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11:40 PM ET, January 12, 2016

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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.
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
How Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes erred with The New Republic, treating it as a startup instead of a revered century-old magazine  —  Chris Hughes and the dangers of impact investing  —  Chris Hughes, the Facebook co-founder who bought The New Republic for a reported $2.1 million in 2012 …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Facebook and Google Move Execs to Work On Virtual Reality  —  In a sign of the growing importance of virtual reality (VR) for tech companies, both Google and Facebook have tasked seasoned executives to work with their respective VR divisions.  —  Google's VP of product management Clay Bavor …
New York Post:
Bewkes nixes HBO spinoff but open to Time Warner sale  —  Time Warner boss Jeff Bewkes told investors in a series of closed-door meetings Monday that he's against a sale or a spinoff of HBO but hinted he would entertain a sale of the New York media giant, The Post has learned.
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 …
Discussion: @joepompeo and FishbowlNY
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
Jen Primack / The Reader's Room:
Amazon's book cataloging and discussion site Shelfari is merging with Goodreads; users have two months to move data  —  Amazon Kills Shelfari  —  It's official, the day that I've been dreading for several years has arrived.  Amazon, which owns both Goodreads and Shelfari, has decided that it no longer cares to maintain Shelfari.
Discussion: @danprimack and Marian Reads
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BuzzFeed breaks UK ad rules over misleading advertorial  —  Dylon sponsored article titled ‘14 Laundry Fails’ did not make clear content was piece of marketing, advertising watchdog rules  —  BuzzFeed has broken the UK advertising rules for failing to make it clear that an article on …
 
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Hulu to unveil virtual reality apps and content this spring, says company's head of experience Ben Smith
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Jonathan Stray / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of whether media coverage drives political poll results, or vice versa
Discussion: @murpharoo
Nyay Bhushan / Hollywood Reporter:
ESPN and Sony partner to launch two co-branded sports channels in India on January 17
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Keith Stuart / Guardian:
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