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5:35 AM ET, February 21, 2015

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Telegraph:
Times publisher, News UK, launches internal investigation after suicides of two members of its commercial staff  —  News UK, the publisher of The Times and The Sun, denies claims that the lines have been blurred between its commercial and editorial operations, despite boasts from a senior executive …
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Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:
Daily Telegraph Writes “Despicable” Report Linking Suicides At The Times To Commercial Pressure  —  The Daily Telegraph has faced days of criticism for allegedly allowing a major advertiser to influence its editorial coverage.  On Friday it hit back with an anonymous article which has been condemned …
Paul Vale / Huffington Post UK:
The Telegraph responds to accusations of advertising influence over editorial by hitting back at the Guardian  —  The Daily Telegraph Goes To War With The Guardian In Tit For Tat Attack Over Advertising  —  The Telegraph has declared war on the Guardian.  In recent days the Guardian …
Discussion: @ianprior, Financial Times and Guardian
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Vogue offers quick delivery of March print issue via Postmates in NYC and LA for $15, includes six-month subscription  —  Too Cold to Go Outside?  A Startup Will Deliver Vogue to Your Door in Minutes  —  Too cold or lazy to visit a newsstand to buy Vogue's March issue?
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Conde Nast Hires BuzzFeed Data Head Ky Harlin  —  It used to be novel when people moved from Big Media institutions to BuzzFeed.  Then it became old hat.  So here's a new version of the story: A Big Media institution has hired one of BuzzFeed's big names.  —  Conde Nast has grabbed Ky Harlin …
Discussion: @condenast
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC to Live-Stream Oscars Backstage Show on Facebook for Free  —  Video highlights of kudocast will post to Facebook, Oscar.com immediately after they air on TV  —  ABC has pacted with Facebook to live-stream “The Oscars Backstage” on the world's biggest social-media service in conjunction …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Tubefilter
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.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico's plan to launch a gossip column in the gossip-saturated capital  —  Monday is the first day for Kate Bennett, Politico's new gossip columnist.  When Politico editor Susan Glasser announced Bennett's hire earlier this month, she promised “a great read multiple times a week” …
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Machinima Cuts Staff, Shuts Some Channels After New Financing (Exclusive)  —  Just because Machinima secured $24 million in new funding doesn't make it immune to some belt-tightening.  —  The digital content network laid off 13 of its 90 employees Friday, according to sources, as well a few part-time staffers.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly hits back at Mother Jones report about his war zone reporting experience  —  Bill O'Reilly Responds.  We Annotate.  —  The Fox News host still hasn't gotten back to us, but here's his monologue—factchecked.  —  On Thursday, Mother Jones published an article …
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: @tomwrollins and @mirceabarbu
Jim Romenesko:
Bloomberg's Pui-Wing Tam is named New York Times technology editor  —  “Now we are about to take our coverage up another notch.”  —  New York Times business editor Dean Murphy and deputy business editor Peter Lattman on Pui-Wing Tam being named technology editor:
 
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NPR:
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Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
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Discussion: Gigaom
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Atlantic's health editor combines playful web video series with serious writing on issues
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Marc Graser / Variety:
Racked Launches First Scripted Series as Vox Media Starts Dressing Up Sites with Video
Discussion: Tubefilter
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
Discussion: @raju
Marco della Cava / USA Today:
YouTube Kids for Android set to launch February 23 featuring parental controls and a simplified UI