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3:45 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
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision says it paid $27.1M for its 40.5% stake in satirical news site The Onion  —  Univision Swings to Fourth-Quarter Profit, Discloses $27.1M Price Tag for Onion Stake  —  Univision Communications on Tuesday said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit amid lower impairment losses and lower interest expense and other items.
Discussion: Billboard
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Univision Q4 earnings: revenue up 1.1% YoY to $735.9M, net income of $8.6M, up from loss of $136M a year ago  —  Univision Reports 4Q Profit Vs. Year-Ago Loss  —  Revenue up 1%  —  Univision reported a profit for the fourth quarter as a tax benefit partially offset interest expenses.
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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 …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
TheStreet's CEO Elisabeth DeMarse resigns; former USA Today President and Publisher Larry Kramer to take over role on interim basis  —  TheStreet Makes Leadership Changes  —  TheStreet has announced two key changes to its leadership team.  Elisabeth DeMarse, who was named CEO in 2012, has resigned.
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: @liahaberman and @deniselaw_, Thanks:@elanazak
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman says company is aiming to sell a stake in Paramount Pictures by end of Q3  —  Viacom Approached by Investors for Paramount Pictures Stake  —  Media giant hires PJT Partners to help with discussions  —  CEO Dauman aims to reach agreement on deal by third quarter
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.
John Koblin / New York Times:
PBS to launch free 24-hour channel and online stream dedicated to children's programming later this year  —  PBS Is Creating a Channel Exclusively for Children  —  PBS is starting a new 24-hour channel dedicated solely to children's programming.  —  The channel, which will be called PBS Kids …
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, Strategist, Fortune, @jyarow and Cision
 
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
PRX's podcast network Radiotopia launches Podquest, a pilot fund for new podcasts
Nathan Yau / FlowingData:
Daily Mail embedded an interactive visualization with an iframe by downloading Nathan Yau's code, continuing a pattern of theft
Josh Stearns / The Local News Lab:
From Chat Apps to Town Halls: Why More Newsrooms are Designing Journalism for Conversation
Discussion: Forbes, @jasonbernert and @jcstearns
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Owner of Mexican news outlet who was threatened for his reporting killed in Tabasco
Discussion: Mexico News Daily
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
 

 
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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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