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5:50 PM ET, February 16, 2016

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Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager, Mark S. Luckie, As Head Of Journalism And Media  —  Reddit Hires Twitter's Former News Manager As Head Of Journalism And Media  —  Reddit has hired Mark S. Luckie, the former news manager at Twitter and the person behind Today in Black Twitter …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tidal flubs release of Kanye West's new album, delaying downloads but charging credit cards  —  Thousands Bought Kanye West's New Album, But Never Received Their Download  —  Digital music service TIDAL climbed to the top of the App Store, thanks to scoring the exclusive rights to Kanye West's new album …
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:   Israeli Foreign Ministry says arrest of Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief William Booth “an unfortunate misunderstanding”
Yara Bayoumy / Reuters:
Bahrain orders release of US journalist Anna Day, her camera crew pending further investigation, after arresting them for participating in an illegal gathering  —  Bahrain to free U.S. citizens accused of illegal gathering - lawyer  —  Bahrain's public prosecution office said on Tuesday …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS Touts Record-Breaking Grammys Streaming, Despite Technical Glitch  —  CBS said its live Internet stream of the 58th Annual Grammy Awards via its All Access subscription service registered record highs — even though the Eye suffered a glitch Monday night that prevented some users from temporarily accessing the show.
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business:
AT&T phasing out its U-Verse TV service, as it pushes customers to newly acquired DirecTV  —  AT&T Takes U-Turn on U-Verse as It Pushes Users Toward DirecTV  —  Service lost 240,000 TV customers as more shifted to satellite  —  Company develops hub plan to consolidate all video offerings
Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
Interview with Guardian CEO David Pemsel suggests publication may start producing some members-only content  —  Guardian Media Group's David Pemsel: A paywall “would diminish our reach and influence around the world”  —  David Pemsel will be speaking at Digital Media Strategies this March.
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Spotify Nears 30 Million Paid Subscribers (Report)  —  Spotify must be hitting the right notes.  —  The Swedish start-up is nearing 30 million paid members, according to a report in the Financial Times.  That's up from 20 million it reported in June, and compares to 11 million subscribers of chief rival Apple Music.
Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed generates 5B monthly views across platforms with its global news team, video studio, ad agency, and sophisticated data team focused on social sharing  —  How BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti Is Building A 100-Year Media Company  —  Once the “bored at work” network, BuzzFeed …
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central:
LINE kills MixRadio, the music streaming service it bought from Microsoft in 2014  —  The end of MixRadio as LINE quietly kills off music streaming service  —  After a whirlwind ride through many owners the latest one - LINE - has just posted a late-night press release noting that the company …
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LA Times reorganizes newsroom, creates news and enterprise hub, separate desk for print coverage  —  Next step into digital news age by LA Times  —  Already in the midst of replacing last year's buyout class with younger reporters and editors, the Los Angeles Times is also going to reorganize …
Discussion: @mathewi
David Pierce / Wired:
Hulu's launch of its first original drama, 11.22.63, signals company's commitment to growth  —  The Ambitious 11.22.63 Is the Beginning of a Brand New Hulu  —  Last Thursday night, Hulu rented a parking lot.  The massive concrete expanse was a few doors down from the Bruin Theater in Los Angeles' Westwood neighborhood.
Discussion: Vox, New York Daily News and TV.com, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
 
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen / Guardian:
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Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time; the stock rose 10%, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015, resulting in a valuation of $2.15T

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

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ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US
 
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