MediaMath  —  Well, This Is Different — Time Inc. Now Selling Print Ads Programmatically  —  Target Is the First Customer  —  Machines are now selling some print ads at Time Inc.
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
NewFronts Expands to 33 Presenters, but Microsoft Won't Be Among Them  —  Due to demand for slots during the NewFronts, the Interactive Advertising Bureau has added a day to its schedule to accommodate a total of 33 presenters.  —  The 2015 event will take place in New York from April 27 through May 7.
JP Mangalindan / Mashable:
Why Twitter launched Curator, a Storify competitor  —  As it gets more aggressive about growth, Twitter wants to be useful to just about everyone — including the media.  —  Curator, a tool the company unveiled last week, makes it easier for media outlets to figure out which topics are popular and where.
Discussion: The Next Web
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies  —  Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads?  Think again: A number of owners of Samsung's smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads …
Discussion: @tomkrazit and @patrickinnc
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Telegraph and @lordbonkers
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Owen Gibson / Guardian:
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision posts $136.2M loss, increase of 4.5% in revenue of $727.7M in Q4 earnings
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Melanie Newman / TBIJ:
Former GCHQ legal director: Journalists' communications not considered in RIPA drafting
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
U.S. Copyright Office Releases Proposals for Fundamentals of Music Copyright