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5:50 AM ET, February 2, 2016

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Dee Lockett / Vulture:
Recording Industry Association of America starts counting on-demand streaming audio and video toward certifying albums as gold or platinum sellers  —  The RIAA Finally Bows to Streaming, Making 17 Artists' Albums Go Gold and Platinum  —  This is huge.  —  Call it the Anti effect, or just call it getting hip to the times.
Brandt Ranj / Business Insider:
Sesame Street partners with a VC, will invest up to $1 million in a bunch of startups  —  It has already been a big year for Sesame Street, which as of January is brought to you by the letters H, B, and O.  —  But the well-known children's program is now adding something new and seemingly odd to the mix: venture capital.
Facebook:
Facebook says it's now using feedback from user surveys in News Feed when selecting stories, warns some Pages will lose referral traffic  —  News Feed FYI: Using Qualitative Feedback to Show Relevant Stories  —  The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter most to you.
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’
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
21st Century Fox Looks to Save $250M in Voluntary Film, TV Staff Resignations  —  The entertainment conglomerate is looking to reduce costs and recalibrate the businesses.  —  21st Century Fox is offering voluntary resignations to staff at its film and TV networks units to reduce $250 million …
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
The American Society of Magazine Editors Crowns The Atlantic Magazine of the Year at Ellies  —  The magazine industry gathered Monday night for the 50th annual National Magazine Awards or “Ellies,” which were held at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown East in New York.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The sun never sets on The Times: How and why the British paper built its new weekly international app  —  Most Thursday mornings start the same way for Seth Jacobson, the editor in charge of The Times of London Weekly, a new app aimed at readers outside the U.K.
Discussion: @tomstandage
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
Most online publishers hesitate to take action against ad-blockers for fear of upsetting readers  —  Why Most Websites Look the Other Way on Ad Blockers  —  Online publishers rage against ad blockers, but they're not doing much about them yet.  —  Randall Rothenberg doesn't want anyone …
 
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Laura Prudom / Variety:
Conde Nast Entertainment Forms Unscripted TV Production Unit
Associated Press:
Egypt releases cartoonist pending investigations
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
ComScore Closes Rentrak Acquisition, Creating TV, Digital Measurement Giant
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Former Top Executive of Chinese Online Video Giant Youku Tudou Detained on Corruption Charges
Discussion: Financial Times, Variety and Deadline
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
The Boston Globe is using Notes to publish directly to Facebook
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New nonprofit site Coda Story thoroughly covers a single issue at a time, starting with LGBTQ rights in Russia
Dru Sefton / Current.org:
NewsHour archives of almost 10K episodes from 1975-2007 to be digitized and available online
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Condé Nast's focus on bottom line and relentless pursuit of web traffic is unsettling some employees
Raf Casert / Associated Press:
International Federation of Journalists: at least 2,297 journalists and media staff killed over past 25 years