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11:10 AM ET, January 20, 2016

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Jayne Mountford / Fashion Times:
Vogue magazine's Creative Director Grace Coddington steps down after 28 years, will become Creative Director at large  —  Grace Coddington Is Leaving Vogue: Legendary Creative Director Steps Down After 28 Years  —  It has been announced this morning that Grace Coddington …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon Wireless to begin selling data cap exemptions to content providers January 25 with beta trial of its new FreeBee Data 360 service  —  Verizon Wireless selling data cap exemptions to content providers  —  Video, music, app downloads, and ads can be exempted from caps for a fee.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Guardian appoints AOL UK's Hamish Nicklin as chief revenue officer  —  Former Google executive to be responsible for Guardian News & Media's advertising revenues, its jobs operation and its branded content division  —  The Guardian has appointed Hamish Nicklin, the managing director …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nielsen to add Facebook discussions to its Twitter TV Ratings, to be renamed “Social Content Rankings”, eventually will include Instagram  —  Nielsen Wants to Watch You Talk to Your Facebook Friends About What You Watch on TV  —  It is a little hard to remember now …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Starbucks Now Lets You Save The Songs You Heard In-Store To Spotify  —  Starbucks and streaming service Spotify are expanding their relationship today with the launch of a new digital music experience for Starbucks customers which will allow them to identify songs being played in stores …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
AJ+ launches on Apple TV after success on Facebook and despite demise of Al Jazeera America  —  Al Jazeera's AJ+ Gets Its Own Apple TV App  —  Al Jazeera America may be shutting down, but Al Jazeera's digital offspring AJ+ is alive and well: AJ+ launched an app on Apple TV Tuesday.
Discussion: Informed Comment
Journalism.org:
Pew: Over 6+ years, 658 journalism-related Kickstarter projects raised nearly $6.3M, 71% produced by individuals not tied to any news outlet  —  Crowdfunded Journalism: A Small but Growing Addition to Publicly Driven Journalism  —  Projects funded through Kickstarter cut across more than 60 countries
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Andrew Giambrone / City Desk:
Washington Post apologizes in detailed editor's note for reporter copying parts of articles from Government Executive website  —  Post Reporter Lifts Passages from Government Executive Articles  —  Washington Post reporter Lisa Rein, who covers federal government issues …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Netflix Q4: revenue of $1.82B, $43M in profit, 5.59M net new subscribers with 4.04M internationally; stock up 7% after hours  —  Netflix whizzes past 75 million subscribers thanks to record international growth  —  Netflix share price is up more than 121 percent in the last year.
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Gerardo Reyes / Washington Post:
Director of Univision's investigative unit Gerardo Reyes declined to interview El Chapo after he asked for editorial control  —  Why I turned down an interview with ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán  —  Univision said no, but Sean Penn said yes.  —  In September 2013, a confidential source acting …
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
In new statement, Jason Rezaian says he hopes to write again about Iran and the US  —  New statement from Jason Rezaian  —  Below is a written statement from Jason Rezaian, issued today from Landstuhl, Germany:
Discussion: Mediaite, Mashable and Business Insider
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
After Cancelling Its IPO, Deezer Raises Another $109M From Access And Orange  —  Deezer, the Paris-based music and other audio streaming service with 6.3 million users that planned but ultimately cancelled an IPO last year, has now tapped existing investors for more funding …
Brendan James / International Business Times:
Gawker seeks outside funding to fortify finances ahead of Hulk Hogan trial, plans Thursday meeting to ask shareholders to OK new class of shares  —  Gawker Media Is On The Hunt For Outside Investor Cash  —  Gawker Media is seeking funding from outside investors and calling an …
 
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
As Facebook changes its algorithms, publishers like Elite Daily who count on it for traffic try to follow by shifting resources to video
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea, will join Associated Press, Japan's Kyodo, and China's Xinhua in having a permanent base in Pyongyang
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
Discussion: @mgsiegler
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed launches in Japan, with some help from Yahoo Japan
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Mediaite founder Dan Abrams launches legal news site LawNewz, to livestream major trials and have running commentary of legal cases
Discussion: Mediaite
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Game developer Ubisoft partners with Amazon Prime, YouTube creators to make short film based on video game The Division
Discussion: Variety and Adweek
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Leila Alaoui, Photographer Wounded in Burkina Faso Siege, Dies at 33
Stephen Galloway / Hollywood Reporter:
Academy President Issues Lengthy Statement on Lack of Oscars Diversity
 

 
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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:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve
 
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