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5:45 AM ET, February 23, 2016

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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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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 …
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Source: Tribune CEO Jack Griffin ousted by board chairman Michael Ferro, who will provide more details after March 2 earnings call  —  CEO Jack Griffin is out at Tribune  —  Tribune Publishing has parted ways with its CEO Jack Griffin, I've learned.  In a fast-moving turn of events …
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 …
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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  —  Ex-SB Nation reporter says ‘at least four editors’ vetted his Daniel Holtzclaw story  —  Jeff Arnold, whose SB Nation Longform story …
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?
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
The Telegraph suspends commenting on site as it reviews its audience engagement strategy  —  Telegraph suspends comment on relaunched online content  —  Newspaper is deciding whether to reinstate comment function as it undergoes website revamp  —  The Telegraph has suspended online comment …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Discussion: @fraying
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, Cision and @jyarow
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
 
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Josh Stearns / The Local News Lab:
From Chat Apps to Town Halls: Why More Newsrooms are Designing Journalism for Conversation
Discussion: @jcstearns and @jasonbernert
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Owner of Mexican news outlet who was threatened for his reporting killed in Tabasco
Discussion: Mexico News Daily
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
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
Charlotte Eyre / The Bookseller:
HarperCollins Italian division, HarperCollins Italia, acquires 20lines, an app that allows people to read, share and write short-format stories
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Financial Times names Cait O'Riordan chief product and information officer
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos experiments with Facebook Live, achieving 4M video views on primary day in New Hampshire
Discussion: @stevemullis
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
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
Egypt jails author for two years over sexually explicit novel
Discussion: BBC and Al Bawaba
BBC:
Turkey releases Syrian journalist Rami Jarrah