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Memo: SB Nation cuts ties with writer of now-deleted Holtzclaw article, suspends longform program, plans internal review led by Vox Media's Lockhart Steele — SB Nation Memo Announces Hiatus For Longform Program — Two days ago, SB Nation published “Who Is Daniel Holtzclaw?”, a long …
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Why SB Nation's profile of serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw went down in flames … On Wednesday, SB Nation published a longform piece on Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Eastern Michigan University linebacker who was recently sentenced to 263 years for the rape and assault of multiple black women …
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Ex-Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a video streaming startup for millennials covering CNBC-like topics, with $3M in funding — Former BuzzFeed president Jon Steinberg launches Cheddar, a CNBC for millennials, with $3 million in funding — Jon Steinberg …
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The New York Observer, @_bmturner_, @petersterne, @petersterne, @adamsinger and @ajs


Israeli ad blocking company Shine partners with 30M subscriber-strong European carrier Three Group to offer network-level ad blocking — European Carrier Blocks Ads at Network Level — Shine and Three Group Team Up to Offer Ad Blocking — Free Webcast — The Skinny on Scope Management: 2016 Keys to Success
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New Chinese rule bans foreign companies from publishing online without state approval and licensing, requires mainland servers, starting March 10 — China requires approval for foreign firms to publish online … BEIJING (AP) — A new Chinese regulation announced this week …
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Quartz, Fortune, Forbes, Gizmodo, Journalism and the World, South China Morning Post, American Press Institute and Tech in Asia


Pressure on Katie Couric to deliver for Yahoo amid cutbacks — Yahoo!'s round of cutbacks this week is putting renewed pressure on Katie Couric, the global news anchor who is pulling in $10 million a year. — There was grumbling in the ranks recently, several sources said, as Yahoo! …
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FishbowlNY, @mathewi, @eosredux2, Adweek, Deadline and The Information


Turkey detains Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah, co-founder of ANA Press — Turkey detains journalist who risks his life to report from Syria — Reporter raised in London is held after applying for residency in a border city — A Syrian journalist who was raised in Britain …
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Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post, @kreasechan, BBC, Facebook, International Business Times, telesurtv.net and BuzzFeed


Sources: after launching a year ago, Sling TV now has more than 600K subscribers; Chief Executive Roger Lynch says “vast majority” are not pay-TV subscribers — Dish Network's Sling TV Has More Than 600,000 Subscribers — Hasn't been breaking out the subscribers publicly for Sling TV since launch a year ago
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The Next Web, The Verge, TechSpot, @bluechoochoo and Digital Trends


SEC filing: Time Inc. expects continued editorial streamlining, is exploring over-the-top video network for People, Entertainment Weekly — Time Inc. anticipates more restructuring in 2016 — Time Inc. says that it will continue to restructure and consolidate its business units and products …
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Media Wire Daily


Verizon Revamps ‘Skinny’ FiOS TV Bundles After Spats With ESPN, Others — Verizon Communications is overhauling the lower-priced FiOS Custom TV bundles, and will now offer two basic packages — one with sports channels, and one without them. — The new “skinny” TV packages, launching Sunday …
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Multichannel News, Ad Age, PR Newswire and Reuters

Twitter transparency report: in the last 6 months, copyright takedown notices were up 89% to 35K, requests for account information increased 27% — Providing more #transparency into legal requests to remove content — Since our first transparency report was published in 2012 …
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Twitter Transparency Report, Techdirt, @wexler and @digiphile


Kanye West's new album is a hit, but unconventional digital rollout confuses would-be buyers — Kanye West's ‘The Life of Pablo’ Is a Hit, but It's Not for Sale — In the week since Kanye West debuted his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” with an elaborate listening session-fashion show …
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XXL Mag, The FADER and HotNewHipHop.com