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1:20 PM ET, February 17, 2015

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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Case study: Twitter sends less than 2% of tweet impressions back to a linked website  —  The Unbearable Lightness of Tweeting  —  In January, I deleted Twitter from my phone.  The app was a charming distraction, I decided, and 2015 would be a year of productivity upgrades.
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James Barron / New York Times:
Mourners Gather for Funeral for David Carr, Times Reporter  —  David Carr was remembered at his funeral Mass on Tuesday as a deft reporter for The New York Times who was, his older brother John said, “a unique combination of Minnesota nice and New York energy.”
Katie Hawkins-Gaar / Poynter:
Newsrooms like Storyful begin to address the emotional toll of graphic images like ISIS videos  —  Newsrooms face mental health challenge amid surge of graphic footage  —  Tuesday, February 3, marked the first time Andy Carvin allowed himself to watch an ISIS execution video.
Discussion: @mjenkins, @benmullin and @katiehawk
Mac Hackett / VICE:
UK music magazine NME allegedly going free, with the last paid issue coming out next week  —  Is the NME ‘Going Free’?  Apparently the Music Mag Will Charge a Cover Price for the Last Time Next Week  —  All day on Twitter and Facebook, people have been wondering if NME were set to announce that the magazine was going free.
Discussion: @tpoeblog and @seaninsound
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Wall Street Journal renames Marketplace print section as Business & Tech, its first name-change since 1988  —  W.S.J. updates print edition, renames Marketplace  —  When devout Wall Street Journal readers open their papers Tuesday, they'll notice an array of changes to the 126-year-old broadsheet's U.S. print edition.
Lion Publishers:
Local Independent Online News Publishers group hires former editor of New Haven Register, Matt DeRienzo, as interim executive director  —  LION hires DeRienzo to expand leadership in local publishing  —  LION Publishers is pleased to announce that industry leader Matt DeRienzo has been hired as the group's interim Executive Director.
Discussion: @netnewscheck and @lionpubs
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Wall Street analyst Craig Moffett says Comcast-Time Warner Cable deal has 60% chance of gaining government approval, downgraded from 70%  —  Comcast, TW Cable Merger Approval Now Less Certain, Says Analyst  —  Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable now has a 60-40 chance …
Discussion: Multichannel News
Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:
Morocco expels two French reporters for violating rules  —  RABAT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Moroccan authorities have expelled two French reporters they said were working without permission, a move criticised by freedom of speech campaigners as part of a pattern of making it tough for journalists to work.
Discussion: Associated Press and Al Bawaba
James Temperton / Wired.co.uk:
After UK court ruling, Privacy International website allows you to ask if GCHQ spied on you  —  You can now find out if GCHQ spied on you  —  People from around the world can join a campaign to find out if British intelligence agency GCHQ illegally spied on them — and force it to delete the data.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision Communications CFO Andy Hobson resigns, no reason cited  —  Univision Communications CFO Resigns  —  Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications said Tuesday that CFO and senior executive vp Andy Hobson has resigned.  —  The company didn't immediately cite a reason …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sky Starts Process to Take 100 Percent Control of Sky Deutschland  —  Pan-European pay TV giant Sky said Tuesday that it has notified the management board of Germany's Sky Deutschland that it has started a process to buy out the remaining 4 percent stake in the company held by small shareholders.
Discussion: Reuters and Stock Market Wire
 
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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
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Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

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