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7:05 PM ET, February 18, 2016

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Jose Antonio Vargas is launching #EmergingUS outside the L.A. Times, aiming to crowdfund $1M  —  “Five years ago, I took the biggest risk of my life.  Last year, I made a film called White People.  In 2016, I want to talk about us,” the voice of journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas announced …
Colin Lecher / The Verge:
FCC votes 3-2 to proceed with plan to give customers more choice over cable TV set-top boxes; proposal now moves into comment period  —  The FCC just took the first big step toward changing the cable box business  —  In a three-to-two vote, the FCC has decided to move ahead with a proposal …
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Vevo CEO Erik Huggers says company is working on a paid music video subscription service, could launch this year  —  Vevo Is Working on a Paid Music Video Subscription Service (Video)  —  The Internet's dominant music video service is working on a subscription offering.
George Slefo / Ad Age:
Sources: Google's AMP initiative to speed mobile pages to launch Wednesday, with Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed, and Washington Post among those participating  —  Official Launch Date for Google AMP Confirmed  —  Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages Is Launching Feb. 24, Ad Age Has Learned
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
BBC is using anonymous location-based chat app Yik Yak to engage with readers in special coverage of mental heath issues  —  How BBC is using Yik Yak to talk to millennials (and get them to talk back)  —  BBC has already experimented with Whatsapp, WeChat and Line in an effort to reach readers on the apps they're already using.
Drip:
Drip, which provided subscription services and communities for musicians and fans, announces it will close on March 18  —  A Letter from the Founders of Drip  —  We have a tough message to share today: We've decided to conclude the Drip platform on March 18.
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
Guardian compares covering dog show on Periscope and Facebook Live, finds more initial engagement on Periscope, more eventual reach on Facebook Live  —  What The Guardian learned from comparing Facebook Live and Periscope for event coverage  —  It was a dramatic night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
Discussion: @gdnmobilelab and CBS 4
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO signs exclusive deal with Nippon TV's Hulu Japan to license Games of Thrones, Sopranos, Girls, more  —  HBO Inks Exclusive Hulu Japan Streaming Deal  —  HBO has streamed into the Land of the Rising Sun: The premium cable network reached an exclusive subscription VOD licensing deal …
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Netflix updated its recommendation algorithms to highlight titles based on global viewing habits earlier this year, ditching regional approach  —  How Netflix completely revamped recommendations for its new global audience  —  Before Netflix got into the business of producing its own programming …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Dish Network earned $747M on $15.1B in revenues, lost 81K pay TV subscribers in 2015  —  Dish Loses 81,000 Pay TV Subs in 2015  —  EMAIL ME  —  The Charlie Ergen-led company posted a slightly bigger subscriber decline than in 2014 despite the inclusion of Sling TV customers.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Vox Hires Choire Sicha to Oversee Partnerships With Facebook, Snapchat  —  Awl Network co-founder will be director of partner platforms  —  Vox Media has long counted its own content platform as a key to its success.  But now it says the future lies in platforms run by others …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Re/code, e27 and Digital Trends
 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
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Alexander Martin / The Record:
The UK bans default guessable usernames and passwords for some IoT devices, to help avoid a situation like the 2016 Mirai botnet, the first country to do so

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