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1:40 PM ET, January 8, 2016

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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: TVNewser, BBC Blogs and @aboutthebbc
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Maxim to name owner Sardar Biglari editor in chief  —  Maxim publisher Sardar Biglari will be officially named editor in chief of the men's magazine, POLITICO Media has learned.  In addition, fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon will be named to a senior creative position.
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
ProPublica becomes first major news site on the dark web, running as a hidden service on the Tor network, offering stronger privacy than SSL to readers  —  PROPUBLICA LAUNCHES THE DARK WEB'S FIRST MAJOR NEWS SITE  —  The so-called dark web, for all its notoriety as a haven for criminals and drug dealers …
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Chernin Group takes 51% stake in Barstool Sports site at a valuation of $10-$15M, staff will move from Boston to New York  —  Barstool Sports just got bought at a $10 million to $15 million valuation, and its founder is ‘kinda rich now’  —  It's one thing to get acquired.
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 …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Yahoo's programmatic ad program generates mostly fraudulent traffic, ad management system is broken  —  Inside Yahoo's troubled advertising business  —  Between a sinking stock, an embattled CEO and restless investors demanding that the company be dismantled, these are not great days for Internet pioneer Yahoo.
Discussion: @rafat, @mathewi and AdExchanger
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tow: automated journalism has limits like stilted writing and dependence on topics with structured data, but also potential to increase speed, scale, accuracy  —  All your insights are belong to us: A new Tow Center report outlines the state of automated journalism
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes asked 2.1M visitors using ad blockers to turn them off to access site; 42.4% did  —  Inside Forbes: From ‘Original Sin’ To Ad Blockers — And What The Future Holds  —  It was my first day of class as a first-time Skype instructor, so I got right to it: “How many of you pay for content?”
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Condé Nast's Brides magazine offers reader consultation with editors and digital look book for up to $12,500  —  Condé Nast's Brides Offers ‘Private Access’ to Clients  —  Condé Nast's Brides has developed a new experiential service for readers in search …
Discussion: Jezebel
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press to cut more newsroom jobs after tough 2015  —  Jeremy Clifford, recently appointed Johnston's first group editor-in-chief, has written to staff to inform them of the news  —  Johnston Press has announced a fresh set of job losses as the company looks to restructure …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Let's End the False War Between Free Speech and Hate Speech  —  As I write this, the lizard part of my brain is trying to predict exactly how much nasty blowback I am going to get online for what I am about to say.  —  Will I be called a controlling bitch on Twitter?
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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

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

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Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP
 
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