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4:00 PM ET, January 7, 2016

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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
New York Public Library releases more than 180K photographs, postcards, other public domain items in downloadable high-resolution  —  New York Public Library Invites a Deep Digital Dive  —  Mansion Maniac, a whimsical online toy created by the New York Public Library, may seem like envy bait for the real-estate have-nots.
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Sources: Yahoo to lay off at least 10%, or 1,000+ employees including some in media division, as early as this month  —  Yahoo is prepping to lay off 10% or more of its workforce  —  Major layoffs will be coming to Yahoo as part of its planned reorganization to get its business back on track.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NBCU's ad-free comedy subscription service Seeso launches with more than 2K hours original content for $4 a month  —  NBCU's Comedy Subscription Service For Cord Cutters, Seeso, Goes Live  —  Seeso, NBCUniversal's oddly named subscription service aimed at cord cutters, is now live.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Atlantic to launch new politics section and election hub, will triple reporting, events, and business staffs as it absorbs some National Journal staff  —  The Atlantic to launch new politics section, election hub  —  The Atlantic is launching a new politics section and election hub …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nexstar, Media General Agree On Merger Terms, But Meredith Won't Go Away  —  After a somewhat unorthodox courtship.  Nexstar Broadcasting and Media General Inc. are set to merge - but they'll have to spurn another suitor to get the deal done.  —  Nexstar has for weeks made a concerted effort …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
AP removes images of God-as-terrorist Charlie Hebdo cover  —  One year ago, the Associated Press was among the outlets that censored certain cartoons of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after the murderous attacks on its Paris offices.  “None of the images distributed by AP showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Reuters:
Time Warner Cable says up to 320K customers' email passwords may have been stolen, it's not yet sure how data was obtained  —  Time Warner Cable says up to 320,000 customers' data may have been stolen  —  Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday up to 320,000 customers may have had their email passwords stolen.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram starts curating more Spotlight Compilations for themes and events to highlight users' videos  —  Instagram Goes Beyond The Feed With Everyday Spotlight Compilations  —  Instagram's answer to Snapchat's Live Stories isn't just for holidays and big events any more.
Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
Reddit self-publishes Ask Me Anything: Volume One featuring AMAs in digital and 10K print editions  —  Ask Me Anything: Volume One  —  The Reddit editorial team along with the r/IAmA Mods are proud to present Ask Me Anything: Volume One, a beautiful coffee table book featuring …
Tim Fernholz / Quartz:
T-Mobile CEO John Legere responds to Binge On criticism, claims it's not throttling because the service doesn't slow down data or remove customer control  —  T-Mobile CEO John Legere defends his streaming plan against “bulls**t” complaints from “jerks” at Google
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned, UK-based news website The New Arab and its Arabic language version  —  Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned news website  —  Saudi culture and media ministry shuts down access to site which has also been accused …
Discussion: THEAsiaN, i24news and Press Gazette
John M. Broder / New York Times:
The New York Times experiments with online polling while remaining skeptical about achieving random samples as more people abandon landlines  —  New Online Polling Experiment for the Post-Landline Phone Era  —  John M. Broder is editor of News Surveys.  —  Margot Sanger-Katz of The Upshot …
 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic raised an additional $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary cloud partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators

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