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11:40 AM ET, January 13, 2016

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John Koblin / New York Times:
‘Serial’ Podcast, Needing More Reporting Time, Goes Biweekly  —  At the beginning of every episode of “Serial,” the host, Sarah Koenig, opens with these words: “From This American Life and WBEZ Chicago, it's ‘Serial,’ one story told week by week.”  —  Well, make that every other week.
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.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
SoundCloud and Universal Music Agree to Licensing Deal  —  SoundCloud, a streaming music site that has clashed with the music industry as it grows more popular, has struck a long-awaited licensing deal with the Universal Music Group, the giant record company whose roster of hit acts includes the Weeknd, Sam Smith and U2.
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 …
Canadian Press:
Shaw to sell Global TV, specialty channels to Corus for $2.65 billion  —  Shaw, Corus controlled by Shaw family through its multiple-voting shares; deal will help fund Wind Mobile purchase  —  Shaw Communications is selling its media division, which includes Global TV, to Corus Entertainment.
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 …
John Glenday / The Drum:
Daily Mail chief executive Martin Morgan to retire at the end of 2016  —  Daily Mail and General Trust has announced that chief executive Martin Morgan is to retire at the end of 2016, allowing time for a successor to be found for the role.  —  Morgan joined DMGT in 1989, rising to the post of chief executive in 2008.
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.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Mirror team led by Alison Phillips believed to be working on new cut-price national newspaper  —  A team of Mirror journalists have been seconded to work on a new, cut-price national newspaper, well-placed sources have told Press Gazette.  —  The small team is being led …
Discussion: Guardian and @charliebeckett
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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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Out of many, NPR One: The app that wants to be the “Netflix of listening” gets more local  —  What is the public radio of the future?  Here's one vision: NPR One gives listeners a highly personalized stream on their phone, that pulls in stories from national shows, local newscasts, podcasts outside the NPR world.
BBC:
European Union opens inquiry into whether new Polish media laws break democracy rules  —  EU launches probe into new Polish laws  —  The European Commission has launched an unprecedented investigation into whether new Polish laws break EU democracy rules.
 
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