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8:10 PM ET, February 1, 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.
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’
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.
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to unveil cost-cutting plan that includes up to 15% staff reduction, closure of some units  —  Yahoo's Marissa Mayer to Unveil Cost-Cutting Plan  —  Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is expected to unveil a plan on Tuesday aimed at slashing the Internet company's costs …
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.
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 …
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. …
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
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 …
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.
Laura Prudom / Variety:
Conde Nast Entertainment Forms Unscripted TV Production Unit  —  Conde Nast Entertainment is expanding its reach with the formation of CNE Studios, a new division which will produce unscripted television shows for the company, it was announced Monday.  The studio aims to develop and produce projects …
 
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