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Washington Post:
Freed reporter Jason Rezaian meets with his Washington Post editors in Germany — Freed Americans reunited with their families — LANDSTUHL, Germany — Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was freed Saturday after almost 18 months of incarceration in an Iranian prison …
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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 …
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@jeffbezos, @jarthur47, @cnnsitroom, @brianstelter and @brianstelter
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) — Univision Communications Inc., the parent company to the nation's leading …
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@ingridlunden and @rafat
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: Republican National Committee officially replaces NBC with CNN for February presidential debate in Texas — RNC officially severs ties with NBC for February debate — The Republican National Committee officially severed ties on Monday with NBC for what was supposed to be a Feb. 26 Republican primary debate in Houston.
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Variety, TVNewser, CNNMoney, Breitbart, @jayrosen_nyu, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, @stevekovach, @raleighreporter, Mediaite and RedState
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press:
Reporters Committee, Bloomberg, others object to bankruptcy judge's order that 100+ people disclose all contacts with Bloomberg reporters in last 60 days — Reporters Committee leads coalition objecting to bankruptcy court investigation of Bloomberg sources
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@raju, Reporters Committee …, @ap_corpcomm, @reedfrich and Talking Biz News
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.
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VentureBeat:
VentureBeat names Wired and FORA.tv veteran Blaise Zerega editor-in-chief — VentureBeat Names Blaise Zerega New Editor-in-Chief — Industry veteran joins the iconic tech outlet to drive next phase of growth — VentureBeat, the leading source for news and perspective on tech innovation …
Reuters:
Facebook allocates €1M to NGOs and launches Initiative for Civil Courage Online, a Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts on social media — Facebook begins Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts — Facebook Inc (FB.O) began a Europe-wide campaign on Monday …
Costas Pitas / Reuters:
UK court rules detaining of journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda at English airport was lawful — UK rules detaining partner of Snowden leaks reporter was lawful — Britain's Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that the detention of the partner of a journalist who helped bring leaks …
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Guardian, Press Gazette, BBC, Bloomberg Business, The Intercept, @davidallengreen, @davidallengreen and @davidallengreen
Samia Errazzouki / Associated Press:
Moroccan journalist is released after 10 months in prison — RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan investigative journalist was released from prison Sunday after serving a 10-month sentence for adultery in a case that rights groups described as politically driven.
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Google's AMP, scheduled to launch in late February, will support native ads, analytics tools, and various kinds of publishers' paywalls — Google's AMP Poised To Take The Lead From Facebook's And Apple's Walled Gardens — By the end of February, Google will deploy at full scale …
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@raju, @jbenton, Accelerated Mobile … and Wall Street Journal, Thanks:@steverubel
Tommy Wilkes / Reuters:
Pakistan ends three-year YouTube ban after Google launches local version allowing government to remove offensive content — Pakistan lifts ban on Youtube after launch of own version — Pakistan said on Monday it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched …
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The Next Web, Tech Times, BBC, DW.COM, CNET, @jacksmithiv, Google Asia Pacific Blog and Techaeris