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12:50 PM ET, February 1, 2016

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast's focus on bottom line and relentless pursuit of web traffic is unsettling some employees  —  Condé Nast Adapts to New Forces, Unsettling Some Inside  —  A few years ago, Anna Wintour, David Remnick and Graydon Carter went to see S. I. Newhouse Jr. …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Time Warner urges Hulu to remove current-season episodes from the service amid renewed talks, seeks 25% stake  —  Time Warner Talks With Hulu Zero In on Current Seasons  —  Media giant says the availability of these shows contributes to people ‘cutting the cord’
Washington Post:
At Politico, Albritton wanted credit as financier and creative force, VandeHei wanted more control and a chance to profit from his own startup  —  Why the marriage at the top of Politico couldn't be saved  —  Jim VandeHei wanted more control.  Robert Allbritton wanted more credit.
Discussion: The Wrap and USA Today
Dru Sefton / Current.org:
NewsHour archives of almost 10K episodes from 1975-2007 to be digitized and available online  —  ‘NewsHour’ archives to be digitized and available online  —  More on Quick Takes Subscribe to Quick Takes Follow this author  —  More than three decades of NewsHour are heading to an online home …
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Guardian's transition into digital lost it $120M last year, and may exhaust its funds within five years  —  Guardian bet shows digital risks  —  As much as any newspaper in the world, Britain's Guardian has been single-minded and aggressive in its belief that conversion to digital distribution …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New nonprofit site Coda Story thoroughly covers a single issue at a time, starting with LGBTQ rights in Russia  —  A new storytelling platform hopes to move crisis reporting beyond isolated events in the news cycle  —  The Coda Story homepage is a busy place — filled to the corners …
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
The Boston Globe is using Notes to publish directly to Facebook  —  It's no Instant Articles, but Facebook's Notes feature is giving the Boston Globe another way to post directly to the Facebook platform.  —  On Tuesday the newspaper started to use Notes with Ground Game …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Fandango Acquires M-GO Movie Service from Dreamworks Animation And Technicolor  —  NBCUniversal-owned online ticketing service Fandango has acquired the movie streaming service M-GO from its joint owners Dreamworks Animation and Technicolor.  Financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ComScore Closes Rentrak Acquisition, Creating TV, Digital Measurement Giant  —  ComScore has closed the acquisition of Rentrak in a stock-for-stock deal.  —  The company said early Monday that it has completed the deal that creates a digital and TV audience measurement powerhouse looking to challenge Nielsen.
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: @joshelman
Raf Casert / Associated Press:
International Federation of Journalists: at least 2,297 journalists and media staff killed over past 25 years  —  Report counts some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years  —  BRUSSELS (AP) — In the last quarter century, at least 2,297 journalists and media staff have been killed …
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Former Top Executive of Chinese Online Video Giant Youku Tudou Detained on Corruption Charges  —  Lu Fanxi served as president of peer-generated content at the online video giant until July, shortly before the company was bought by Alibaba Group for $4.8 billion.
Discussion: Financial Times, Deadline and Variety
 
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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
Discussion: Mediaite and Fortune