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3:15 PM ET, January 9, 2016

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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Exclusive: NFL to live-stream all London games, in talks with Apple, Google - sources  —  The National Football League is planning to live-stream all three games scheduled to be played in London next season, and Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google are among the technology companies …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Time Warner shouldn't spin off HBO because it lacks Netflix's growth and almost all of its business is tied to traditional pay TV providers  —  HBO Isn't Netflix.  Which Is Why It Should Stay With Time Warner.  —  Three years ago, Netflix said it wanted to become HBO.
Discussion: Digital Trends, @mathewi and @b_fung
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New York Post:
Sources: activist investor Corvex Management weighs forcing a sale of Time Warner or spinoff of HBO; stock's up despite broader market tumble  —  Time Warner shareholders could force sale or spinoff of HBO  —  Is Time Warner ready for round two?  —  Activist shareholders are circling …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Upworthy lays off 14 of its 97 employees as it focuses on growing original video content  —  Upworthy changes course; lays off 14 to focus resources on video  —  Viral news site Upworthy laid off 14 of its 97 employees today with the intention of reallocating resources toward …
Politico:
Sources: layoffs at HuffPost Live amid pivot to refocus on shareable video and long-form documentaries  —  A big pivot for HuffPost Video  —  The Huffington Post is consolidating its video operations across the site in a strategic pivot that will effectively see the end of HuffPost Live …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC launches review of news arm, saying it can't ‘afford to do everything’  —  James Harding tells staff they face a ‘defining’ year in deciding how news should be delivered over next decade  —  The head of BBC News has launched a review to reshape the operation for the next decade …
Discussion: BBC Blogs, TVNewser and @aboutthebbc
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Marketers offer incentives for watching ads to help combat ad fraud and viewability challenges  —  More Marketers Offer Incentives for Watching Ads  —  Delivering ads to people seeking rewards may help combat ad fraud and viewability challenges  —  Marketers are increasingly employing …
Discussion: Marketing Dive
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Why Maxim is suing two former employees for defamation and breach of contract following a photo shoot at owner Sardar Biglari's Monte Carlo suite  —  The Monte Carlo Story: Maxim sues former employees for defamation  —  Earlier this week, Maxim filed a lawsuit against former employees Jason Feifer …
Discussion: @doree and Jezebel
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Bank analysts: digital media mergers and acquisitions continued to grow in 2015 in marketing and content sectors  —  Digital Media M&A Growth Continued in 2015  —  Growth was driven by the agency and marketing and digital content sectors  —  Mergers and acquisitions in the digital media industry continued …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Yahoo reassesses whether to spinoff its main Internet business, considers outright sale  —  Yahoo to Reconsider Sale of Web Business Instead of Spinoff  —  A decision to sell would contradict Yahoo's intent to spin  —  Verizon has publicly stated interest in acquiring Yahoo
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Time Inc.'s video hub The Daily Cut slow to take off  —  Time Inc. took an unorthodox stance a year ago when it launched The Daily Cut, a hub to house all the video it produces across its many magazine titles.  “We want to build our own brand equity,” svp of video J.R. McCabe said in announcing the planned hub.
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
LG's New TVs Mix Streaming Channels from Buzzfeed, GQ & Vogue with Traditional Networks  —  Owners of LG's latest smart TVs will have something new to add to their channel surfing: The Korean consumer electronics giant is adding more than 50 internet streaming channels to its latest generation …
 
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Condé Nast's Brides magazine offers reader consultation with editors and digital look book for up to $12,500
Discussion: The New York Observer and Jezebel
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC accused of bias after deleting blogpost saying political editor “sealed the deal” for shadow minister's on-air resignation
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Maxim to name owner Sardar Biglari editor in chief
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Meredith partners with consultancy Grand Editorial to produce Ladies' Home Journal
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes asked 2.1M visitors using ad blockers to turn them off to access site; 42.4% did
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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