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4:25 AM ET, February 20, 2016

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Jessica Luther / FanSided:
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 …
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
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 …
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
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 …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
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! …
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’
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Viacom participated in Roku's last funding round, which brought in $45.5M  —  Viacom Invests in Roku  —  Viacom has joined the ranks of big media and TV companies investing in Roku, the Web video streaming hardware and software company.  —  The cable programmer participated …
Discussion: Forbes and Variety
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
Mark Toner / INMA:
How Dallas Morning News used acquisitions to expand into content marketing, event businesses  —  Realising it could not build an in-house, large-scale, multi-channel marketing presence as fast as it needed, The Dallas Morning News opted to acquire existing successful businesses.
Katie Sanders / PolitiFact:
Politifact expands to its 16th state, North Carolina, partnering with The News & Observer in Raleigh  —  Coming soon: PolitiFact North Carolina  —  Sorry, North Carolina politicians, the Truth-O-Meter is on its way to the Tar Heel State.  —  Today we announce the creation …
Alex Weprin / Politico:
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 …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
 
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Garrett Reim / Los Angeles Business Journal stories:
Issues-based political media startup, Attn: Inc., founded by Jarrett Moreno and Matthew Segal, raises $18.6M, led by Evolution Media Partners
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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
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
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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
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Tom Dotan / The Information:
Yahoo shuts down Originals TV programming division, lays off its chief, Ian Moffitt
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James Rainey / Variety:
Source: Nicole Seligman to step down as president of Sony Entertainment and Sony Corp. of America next month
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