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5:05 AM ET, January 31, 2016

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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 …
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.
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
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?
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
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: @ognyanova and RedState
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.”
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
Discussion: @bellacaledonia and News.Markets
BBC:   Sky final half of 2015 pre-tax profits fell £12M to £524M and gained 205K subscribers in second quarter
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
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.
 
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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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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
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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
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