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2:55 PM ET, January 15, 2016

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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Wikipedia launching $100m fund to secure long-term future as site turns 15  —  Online encyclopedia reaches its 15th birthday preparing for challenges ahead around funding, mobile access and the developing world  —  As Wikipedia turns 15, its operator The Wikimedia Foundation is hoping …
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Andrew Lih / Washington Post:
Wikipedia turns 15 but technological shifts, like readers moving to mobile, and board infighting threaten its future  —  Wikipedia just turned 15 years old.  Will it survive 15 more?  —  Andrew Lih is an associate professor of journalism at American University and the author of the book …
CBS News:
Sean Penn says he hoped to start a conversation about drug war through El Chapo interview, believes Mexican government wants to see him blamed for capture  —  Sean Penn has “a terrible regret” about “El Chapo” meeting  —  Actor Sean Penn is breaking his silence about his trip to Mexico …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Linda Thomas Brooks Named MPA President  —  Perhaps the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) heard us.  Minutes after we pondered who would replace Mary Berner as president, the organization announced that Linda Thomas Brooks was taking on the role.  —  As we noted earlier …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Newsmax TV, One America News Network, and TheBlaze show interest in Al Jazeera America's place on cable lineups but transfers are often extremely difficult  —  Al Jazeera America's spot on the dial already eyed by potential buyers  —  At least three upstart cable news channels are already eyeing …
Angie Drobnic Holan / PolitiFact:
Democracy Fund to invest up to $500K over two years in PolitiFact to expand fact-checking  —  New grant will help PolitiFact grow  —  The Democracy Fund will invest up to $500,000 over two years in PolitiFact to expand its fact-checking efforts, the two organizations announced Thursday.
Discussion: Democracy Fund and @brianbaumley
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Facebook hires a Bertelsmann business services unit to monitor and delete racist posts in Germany following public criticism  —  Facebook outsources fight against racist posts in Germany  —  Facebook has hired a Bertelsmann business services unit to monitor and delete racist posts …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Weird news website Quirker is first title to close following Trinity Mirror purchase of Local World  —  Trinity Mirror has closed down its first title following its merger with Local World - weird local news website Quirker.  —  According to Trinity Mirror the site employed four journalists …
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
From impersonation and spammers to Gamergate: how Twitter's rules evolved because of the tension between its free-speech ethos and business reality  —  The History of Twitter's Rules  —  “Because of these principles, we do not actively monitor and will not censor user content, except in limited circumstances described below.”
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Daily Mail Australia ends Nine partnership amid frustrations over lack of local ad sales  —  Nine Entertainment Co has sold off its stake in the Daily Mail Australia to British-based parent company The Daily Mail General Trust, just over two years after the joint-venture was created.
Phil Serafino / Bloomberg Business:
Vivendi Sells Its Activision Stake, Netting $1.1 Billion  —  Gamemaker's stock price almost doubled in the past year  —  Chairman Bollore has recently focused on Europe investments  —  Vivendi SA sold its remaining 5.7 percent stake in Activision Blizzard Inc., resulting in net proceeds of $1.1 billion …
 
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