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12:40 AM ET, January 25, 2016

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Sources: Twitter media head Katie Jacobs Stanton and product head Kevin Weil leaving, company to announce the hire of a prominent CMO on Monday  —  Big Exec Departures at Twitter: Media Head Stanton and Product Head Weil Leaving  —  In a major executive upheaval, two of Twitter's top executives …
Andrew Thompson / The Awl:
How Philadelphia magazine grew as the city's newspapers dwindled and the alt-weekly died  —  It's Always Sunny in ‘Philadelphia’  —  Last week, H.F. Lenfest, the owner of Philadelphia's daily newspapers, the Inquirer and Daily News, donated the parent company of the papers and their website …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Interviews with board members of Philadelphia's new Institute for Journalism in New Media on how it plans to operate  —  Can Philly's new Institute for Journalism in New Media live up to the enormous hopes pinned on it?  —  When H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest announced he was donating $20 million …
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
CNNMoney:
The final days of Al Jazeera America  —  Al Jazeera America's employees didn't see it coming.  They thought they had more time.  —  The cable news channel was always a gamble.  Everyone knew that — the anchors, the producers, the engineers.  And in retrospect, the channel was probably doomed from the get-go.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Quartz Publisher Jay Lauf about the forthcoming app, adblocking, potential sale, and more  —  Quartz sees its readers' behaviors evolving, so it's evolving with them: It's launching its first major app  —  Since its launch in 2012, Quartz has been among the fastest-growing and most closely watched, digital news sites.
Discussion: @dangillmor
Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal:
Judge reverses order that required 100+ sources to reveal contact with Bloomberg reporters in Molycorp bankruptcy case, says a more tailored approach is needed  —  Bankruptcy Judge Limits Probe of Bloomberg News Sources  —  News organization had challenged court order related to disclosures about Molycorp bankruptcy
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NYTimes.com celebrates its 20th anniversary of publishing online, starting as a low-risk, low-cost experiment sourcing content from the newspaper  —  20 years ago today, NYTimes.com debuted “on-line” on the web  —  Long before City Room, Snow Fall, NYT Now, or any other of The New York …
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Dose Media's Emerson Spartz on viral content, old media, and partnership with Tribune Media  —  The ‘King of Clickbait’ on going viral, why old media stumbles  —  The “King of Clickbait's” domain in downtown Chicago looks more like a spare and makeshift newspaper newsroom …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Posting sports highlights helped Bleacher Report reach 28.6M Instagram views in December  —  Bleacher Report did 29 million video views on Instagram in a month  —  The distributed content model has helped Bleacher Report collect a lot of views on Facebook.  Now, it's helping the publisher see growth on Instagram.
Discussion: @jamiemottram and @whatthebit
Corey Layton / Ad Age:
How podcasters at Gimlet, Serial, and Panoply are using ads to tell stories  —  Podcast Pioneers: Where Audiences Choose to Listen to the Ads  —  How Podcasts Are Transforming Advertising  —  When was the last time you were so engrossed with an ad that you rewound it to hear it again?  No?
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Academy Board Endorses Changes to Increase Diversity in Oscar Nominees and Itself  —  LOS ANGELES — Confronting a fierce protest over a second straight year of all-white Oscar acting nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday said it would make radical changes …
 
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Recent South Carolina libel cases show lack of consistency in state laws and journalists must exercise precision and wariness
Emily Reynolds / Wired UK:
New browser Brave replaces ads with company's own inventory; 55% of revenue goes to the publisher, 15% to Brave, 15% to ad supplier, and 15% to user
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
Nieman Reports:
Interview with Vox.com co-founder Melissa Bell on ad blocking, telling stories on Snapchat, newsroom collaboration and more
Discussion: @deniselaw_
Wall Street Journal:
Judge in competency lawsuit rules geriatric psychiatrist can examine Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone
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