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3:25 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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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
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.
Mariana Marcaletti / Idea Lab:
Mobile on the Move: How the News Travels and Where It's Headed  —  The Wall Street Journal's mobile and emerging technology editor, David Ho, likes to start industry conference talks by asking everybody to pass their cell phone to the person to the right.  Then he stays silent until the fidgeting and murmurs reach a crescendo.
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
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:
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Melanie Newman / TBIJ:
Former GCHQ legal director: Journalists' communications not considered in RIPA drafting
Discussion: @tbij