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3:55 PM ET, January 19, 2016

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: Univision acquires 40% controlling stake in The Onion, including the site, the AV Club, Clickhole and various book and video projects  —  Area Satirical Publication The Onion Sold To Univision (Seriously)  —  Listen to the Story  —  Univision Communications Inc. …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Univision confirms it has bought stake in satirical comedy site The Onion  —  Univision Buys Stake In Satire Site The Onion  —  Spanish-language media titan Univision Communications said it purchased a minority stake in Onion Inc., the backer of the popular satire and humor site The Onion …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
HBO Plans to Take On Netflix in Spain With Streaming Service  —  Spain has high rate of Web subscribers who opt out of pay TV  —  HBO plans to start a stand-alone Web service in Spain, opening a new front against Netflix Inc. in an increasingly global competition for cord-cutters.
Costas Pitas / Reuters:
UK court says detention of Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda at airport was lawful, but terrorism clause is incompatible with EU human rights convention  —  UK rules detaining partner of Snowden leaks reporter was lawful  —  Britain's Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that the detention …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mediaite founder Dan Abrams launches legal news site LawNewz, to livestream major trials and have running commentary of legal cases  —  Dan Abrams launches LawNewz website  —  No matter the story, Dan Abrams says there is “always a legal angle.”  That's why Abrams, the chief legal analyst …
Discussion: Mediaite
Dana Harris / Indiewire:
Indiewire, site covering independent films, acquired by Variety owner Penske Media  —  Indiewire Acquired By Penske Media Corp.  —  It was 20 years ago, almost to the day, that Indiewire launched as “iLine.”  Daily Variety then described us as “A World Wide Web site dedicated to the indie film world.”
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Academy President Issues Lengthy Statement on Lack of Oscars Diversity  —  In the wake of Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith announcing they will not be attending this year's Oscars, Cheryl Boone Isaacs says she was “heartbroken and frustrated” by the nominations, which did not include any performers of color.
Robert Frank / New York Times:
Forbes family claims $65M loan to new Forbes Media owners is in default due to one late $46K interest payment, demands full repayment, $35M breach-of-sale fee  —  In Forbes Media Sale, Five-Figure Battle Started a $100 Million War  —  Shortly after the Forbes family sold control of its magazine …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Ex-BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg is working on a video news startup, hires Yahoo in-house production executive Peter Gorenstein  —  Former BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg Hires Yahoo Executive for His Online News Startup  —  Former BuzzFeed operating chief Jon Steinberg is working on a video news startup.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
The Times and Sunday Times launch weekly edition for international subscribers, Times of London Weekly, in 46 countries  —  Times and Sunday Times to launch weekly digital edition  —  App, which will roll out in 46 countries, is aimed at interrnational subscribers
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed launches in Japan, with some help from Yahoo Japan  —  BuzzFeed on Tuesday launched BuzzFeed Japan, the company's eleventh international edition. … Unlike its previous expansions, which are fully owned by BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed Japan is a joint partnership with Yahoo Japan.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press to sell some of its titles, wants to focus on audiences with higher disposable income  —  Johnston Press to sell titles to rivals to focus on ‘gems’ for future  —  Publisher of more than 220 regional titles has identified titles falling outside …
Discussion: @kevglobal and @marksweney
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Game developer Ubisoft partners with Amazon Prime, YouTube creators to make short film based on video game The Division  —  Ubisoft teams with Amazon Prime and YouTube stars to create live-action short film for The Division  —  Ubisoft is gunning for a transmedia hit with Tom Clancy's The Division.
Discussion: Adweek and Variety
 
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Samia Errazzouki / Associated Press:
Moroccan journalist is released after 10 months in prison
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Reuters:
Facebook allocates €1M to NGOs and launches Initiative for Civil Courage Online, a Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts on social media
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