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1:40 PM ET, January 14, 2016

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch reasserts control over Fox News, Roger Ailes threatened to quit over promotion of Murdoch's sons, network lacks Trump coverage strategy  —  With Roger Ailes Absent, Fox News Is Drifting — There Isn't Even a ‘Trump Strategy’  —  For the past two decades …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in the coming weeks citing content-licensing restrictions  —  Netflix Vows to Shut Down Proxy Users Who Bypass Country Restrictions  —  Netflix, which now offers streaming service in some 190 nations …
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
NBC research executive Alan Wurtzel: network shows compare well with Netflix and Amazon hits based on cross-platform ratings tool from Symphony Advanced Media  —  Why NBC Says Netflix Does Not Yet Pose a ‘Consistent’ Threat to Broadcasters  —  ‘Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated’
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
President of Herring Broadcasting, the parent of One America News Network, says he's hired a bank to explore buying assets of Al Jazeera America  —  Al Jazeera America Already Has A Suitor: Herring Broadcasting  —  The news that Al Jazeera America will cease operations as of April 30 is just hours old …
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CNNMoney:
Al Jazeera America to shut down by April 30, with as many as 700 staffers losing jobs, promises to expand digital services in US
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Reporters who investigated doping in baseball and football will not be affected by Al Jazeera America shutdown
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
GoPro entertainment head Zander Lurie to become SurveyMonkey CEO, replacing Bill Veghte, who was there for six months  —  Lurie Departs GoPro to Take CEO Job at SurveyMonkey  —  Zander Lurie has left GoPro, where he headed its entertainment efforts, to become CEO of survey startup SurveyMonkey.
Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times:
ESPN.com rolls out e-sports section, says its daily coverage will have the same rigor it has for other sports  —  ESPN.com to cover e-sports with same ‘rigor’ as it does the big leagues  —  An ESPN The Magazine last year focused on e-sports.  Emboldened by the response, ESPN.com plans to aggressively cover video game competitions.
Paul Revoir / Guardian:
BBC risks excluding viewers by prioritising online content  —  BBC3 move to online-only, fears over future of traditional broadcasting and corporation being too ‘overtly political’ among public's concerns, study finds  —  Older, poorer and rural viewers could all be excluded by the BBC's plans …
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Paul Revoir / Guardian:
Public ‘support BBC cost-savings but do not want services to be axed’
Discussion: @rjdmc
Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
Egypt arrests Facebook page administrators ahead of revolt anniversary  —  Egyptian security forces have arrested two people for managing multiple Facebook pages they said were used to support the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and encourage protest, the Interior Ministry said.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
The Internet Archive's new project preserves political TV ads so journalists can see who's lying  —  The Internet Archive has already been documenting the evolution of the Web for two decades, and now it's teaming up with a handful of media organizations to launch a project specifically designed …
Discussion: Engadget and The Next Web
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sun faces phone-hacking claims from five high court claimants  —  A bid to establish whether the Sun was involved in phone hacking has been launched at at a hearing dealing with allegations from 16 celebrities and public figures against the newspaper's publisher, News Group Newspapers.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Reuters TV finds value not just in making its content free, but in giving it away to other publishers  —  In a little less than a year, Reuters has completely changed the strategy around its news video product, Reuters TV.  It's gone from charging for its iOS app to not just giving …
 
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: Twitter pitching new ads that lets brands collect user tweets about their products
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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Apple phasing out in-house iAd sales team as it updates platform to be more automated
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Sources: The Verge's co-founding editor Joshua Topolsky is raising $5M-$10M for ad-supported digital media project, covering politics, culture, and business
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify partners with Genius to show backstory and commentary annotations for selected songs, only on iPhone for now
Discussion: Genius, Racked and Vibe