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9:45 AM ET, February 1, 2016

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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: USA Today
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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. …
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 …
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 …
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: Deadline, Financial Times and Variety
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: TVNewsCheck.com and TVTechnology
Ashraf Sweilam / Associated Press:
Egypt arrests cartoonist for illegally running a webpage  —  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Discussion: New York Times
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Atom Tickets raises $50M from Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, and others, to help people organize group movie viewings, get discounts  —  Hollywood Studios Leading $50M Investment in Mobile Movie Ticketing App  —  Start-up Atom Tickets is designed to make it easier for friends and larger groups to arrange a rendevouz at the theater.
Discussion: Variety and Wall Street Journal
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Correspondent for Afghanistan's national TV and radio network, Mohammad Zubair Khaksar, shot dead in Surkhrod district  —  TV Reporter Gunned Down In Eastern Afghanistan  —  Afghan officials say a TV journalist has been shot dead by unknown assailants in eastern Nangarhar Province.
 
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