Mediagazer: YouTube now lets video creators use Donation Cards, which overlay the page, to help raise money for charities directly (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

10:20 AM ET, January 27, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Donald Trump will skip Fox News debate on Thursday — Rewriting the book of campaign rules once more, Donald Trump is skipping Thursday's GOP debate and attacking the Fox News Channel. Instead of attending the debate, “We'll have an event here in Iowa, with potentially another network …

Casey Newton / The Verge:

Periscope integrates with GoPro to bring live streaming to action cameras — Periscope just took its first steps away from the smartphone. The Twitter-owned live-streaming app announced an integration with GoPro that will let users broadcast to their followers from an action camera for the first time.

Discussion: GoPro, CNET, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Guardian, Wired, Mashable, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Times, Periscope, Variety, Gizmodo, USA Today, TechCrunch, TIME, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, GeekWire, SocialTimes, PCMag UK and Adweek

Reuters:

Sources: Apple building paywall system to let publishers offer subscription content through the News app — Apple plans to offer subscription content through News app — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is working to make subscription content available through its News app, giving publishers with paywalls …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, TechnoBuffalo, Digital Trends, Net Worked, The Next Web, iMore, Engadget, Guardian, The Wrap, 9to5Mac, mUmBRELLA, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, App Advice and 9to5Mac

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Microsoft launches Bing-powered iOS news app, News Pro, and personalizes interests by using Facebook and LinkedIn sign-ins — Microsoft Launches A Bing-Powered News App For iOS Devices, News Pro — Microsoft today unveiled yet another application aimed at iOS users …

Discussion: App Store, Microsoft News, Mashable, App Advice, Media Wire Daily, The Verge, GeekWire, iMore, ZDNet, Engadget, The Next Web and Fortune

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google brings real-time responses from presidential candidates to search results in an experimental feature rolled out in partnership with the Fox News Channel — Google Takes On Twitter By Integrating Real-Time Responses From Presidential Candidates Into Search Results

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

BuzzFeed sued by British news agency Central European News and Michael Leidig for defamation because of story questioning CEN's veracity — BuzzFeed Hit With $11 Million Defamation Lawsuit by Viral News Agency — Michael Leidig and Central European News sue over a piece titled “The King of Bullsh*t News.”

Discussion: Guardian, New York Magazine, Press Gazette, Law360, Lawyer Herald, International Business …, The Drum, The Wrap, Fast Company and @adamsteinbaugh

Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Knight News Challenge to give a total of $3.2M to 17 projects that use data to track police misconduct, improve the FOIA process, and more — Knight News Challenge winners focus on data and transparency — The Knight Foundation just announced the latest round of winners in the Knight News Challenge …

Discussion: Columbia Law School and Knight Foundation

Business Wire:

Nexstar Broadcasting Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Media General for $4.6 Billion in Accretive Cash and Stock Transaction — Nexstar Broadcasting Group Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Media General for $4.6 Billion in Accretive Cash and Stock Transaction

Discussion: TVSpy, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, Multichannel News, Associated Press, New York Times, WHTM-TV, Wall Street Journal, Biz Beat Blog, Variety, Des Moines Register, Bloomberg Business, RTTNews and NASDAQ.com

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

YouTube now lets video creators use Donation Cards, which overlay the page, to help raise money for charities directly — YouTube's New Donation Cards Help Video Creators Raise Money For Charities — YouTube just made it a lot easier for its users in the U.S. to use their videos to drive donations to nonprofit organizations.

Discussion: YouTube Creator Blog, Tubefilter, NDTV Gadgets360.com, MediaNama and The Next Web

Agence France-Presse:

Turkey prosecutors seek life terms for two anti-Erdogan journalists — Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish prosecutors demanded life sentences for two top journalists from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper on charges of revealing state secrets with a report that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government tried …

Discussion: Hurriyet Daily News, TodaysZaman, Index on Censorship and Hurriyet Daily News

Medium Legal:

Medium blocked by at least some Malaysian ISPs, including Telekom Malaysia, after declining to take down post by Sarawak Report — The Post Stays Up — As some of you have noted, Medium's now blocked in Malaysia. — Here's what happened. — The Sarawak Report's website has been blocked in Malaysia since summer 2015.

Discussion: The Next Web, @bytebot, @jilliancyork, @medium, Malaysia Chronicle, @hafidzbaharom, @sarawak_report and @sweetnlowling

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

Publishers like Mic reinvent the homepage, using it for experimentation and brand-building — The publisher homepage is making a comeback — With the rise of social and search, the publisher homepage was left for dead. — Slowly but surely, the homepage is making something of a comeback, albeit in a new form.

Thanks:@steverubel