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6:45 AM ET, January 9, 2016

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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 …
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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
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Maxim to name owner Sardar Biglari editor in chief
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
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 …
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
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
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 …
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 …
Marcin Goettig / Reuters:
Poland tells EU to keep out of Polish affairs over media law  —  Poland dismissed European Commission concern on Friday that a new law on state-run media threatened media freedom, warning Brussels not to interfere in its affairs on the basis of “biased and politically-engaged” reports.
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
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
US TV networks, newsrooms and media advocacy groups urge Secretary of State John Kerry to push Iran to release Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian  —  News giants call on Iran to free American journalist  —  The leaders of 25 newsrooms and media advocacy groups are urging the U.S. government …
 
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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
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press to cut more newsroom jobs after tough 2015
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business
 
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