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4:00 PM ET, February 18, 2016

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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 …
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
SBNation blames breakdown in editorial process for its briefly available profile of ex-police officer and convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw  —  SB Nation Publishes, Deletes “Complete Failure” Of A Story About Convicted Rapist Cop Daniel Holtzclaw  —  This afternoon, SB Nation's Longform …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
NBCUniversal's Fandango buys Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster; Warner Bros. will take minority stake in Fandango  —  Fandango Acquires Rotten Tomatoes & Flixster From Warner Bros Entertainment  —  BREAKING: Fandango is set to acquire Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, which includes …
Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic:
Data analysis of gender bias shows 22% of individuals named or quoted by Atlantic reporter in 2015 were female, of total mentions under 19% were female  —  I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again) … Every time I write something about diversity in Silicon Valley …
Discussion: @nisamalli and @mstem
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC banned from leading news bulletins on opinion polls during EU referendum campaign  —  The BBC Trust has said the corporation must not commission opinion polls during the EU Referendum campaign and treat those commissioned by others with caution.  —  The editorial guidelines published today follow …
Discussion: Guardian
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Ozy partners with Wired, The New York Times, MIT, and TED for co-branded newsletters that include content from partner publications  —  How Ozy leans on The New York Times and Wired to build its newsletter subscriptions  —  When it comes to distribution, collaboration, not competition, is the new normal.
Discussion: @seanbraswell and @bertiebee
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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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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