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12:45 PM ET, January 11, 2016

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Chris Hughes / Medium:
The New Republic owner and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is putting the magazine up for sale, says he underestimated challenges of transitioning to digital  —  The New Republic's Next Chapter  —  I sent the letter below to the The New Republic staff this morning on the next chapter for our institution.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
After staff walkout, The New Republic's web traffic dropped by 50% according to comScore  —  New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale  —  Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model  —  The New Republic …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner talks about how the magazine handled the planning and editing of Sean Penn's interview with El Chapo  —  How Rolling Stone Magazine Handled a Get With Ramifications  —  Several months ago, Jann Wenner, a founder of Rolling Stone magazine, received a call from the actor Sean Penn.
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
The El Chapo interview with Sean Penn, giving the subject final approval, is similar to concessions some business and tech publications make for access  —  El Chapo, journalists and readers  —  I liked the Rolling Stone story about El Chapo, the Mexican drug lord.  —  It's is a big story.
Janet Ong / Bloomberg Business:
Sean Penn Under Investigation for ‘El Chapo’ Interview, ABC Says  —  Actor Sean Penn is under investigation for a Rolling Stone magazine interview with drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, ABC News reported, citing unidentified people in the Mexican government.  —  Kate del Castillo …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rolling Stone grants Mexican drug lord El Chapo full approval over exclusive interview by Sean Penn, raising ethical questions
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:
Daily Telegraph Installs Workplace Monitors On Journalists' Desks  —  The devices tell whether newspaper staff are at their desk using heat and motion sensors.  —  BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK  —  The Daily Telegraph has installed devices to monitor whether journalists are at their desks, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:
SoundCloud raises €32 million in debt funding with an option for additional loans  —  According to Swedish technology news site DiGITAL, Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised 300 million Swedish krona (a little more than €32 million, or about $35 million) in debt funding.
Wall Street Journal:
Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers  —  Apple News App Is Off to a Rocky Start  —  There's one glitch: Neither publishers nor the company know how many people are reading
Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
The New York Times is already making money from virtual reality, says CEO Mark Thompson  —  The New York Times Will Make Money with Virtual Reality in 2016, Mark Thompson  —  LAS VEGAS — It's no Oculus Rift, and it costs about 40 times less - but Google's cardboard virtual reality headset …
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Kirsty Styles / The Next Web:
Netflix loses out on Golden Globe success, despite leading with most nominations  —  Despite heading into the Golden Globes with the most nominations for its film and TV content, Netflix went away empty handed from the competition last night.  —  Netflix would have made film history if Beasts …
Discussion: The Wrap, @mauroranallo and TechCrunch
Anealla Safdar / Al Jazeera English:
Refugees in Germany launch paper for fellow newcomers  —  A group of volunteer refugees have founded Abwab, an Arabic newspaper with helpful information and stories of hope.  —  When Ramy Alasheq was searching last year for a title to give to a newspaper he was helping launch …
Helen Lewis / Nieman Reports:
How Newsrooms Handle Graphic Images of Violence  —  There was no blood, no violence, no panic.  Just a little boy's body washed ashore, one of thousands of victims of the refugee crisis unfolding along the borders of Europe.  Yet the images of Alan Kurdi lying on a beach at Bodrum, Turkey …
 
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