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5:50 PM ET, January 29, 2016

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Kamal Ahmed / BBC:
James Murdoch named Sky chairman, four years after he stepped down as BSkyB chairman  —  James Murdoch takes over at Sky  —  James Murdoch is to become one of the most powerful figures in European television, becoming the chairman of Sky, Britain's subscription broadcaster.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sky investor: James Murdoch's appointment as chairman is a conflict of interest because of his position at 21st Century Fox  —  James Murdoch's return as Sky chair is a major concern, says investor  —  Shareholder claims new role flouts corporate governance code and is a serious conflict …
Discussion: News.Markets
BBC:   Sky final half of 2015 pre-tax profits fell £12M to £524M and gained 205K subscribers in second quarter
Robert Allbritton / Politico:
Politico publisher Robert Albritton on transition: VandeHei, Kingsley, Allen, 2 others to leave this year; Albritton will be CEO, John Harris, publisher and EIC  —  A memo from POLITICO's founder and publisher Robert Allbritton  —  A memo sent by Robert Allbritton, founder and publisher of POLITICO:
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
VandeHei drove Politico's global ambitions and workaholic competitive edge, forcing competitors to try to keep up
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
David Granger Out at Esquire; Town & Country's Jay Fielden Named Editor in Chief  —  Another longtime magazine editor is being pushed out - and this time it's at Esquire.  After nearly two decades as editor in chief, David Granger, will exit the Hearst-owned men's magazine on March 31.
James Vincent / The Verge:
Stanford law professor Barbara van Schewick releases 51-page brief concluding T-Mobile's Binge On violates FCC's Open Internet Rules  —  Stanford study: T-Mobile's Binge On is ‘likely illegal’  —  The debate over the potential harm of T-Mobile's Binge On continues, with a new study …
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Weather Channel becomes independent as IBM closes deal for parent The Weather Company, TV channel has long-term contract for data from IBM  —  IBM closes its acquisition of The Weather Company's B2B and web properties; cable TV channel starts life as independent entity
David Meyer / Fortune:
German regional court rules YouTube does not have to pay royalties each time users watch music videos  —  YouTube Wins Another Round In German Copyright Tussle  —  Yet another judge has sided with Google's YouTube in its epic struggle with German music performing rights society GEMA …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Economist starts publishing its charts on the messaging app Line  —  The Economist is publishing charts and other visual content on messaging app Line, the company announced this week.  The Economist already promotes its bilingual English-Chinese app, The Economist Global Business Review …
Discussion: @niemanlab and @elanazak
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Free, Ad-Supported iTunes Radio Is No More  —  Ad-supported iTunes Radio stations have today gone off the air.  As we reported earlier this month, Apple decided it would shutter its free streaming iTunes Radio offering, a competitor to Pandora, in an effort to boost subscriptions to its paid service, Apple Music.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
SEC filing shows Roku raised $45.5M in late 2015, bringing total to about $200M  —  Roku Has Raised New $45.5 Million Round of Funding  —  Roku has added some more cash to its coffers: The streaming device and platform maker has raised another $45.5 million round of funding, according to a filing with the FCC.
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat launches original campaign show Good Luck America hosted by Peter Hamby on Discover  —  Snapchat Debuts Political Campaign Show  —  ‘Good Luck America’ is geared toward young viewers  —  Snapchat on Thursday launched a new political campaign show on its “Discover” page …
 
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Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Fusion launching The Naked Truth on Sunday, a cross-platform investigative series aimed at young, diverse audiences
Discussion: @tvnewser
Julie Schwietert Collazo / IJNet:
Q&A with Snopes.com's Brooke Binkowski: Finding the future of fact-checking
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg Business:
Profile of Giphy, a GIF search engine that quadrupled unique visitors to 95M/month in 2015 and is working with advertisers, movie studios, political candidates
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Daniel Roberts / Yahoo! Finance:
High Times looks to grow audience with marijuana seal of approval, ratings and reviews, and by targeting entrepreneurs
Discussion: @yahoofinance
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Connecticut's The Middletown Press newspaper's newsroom goes virtual, with reporters working from the communities they cover