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7:20 AM ET, February 25, 2016

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BBC:
Full report by Dame Janet Smith of her inquiry into the BBC's culture and practices during the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall years  —  Dame Janet Smith review  —  Introduction The BBC Trust has published in full the report by Dame Janet Smith DBE of her inquiry into the BBC's culture …
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BBC:
Report finds BBC management in Manchester knew Stuart Hall was abusing girls on premises, identifies 21 victims  —  BBC management ‘aware’ of Stuart Hall's sex abuse on premises  —  Members of BBC management in Manchester were aware of paedophile Stuart Hall's “inappropriate sexual conduct ” in his dressing room, a report has found.
Discussion: Independent.ie
Sophie Jamieson / Telegraph:
Radio DJ Tony Blackburn fired shortly before new sex abuse report is released on Savile era, vows legal action against BBC  —  Tony Blackburn sacked by BBC ahead of sex abuse report  —  DJ Tony Blackburn says he plans to take legal action against the BBC for ‘destroying my career and reputation’
BBC:
Savile sex abuse report criticizes macho culture, atmosphere of fear, and accuses BBC of serious failings, but absolves senior management  —  Jimmy Savile report: BBC staff ‘knew of complaints’  —  BBC staff knew of complaints against DJ Jimmy Savile, but senior management were not told …
Dan Gillmor / Backchannel:
AMP is necessary because the news industry filled its sites with garbage code from ad companies, slowing load time  —  Google Is Going to Speed Up the Web.  Is This Good?  —  To improve reading the news on mobile—and better compete with Facebook Instant Articles—Google today is launching AMP
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Limited resources and paywalls limit some publishers experiments with AMP while others go all in  —  Diving all in or dipping a toe?  How publishers are approaching Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages initiative  —  “Mobile web performance is bad — I challenge you find someone who disagrees with that …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google AMP Is Less About Beating Facebook at News, More About Gobbling Up the Mobile Web
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Genius hires former Gawker features editor Leah Finnegan to head News Genius in renewed push into general news  —  Genius hires former Gawker editor to spearhead news division  —  Genius has hired former Gawker editor Leah Finnegan as managing news editor, the annotation start-up announced today.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Inside New Media Investment Group, the private equity-run chain driving consolidation with its purchases of small newspapers  —  New Media Emerges as Big Player for Small Newspapers  —  Private equity-run chain snaps up assets as a sharp drop in prices drives wave of consolidation
Discussion: AdExchanger
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New entrants like Fusion, Vox, and Gawker join the crowd of sites covering 2016 national elections  —  New media players seek to make their mark on the 2016 campaign  —  Sam Biddle wants to catch Ted Cruz with his pants down.  —  “My dream story would be me next to Ted Cruz at a urinal …
 
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Interview with Norwegian publisher Schibsted's CEO as the 176 year-old company reports 62% of revenues now come from digital
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BBC:
Iran ‘releases former BBC Persian journalist on bail’
Discussion: Reuters
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalist Gary Harki's reports of police with disciplinary issues may have prompted a bill in Virginia to make names of police unavailable under FOIA