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9:40 AM ET, February 22, 2016

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Emily Bell / Guardian:
As distribution moves to platforms like Facebook and carriers implement ad blocking, news websites are in danger of losing control of their business  —  As publishers lose control, are newspaper websites a dead parrot?  —  Adblocking and the power of platforms such as Facebook threaten to block the pipes that lead to readers
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
One third to one half of the 50 largest US papers could go out of business in three years, predicts Nicco Mele, Wallis Annenberg Chair at USC Annenberg  —  In search of a business model: the future of journalism in an age of social media and dramatic declines in print revenue  —  Taubman 275
Noah Robischon / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti and President Greg Coleman on how company uses data and local knowledge to tailor and leverage international coverage  —  BuzzFeed's Global Domination Plan: The Techniker Has Been Informed  —  BuzzFeed is expanding across the globe—and tackling one of advertising's greatest challenges.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Financial Times names Cait O'Riordan chief product and information officer  —  FT Names Chief Product Officer  —  The Financial Times has named Cait O'Riordan chief product and information officer (CPIO).  O'Riordan most recently served as vice president of product for Shazam.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos experiments with Facebook Live, achieving 4M video views on primary day in New Hampshire  —  Univision's Ramos Seeks New Audiences On Facebook — And Draws Millions … On the campaign trail, the chief anchor of the Spanish-language network Univision, Jorge Ramos …
Discussion: @stevemullis and @davidfolkenflik
Charlotte Eyre / The Bookseller:
HarperCollins Italian division, HarperCollins Italia, acquires 20lines, an app that allows people to read, share and write short-format stories  —  HarperCollins Italia buys 20lines  —  The Italian division of HarperCollins, HarperCollins Italia, has acquired 20lines …
Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
Egypt jails author for two years over sexually explicit novel  —  An Egyptian court has sentenced an author to two years in jail for public indecency after excerpts of his sexually explicit novel were published in a literary newspaper.  —  A chapter from Ahmed Naji's novel Istikhdam al-Hayat …
Discussion: BBC and Al Bawaba
Laura Mallonee / Wired:
A look at how Hausa Muslim women in northern Nigeria are braving censorship to self-publish despite patriarchal pressure and Boko Haram threat  —  The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War  —  The 30 million Hausa of northern Nigeria have a history going back more than a 1,000 years.
Discussion: @vanwritersfest
Seyhmus Çakan / Reuters:
Three journalists for Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency released after being captured and held for 48+ hours by Kurdish militants, their equipment confiscated  —  Three Turkish journalists freed after kidnapping by Kurdish militants: agency  —  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) …
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 …
BBC:
Turkey releases Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah  —  A Syrian journalist who was arrested on Wednesday in Turkey has been released without charge and with no explanation as to why he was detained, he announced on Facebook.  —  However Rami Jarrah said in his post that his detention appeared to be related to his work in Syria.
CNN:
Case in front of US Supreme Court raises First Amendment questions after student rapper who wrote protest song gets suspended from high school  —  Killer Mike: Free speech — unless it's rap?  —  Killer Mike and Stephen Colbert talk race in America  — Mike Render, Erik Nielson …
Discussion: @hobdawson and @whatthebit
 
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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
Mark Toner / INMA:
How Dallas Morning News used acquisitions to expand into content marketing, event businesses
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Viacom participated in Roku's last funding round, which brought in $45.5M
Discussion: Forbes and Variety
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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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
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Pressure on Katie Couric to deliver for Yahoo amid cutbacks
Discussion: @mathewi and FishbowlNY
Alex Weprin / Politico:
SEC filing: Time Inc. expects continued editorial streamlining, is exploring over-the-top video network for People, Entertainment Weekly
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Verizon Revamps ‘Skinny’ FiOS TV Bundles After Spats With ESPN, Others
Discussion: Engadget and Ad Age