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4:45 AM ET, February 21, 2016

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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 …
Gregg Carlstrom / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly extended his reach to every corner of Israeli media  —  What's driving Israel's media crackdown?  —  In the past few months, a veteran Israeli radio presenter lost half his airtime because he asked a top security official a tough question.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Pressure builds for Viacom to sell assets as stock falls, confidence in Dauman falters; analyst thinks company could get $5.5B for Paramount, $11.1B for MTV  —  Should Viacom Sell Paramount?  Analyst Pressure Builds  —  EMAIL ME  —  CEO Philippe Dauman may need to act soon as the stock sinks …
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Jessica Luther / FanSided:
Why SB Nation's profile of serial rapist Daniel Holtzclaw went down in flames
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
SiriusXM succeeds financially as other radio and digital music outlets struggle, but internet in cars poses a threat  —  SiriusXM Fights to Dominate the Dashboard of the Connected Car  —  On the 36th floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, the actors Ice Cube and Kevin Hart joshed …
Discussion: @nytimesbusiness
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
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.
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
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
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! …
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 …
 
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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
Discussion: @garrettreim
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
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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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”
James Rainey / Variety:
Source: Nicole Seligman to step down as president of Sony Entertainment and Sony Corp. of America next month
Discussion: Re/code, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency

 
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