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10:00 AM ET, January 18, 2016

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Washington Post:
Iran frees Post reporter Jason Rezaian, 4 other Americans, officials say  —  VIENNA — Iran released Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and three other detained Iranian Americans on Saturday in exchange for the freedom of seven people imprisoned or charged in the United States …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Washington Post editors Martin Baron and Douglas Jehl traveled to Germany to meet freed reporter Jason Rezaian on his way home  —  Jason Rezaian is on his way home  —  Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian is free from Iranian custody and on the way to a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Iran tried to stop Jason Rezaian's wife leaving the country with him, according to his brother  —  Jason Rezaian's brother: Iranians ‘continued to manipulate’ until very end  —  Jason Rezaian's departure from Iran, after 545 days behind bars, was delayed when Iranian officials tried to stop his wife …
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Here's Why We Held The Story On The U.S.-Iranian Prisoner Exchange  —  In early fall, HuffPost foreign affairs reporter Jessica Schulberg landed a hell of a scoop: a State Department official was willing to talk on the record about the most sensitive of diplomatic operations …
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos calls NBC's audience projections remarkably inaccurate and irrelevant because Netflix does not rely on advertisers  —  Netflix's Ted Sarandos Reacts to NBC Outing His Ratings: “Remarkably Inaccurate Data”  —  “I hope they didn't spend any money on it.”
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Wall Street Journal:
As Netflix expands globally, local and regional rivals discuss banding together to outbid it on content rights
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Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:
Sean Penn says he's ‘sad about the state of journalism’ in ‘60 Minutes’ interview  —  Charlie Rose, left, with actor Sean Penn during an interview in Santa Monica about Penn's meeting with Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.  The interview aired Sunday on “60 Minutes.”
Chava Gourarie / Columbia Journalism Review:
How using models, simulations, and game-like features can help explanatory journalism  —  Could ‘explorable explanations’ help tell a new kind of story?  —  Newsrooms have become increasingly focused on interactive journalism and creative graphics as they look for new ways to progress storytelling in the digital age.
Kevin Tofel / ZDNet:
Alexa can now read Kindle books aloud from an Amazon Echo for free  —  You won't get the tone of a professional voice actor, but Alexa can read your Kindle books aloud: Best of all, there's no charge.  —  With so much recent focus on using an Amazon Echo to control smart home devices …
South China Morning Post:
Missing Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai appears on Chinese TV, says he turned himself in over 2003 crime for which he received suspended sentence  —  Missing Hong Kong bookseller appears on state television, claiming he turned himself in over 2003 drink-driving death
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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