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Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Gerry Lenfest, sole owner of Philadelphia Media Network, contributes newspapers, website to nonprofit institute — Lenfest donates newspapers, website to new media institute — The owner of The Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com has donated the news organizations …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Times hires Jim Rutenberg, NYT Magazine's chief political correspondent, as media columnist after year-long search for David Carr's replacement — New York Times Names Jim Rutenberg Media Columnist After Almost Yearlong Search — Editors looked inside and outside the paper to fill David Carr's perch.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Twitter Integrates Periscope, Adds Autoplaying Live Video to Timeline — Twitter and its social live streaming service Periscope are now joined at the hip: Twitter officially integrated Periscope's live streams into its timeline Tuesday, where live video streams are now be auto-playing directly within tweets.
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Jason Goldman / Medium:
Obama's final State of the Union address will be delivered Tuesday through multiple social media and streaming platforms — Meeting People Where They Are — How the White House Office of Digital Strategy is preparing for the 2016 State of the Union Address
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Village Voice owner brings back Will Bourne as editor-in-chief — The Village Voice has a new editor in chief. — New owner Peter Barbey is bringing back Will Bourne, who'd served briefly as editor in early 2013, to replace Tom Finkel, who had served as editor since July 2013 …
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FishbowlNY and @joepompeo
Shorenstein Center:
Shorenstein Center announces new fellows, include Politico's deputy editor Marilyn Thompson, Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy — Shorenstein Center Announces Spring 2016 Fellows — CAMBRIDGE, MA — The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
CBS, Warner Bros. considering online, paid streaming version of jointly-owned CW network — CBS, Warner Bros. Said to Consider Online Version of CW Network — Expiring deals with Tribune, Netflix, Hulu create new option — Looming Web service could provide leverage in negotiations
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Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
AT&T brings back unlimited data plans for its DirecTV and U-verse subscribers — AT&T is bringing back unlimited data. The number-two wireless carrier discontinued its original unlimited plans years ago, but it's resuscitating the all-you-can-eat option as a cross-promotion with its DirecTV and U-verse television services.
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Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
China's Dalian Wanda acquires Hollywood movie studio Legendary Entertainment for $3.5B — It's Official: China's Wanda Acquires Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 Billion — The deal marks the first time that a movie studio known for producing big-budget global tentpoles has come under Chinese ownership.
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Nyay Bhushan / Hollywood Reporter:
ESPN and Sony partner to launch two co-branded sports channels in India on January 17 — ESPN, Sony Unveil India Sports Networks Launch, Programming Details — The sports powerhouse returns to India two years after ending a partnership with 21st Century Fox's Star network, with the NFL …
Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Justice Department loophole allows FBI to spy on journalists' communications without court oversight by using National Security Letters — When can the FBI use National Security Letters to spy on journalists? That's classified. — Remember one year ago when then-Attorney General Eric …
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Freedom of the Press … and Boing Boing
Jonathan Stray / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of whether media coverage drives political poll results, or vice versa — How much influence does the media really have over elections? Digging into the data — Whether your favorite candidate is popular or unpopular, it's always popular to blame the media.
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