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3:10 PM ET, February 20, 2015

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Mother Jones:
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's tales about his own combat reporting fail to withstand scrutiny  —  Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem  —  The Fox News host has said he was in a “war zone” that apparently no American correspondent reached.  —  After NBC News suspended anchor …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice News Launches First Live Weekly Show on YouTube  —  Samsung's Milk Video service will have exclusive 72-hour window of on-demand replays of Skype-driven ‘On the Line’  —  Vice News is launching weekly half-hour talk show “On the Line,” streamed live on YouTube each Thursday …
Discussion: @pkafka, Tubefilter and VideoInk
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Investigative Reporting Pulitzer entries up 50 percent since magazines were allowed in  —  Since The Pulitzer Prizes changed the rules to allow online and print magazines, the contest has seen a 50 percent increase in investigative entries compared to last year, Mike Pride, the administrator of The Pulitzer Prizes, said in an email.
Patrick Kingsley / Guardian:
Mohamed Fahmy lashes out at al-Jazeera over protecting its journalists  —  Reporter jailed last June with Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed says network had own political agenda during reign of the Muslim Brotherhood and hung them out to dry despite repeated warnings, a view backed by some of their colleagues
Discussion: @mirceabarbu and @tomwrollins
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Agence France-Presse:
Australia's Greste urges help for other jailed reporters
Discussion: TVNewser and Mashable
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times nominates two with web expertise to board: CEO of Expedia, Dara Khosrowshahi, and Facebook's head of brand marketing, Rebecca Van Dyck  —  The Times Company Announces Board Nominees With Web Credentials  —  The New York Times Company announced two new nominees for its board …
Discussion: @raju
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
David Carr taught me how to create narrative argument, so my George Polk Award belongs to him  —  King David  —  David Carr, incomparable, irrepressible, and now legendary, is my friend and my brother.  I talked to him about everything—relationships, money problems, taxes, religion, drugs, alcohol, travel, writing, food, death.
Marco della Cava / USA Today:
YouTube Kids for Android set to launch February 23 featuring parental controls and a simplified UI  —  YouTube unveils new app for kids  —  SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube is repository of clips that range from exceedingly educational to suggestively explicit.  So to make sure younger fans …
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Atlantic's health editor combines playful web video series with serious writing on issues  —  James Hamblin: A fresh perspective for health journalism  —  The Atlantic editor has accumulated a loyal following with his video series “If Our Bodies Could Talk”  —  James Hamblin keeps getting compared to Doogie Howser.
NPR:
David Remnick Looks Back On Tough Decisions As ‘The New Yorker’ Turns 90  —  Listen to the Story  —  When David Remnick took the job as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, he learned quickly to make firm decisions about contentious stories.  Just a few months into the position …
Discussion: @robneyer
Marc Graser / Variety:
Racked Launches First Scripted Series as Vox Media Starts Dressing Up Sites with Video  —  Vox Media's tried on something new with its relaunch of fashion and beauty website Racked this month: a slate of original shows.  —  The company behind popular dot coms the Verge, Polygon …
Discussion: Tubefilter
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Emotional and Effective, Upworthy's Native Ads Have Brought in More Than $10 Million for the Site  —  When Starbucks wanted to share the uplifting story of how its local events helped a deaf woman discover a large, supportive community, the coffee chain turned to a somewhat obvious choice: Upworthy.
Discussion: Gigaom and PR Newswire
Tony Romm / Politico:
White House to work with tech companies to develop digital content to discredit extremist messages  —  Using social media to counter Al Qaeda, ISIL messaging  —  The White House plans to work closely with tech companies to counter groups like Al Qaeda and ISIL online …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Leads $24 Million Investment in Machinima  —  Warner Bros. is building on its relationship with gaming-centric digital media firm Machinima.  —  The studio has led a $24 million financing round in the company, which also operates a YouTube network.
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV Finally Launches WatchESPN, Other Disney and ABC Internet-Video Services
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Reporters at the New York Times don't usually editorialize on Twitter, but James Risen has obligation to speak strongly because of his personal experiences
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Axel Springer-owned French firm Aufeminin buys Livingly, US publisher of Zimbio, StyleBistro, and Lonny, for $25M with earnout up to $50M
Telegraph:
Telegraph defends coverage of HSBC, will write guidelines for how editorial and commercial staffs cooperate
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
YouTube sees 50% annual growth in views for the last three years, despite Facebook's focus on video
Discussion: Digiday
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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