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7:55 AM ET, February 15, 2016

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How the San Antonio Express-News broke news of Scalia's death  —  Gary Martin, the government and political editor for the San Antonio Express-News, was working the weekend shift this afternoon when he got a tip from a federal source bearing big news.  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
CNN to roll out CNNMoney brand internationally, makes Richard Quest editor-at-large  —  CNNMoney business news to roll-out internationally  —  Successful US-based business brand will see hiring of new editors and producers across several CNN International bureuax
Discussion: CNNMoney
Ben Dowell / RadioTimes:
BBC3 could be merged with Radio 1 to create new ‘Youth’ division  —  Exclusive: According to BBC sources, serious consideration is being given to merging BBC3 and Radio 1 under a single controller of Youth post.  But the current BBC3 boss believes the idea won't fly and that his channel will last the year...
Discussion: Guardian and The Drum
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Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
BBC to axe television and radio divisions as part of radical management overhaul  —  Lord Hall, the director-general, is to unveil what is being billed as the most far-reaching organisational overhaul in the BBC's history, and will not replace recently departed TV boss, Danny Cohen
James Rufus Koren / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune Publishing, Digital First Media bid to buy bankrupt O.C. Register  —  Bidders interested in acquiring Freedom Communications, the bankrupt owner of the Orange County Register, had until Friday to submit initial offers.  An auction is scheduled for next month.
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PR Newswire:
Polk Award winners announced: New York Times, AP, Washington Post, Slate, Wall Street Journal, Marshall Project and ProPublica, Huffington Post, and more  —  Long Island University Announces 67th Annual George Polk Awards In Journalism  —  Coverage of Heroin Addiction, Human Rights …
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Tumblr gets a dedicated ad sales team again, after integration with Yahoo ad sales failed  —  Yahoo is ditching a plan that caused turmoil within Tumblr  —  Yahoo's challenges have been in the investor spotlight for months — now signs of turmoil are becoming visible at its Tumblr group.
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
CIR's StoryWorks project creates stage adaptations of investigative journalism  —  Investigative journalism finds a new outlet: the stage  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The two uniformed jail guards argued angrily, cursed each other, then erupted into a nasty brawl with punches and furniture and bodies flying.
Discussion: @cironline and @mtfarnsworth
Agencia EFE:
Veracruz governor links Zetas drug cartel boss Josele Marquez to death of journalist Anabel Flores Salazar and 2011 attack on offices of El Buen Tono newspaper  —  Zetas cartel boss ordered Mexican reporter's killing, governor says  —  Josele Marquez, a regional Zetas drug cartel boss arrested earlier …
Discussion: Reuters and telesurtv.net
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Bookstore sales rose 2.5% to $11.17B in 2015, the first increase since 2007  —  After Eight Year Slump, 2015 Bookstore Sales Rise  —  Bookstores sales rose 2.5% in 2015, marking the first time since 2007 that sales in the sector were up.  According to preliminary figures released …
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Copyright lawyer uses DMCA to try to take down copy of unflattering article about himself  —  Embattled copyright lawyer uses DMCA to remove article about himself  —  Marc Randazza tells Wordpress that the unflattering story “is not fair use.”  —  Well-known copyright lawyer Marc Randazza used …
 
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Boston Globe election reporter James Pindell on digital-first reporting, using platforms, and staying online
Discussion: @niemanlab
Tom Phillips / Guardian:
China's young reporters give up on journalism: 'You can't write what you want'
Discussion: @marklittlenews, Thanks:@refsrc
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Global expansion helps The New York Times strengthen its reporting around the world and expand potential readers and revenue streams
Discussion: @derjarjour
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Inside Sci-Hub, which bypasses journal paywalls to give access to academic work and plans to continue despite legal pressure