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12:10 PM 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
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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 …
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
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
BuzzFeed Launches First Video App, Plans to Test Short Exclusives  —  Online news and entertainment company BuzzFeed unveiled its first video app Tuesday, aiming to spur more sharing by diehard fans of its exploding video content and to test days-long exclusives on some of the videos it creates and owns in house.
Discussion: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Adweek and Variety
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 …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision Swings to Fourth-Quarter Profit, Discloses $27.1M Price Tag for Onion Stake  —  EMAIL ME  —  The Spanish-language media giant, led by CEO Randy Falco, also says its Fusion network venture is growing “nicely,” but wouldn't discuss reports that Disney is looking for an exit.
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 …
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: @ajs, 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, @jasonbernert and @jcstearns
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.
 
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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
 

 
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Google plans to partner with Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek to design and produce its next-gen TPUs, set for 2026, but will still work with Broadcom

Zhiye Liu / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, G2 Gen 2, and G1 Gen 2 for gaming handhelds, saying the G3 Gen 3 offers a CPU 30% faster than the previous generation

 
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