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7:50 PM ET, February 17, 2015

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Peter Oborne / openDemocracy:
Daily Telegraph chief political commentator Peter Oborne resigns, says paper removed or spiked stories about advertiser HSBC  —  Why I have resigned from the Telegraph  —  Five years ago I was invited to become the chief political commentator of the Telegraph.  It was a job I was very proud to accept.
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.”
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Lena Dunham, Jill Abramson, Dean Baquet, other stars all turn out for David Carr's wake  —  David Carr's Star-Studded Wake  —  A lover, a brother and “an a**hole,” tributes flowed in for The New York Times columnist whose wide range of friends were drawn from AA meetings to the Hollywood A-list.
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Jeff Zucker Strikes Back: CNN Chief Takes on Critics of Original Series, News Facelift  —  Outside of CNN President Jeff Zucker's office, the newsroom is humming with activity.  Host Brooke Baldwin is live, a digital meeting is underway and a new sense of confidence permeates the air.
Discussion: TVNewser, TVNewser and Mediaite
Brian Lowry / Variety:
Upcoming Modern Family episode was shot entirely on iPhones, iPads and MacBook Pros  —  ‘Modern Family’ Episode Employs Modern Twist  —  “Modern Family” is taking the “modern” part of its name to heart.  In an episode later this month designed to explore the way family interaction …
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
Knight Foundation:
Media accelerator Matter brings in the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo, and Community Newspaper Holdings as partners, will expand seed investing  —  Media startup accelerator Matter brings on four major media partners  —  The Associated Press, A.H. Belo Corporation …
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.
New York Times:
Photographers debate digital standards after World Press Photo competition disqualifies 20% of images because of over-processing  —  Debating the Rules and Ethics of Digital Photojournalism … Significant questions have arisen after a large number of images were disqualified …
Agence France-Presse:
Sudan seizes entire print runs of 14 daily newspapers, giving no reason for doing so  —  Sudan seizes print runs of 14 newspapers: press council  —  Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 14 newspapers on Monday, a government-run media body said …
 
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Daniel Miller / Los Angeles Times:
FilmTrack software allows movie studios to keep track of their intellectual property rights
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Second Screen TV Apps Startup Applicaster Pulls In $10.5M Series B Funding
Discussion: VentureBeat and LostRemote
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sky Starts Process to Take 100 Percent Control of Sky Deutschland
Discussion: Reuters and Stock Market Wire
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision Communications CFO Andy Hobson resigns, no reason cited
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Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:
Morocco expels two French reporters for violating rules
Discussion: Al Bawaba and Associated Press