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3:10 PM ET, February 19, 2016

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Maureen Morrison / Ad Age:
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
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
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
Axegrinder / Press Gazette:
Huffington Post Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hull suggests unpaid articles are more authentic than paid-for stories, which is “something to be proud of”  —  Stephen Hull and the blockheads: Backlash against HuffPo ed's claim unpaid articles are ‘more authentic’
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
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 …
James Rainey / Variety:
Source: Nicole Seligman to step down as president of Sony Entertainment and Sony Corp. of America next month  —  Nicole Seligman Stepping Down as President of Sony Entertainment  —  Nicole Seligman, president of both Sony Entertainment and Sony Corp. of America, is stepping down from the twin posts …
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cox is shutting down Flare services: remote storage, video game service FlarePlay, and Flare Kids, a free video app, because it was not able to monetize them  —  Cox Is Shutting Down ‘Flare’ Digital Media Products  —  Effort for videogame service, Web offerings spanned three years
Discussion: Multichannel News and Variety
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: XXL Mag, The FADER and HotNewHipHop.com
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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 …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers like Vice, Refinery29, Condé Nast, and Complex inflate traffic numbers by including sites they handle ad sales for but don't own  —  The favorite publisher trick that makes their digital audiences look bigger and younger  —  The pressure is on digital publishers to show …
 
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
SEC filing: Time Inc. expects continued editorial streamlining, is exploring over-the-top video network for People, Entertainment Weekly
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Drip, which provided subscription services and communities for musicians and fans, announces it will close on March 18
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
BBC is using anonymous location-based chat app Yik Yak to engage with readers in special coverage of mental heath issues
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