Mediagazer: BBC journalist with British-Iranian nationality stopped from flying to US following recent legislation disallowing some dual citizens to use visa waiver program (Saeed Kamali Dehghan/Guardian)

3:40 AM ET, January 20, 2016

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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 …

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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 …

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Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:

BBC journalist with British-Iranian nationality stopped from flying to US following recent legislation disallowing some dual citizens to use visa waiver program — BBC journalist stopped from flying to US over UK-Iranian nationality — Rana Rahimpour caught by new legislation …

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Robert Frank / New York Times:

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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 — Viral publishers, seeing fewer Facebook clicks, shift focus to video — The era of the viral Facebook post that generates a flood of traffic is winding down for Facebook-dependent publishers.

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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 …

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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 — Agence France Presse to open bureau in North Korea — AFP to join Associated Press, Japan's Kyodo and China's Xinhua in Pyongyang

Pete Evans / CBC News:

Postmedia cuts 90 jobs, merges newsrooms in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa — ‘We will continue to operate separate brands in each of these markets,’ CEO Paul Godfrey says — Newspaper chain Postmedia today announced sweeping changes to its operations, cutting 90 jobs across the country …

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