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9:55 AM ET, February 23, 2016

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The Awl's co-editor John Herrman, Deadspin reporter Greg Howard, and Slate writer Amanda Hess awarded David Carr fellowships at the New York Times  —  New York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists  —  The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it had chosen three journalists …
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp is considering acquiring Yahoo's core business, to gain its digital reach of 1B users globally  —  Time Inc. Said to Be Interested in Joining Fray of Yahoo Suitors  —  Time said to have heard Citigroup bankers' pitch on Yahoo deal
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
NowThis reached 1B monthly video views in January, credits it to shutting down its site and focusing on distributed content  —  Distributed news: How NowThis reached one billion monthly video views on social  —  The figure was achieved in January 2016, a year after NowThis shut down its website …
Discussion: @deniselaw_ and @liahaberman, Thanks:@elanazak
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Trinity Mirror launching New Day newspaper in UK on February 29, with no website, just a Facebook feed and print for 50p a copy  —  Trinity Mirror's New Day newspaper vies for ‘Facebook news-feed’ style but won't get a site  —  Trinity Mirror's New Day is being pitched as a …
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Grantland founder Bill Simmons partnering with Medium for his new site, The Ringer  —  Ex-ESPN superstar Bill Simmons is partnering with publishing platform Medium for his new site  —  Media superstar Bill Simmons is starting a new website called The Ringer.
Discussion: Fortune, @jyarow and Cision
Josh Stearns / The Local News Lab:
From Chat Apps to Town Halls: Why More Newsrooms are Designing Journalism for Conversation  —  “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.”  —Arthur Miller  —  At a panel on “The Hunt for News Products of the Future” hosted by CUNY and the New School last week, Aron Pilhofer …
Discussion: Forbes, @jcstearns and @jasonbernert
Shane Dingman / Globe and Mail:
BuzzFeed Canada writer shuts down her Twitter account after receiving hundreds of abusive tweets over request for pitches from writers who aren't white and male  —  BuzzFeed writer's harassment just the latest example of why Twitter is broken for women  —  A social media firestorm has erupted …
Nathan Yau / FlowingData:
Daily Mail embedded an interactive visualization with an iframe by downloading Nathan Yau's code, continuing a pattern of theft  —  The Daily Mail Stole My Visualization, Twice  —  Last month, I published an interactive visualization that simulates how and when you will die.
Tribune Publishing:
Justin C. Dearborn, ex-CEO of healthcare tech company Merge, replaces Jack Griffin as Tribune CEO  —  Tribune Publishing Co. Appoints Justin C. Dearborn as Chief Executive Officer  —  CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE: TPUB) today announced that its Board of Directors …
John Cook / GeekWire:
Cheezburger sold to undisclosed, newly formed overseas private media company; CEO Scott Moore to continue running the site  —  Cheezburger online comedy sites sold to unnamed buyer in acquisition of startup that made funny cat pictures famous  —  I can has acquisition?
Liz Seymour / Washington Post:
Washington Post hires New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan as media columnist, will begin work in spring  —  Margaret Sullivan joins The Post as media columnist  —  Announcement from Liz Seymour, executive features editor:  —  I am thrilled to tell you that Margaret Sullivan …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Owner of Mexican news outlet who was threatened for his reporting killed in Tabasco  —  Mexican journalist Moisés Dagdug Lutzow, who owned media company Grupo VX, was stabbed to death in his home in Villahermosa, Tabasco state, Saturday, local news reports said.
Discussion: Mexico News Daily
 
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Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
How New Voices USA, a project of the Student Press Law Center, is trying to push for state legislation that would strengthen the rights of student journalists
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Longest Shortest Time podcast shutters its 18K-member private Facebook group for moms to focus on podcast, points to listener-generated subgroups to engage
Discussion: @fraying
 Earlier Picks: 
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Inside The Independent's plans for digital expansion: new paid-for app, investment in international and investigative reporting, change in newsroom structures
Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Ex-SB Nation reporter Jeff Arnold releases statement apologizing for Holtzclaw story, says at least four editors vetted it before publication