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1:30 PM ET, January 31, 2016

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Kerry Flynn / International Business Times:
Snapchat Discover One Year Later: How 23 Media Companies Are Building Stories For Evan Spiegel  —  Snapchat may have a few problems, but Discover ain't one.  At least, that's what media companies are cheering.  It's been a year since Snapchat launched its network of media partners …
Discussion: The New York Observer
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat launches original campaign show Good Luck America hosted by Peter Hamby on Discover
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Politico leaders dismiss reports that internal tensions led to departures  —  Leaders Deny Strife Caused Departures From Politico  —  In recent weeks, the staff at Politico noticed nearly all of its bosses — including the political publication's founders, Jim VandeHei and John F. Harris …
Kathy Kiely / Washington Post:
Media organizations need credibility, so covering Michael Bloomberg's potential presidential run differently than others was wrong  —  Michael Bloomberg's news outlet couldn't cover him fairly.  So I quit.  —  What happens to journalism if journalists can't bite the hands that feed them?
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Kraig Kitchin steps down as CEO of TheBlaze, replaced by Stewart Padveen; ad sales and marketing execs also resign  —  Head of Glenn Beck's Media Empire Quits as The Blaze Burns Down  —  Kitchin will stay with the company, but resigned from the top job after friction with fellow Beck executive Jonathan Schreiber.
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The Programming Corporation of America to create local, online videos and partner with local outlets to capture digital political ad dollars  —  The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local  —  Political ad dollars have been a boon for local TV stations for decades.
Discussion: Street Fight and WMUR
Guardian:
How Facebook tracks voters' political habits and contact information for targeted campaign ads across devices  —  How Facebook tracks and profits from voters in a $10bn US election  —  Social network lets campaigns match profiles with political habits and contact info …
Discussion: @zeigor, @ognyanova and RedState
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Amazon ramps up investment in podcasts, other radio-style shows to expand Audible offering  —  Amazon Hiring Comedians, Engineers for Growing Audio Service  —  Audible expands to offer radio-style programming, podcasts  —  Division is advertising for almost 100 positions worldwide
Discussion: Engadget and GeekWire
Tim Gray / Variety:
After Oscar Piracy, Studios Step Up Push for Digital Screeners  —  Hollywood and Oscar have many ongoing issues aside from diversity, and high on that list is piracy.  Earlier this month, the pirate-tracking firm Excipio said that all eight best-picture contenders are available on file-sharing sites, up 59% from last year.
Discussion: The Wrap
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 …
Timothy Pratt / Columbia Journalism Review:
Las Vegas Review-Journal backtracks on ownership disclosure  —  Just last week, Glenn Cook, the interim editor of the embattled Las Vegas Review-Journal, told me, with some pride, that “there is no daily newspaper in America more transparent about ownership and potential conflicts than the Review-Journal.”
 
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
SEC filing shows Roku raised $45.5M in late 2015, bringing total to about $200M
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
David Granger Out at Esquire; Town & Country's Jay Fielden Named Editor in Chief
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Sky investor: James Murdoch's appointment as chairman is a conflict of interest because of his position at 21st Century Fox
 

 
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Alphabet:
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Reuters:
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