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2:45 AM ET, February 17, 2016

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Bryan Clark / The Next Web:
Kanye West's new album downloaded 500K times on pirate sites, calls into question value of Tidal-only release  —  Kanye West's ‘Life of Pablo’ already pirated 500,000 times  —  Kanye West's new album ‘The Life of Pablo’ may have been released as exclusive to Jay-Z's streaming music service Tidal, but it didn't stay that way for long.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tidal flubs release of Kanye West's new album, delaying downloads but charging credit cards
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 …
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:   Israeli Foreign Ministry says arrest of Washington Post Jerusalem Bureau Chief William Booth “an unfortunate misunderstanding”
Sean Captain / Fast Company:
Cable and tech companies line up political allies and fund consumer coalitions ahead of FCC vote Thursday on TV set-top box rules  —  The Future Of How You Watch TV Could Change This Week  —  Behind an FCC proposal to lower cable equipment fees is a fight for control of television involving Google, pay-TV services, and Hollywood.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
YouTube star Casey Neistat says Facebook has few measures to deal with users who steal content  —  Facebook's Video Tactics are Underhanded, YouTuber Casey Neistat Says  —  Creator scrubbed Web to track ‘Freebooters’ of viral snowboarding video  —  Around eight billion video views occur daily …
Om Malik:
Increasing frequency and decreasing quality of Instagram ads ruin user experience, falling far short of co-founder Kevin Systrom's promises  —  Instagram Ads: Too much?  —  There is no denying that I am obsessed with Instagram.  I check the app as often as I drink water, which is a lot.
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LA Times reorganizes newsroom, creates news and enterprise hub, separate desk for print coverage
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen / Guardian:
Youth-focused BBC Three's transition to an online only channel is complete as it takes a budget cut from £85M to £30M
Sam Roe / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Chicago Tribune journalists collaborated with scientists to investigate harmful drug interactions
Discussion: @matt_levinson
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central:
LINE kills MixRadio, the music streaming service it bought from Microsoft in 2014