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3:05 PM ET, February 26, 2016

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Hughes sells New Republic to Win McCormack, founder of Tin House; Hamilton Fish named publisher  —  Chris Hughes Sells New Republic to Liberal Publisher Win McCormack  —  Mr. McCormack, founder of Tin House literary quarterly, names Hamilton Fish as publisher  —  Welcome to a new New Republic.
Ben Williams / Adblock Plus and (a little) more:
Adblock Plus Acceptable Ads: publishers with over 10M ad impressions per month pay licensing fee for whitelisting  —  Acceptable Ads explained: monetization  —  Internally, we talk about Acceptable Ads all the time.  Ever since we decided to take the middle way, choosing not to block …
Facebook:
Facebook rolling out live video streaming to Android in US, expanding to over 30 countries on iOS  —  Bringing Facebook Live to Android and More Countries  —  Facebook Live enables you to share your experiences and perspectives in real time, with the people who matter to you …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Soldier of Fortune Shutters Print Magazine After 40 Years  —  Magazine, which chronicles the world of mercenaries, will transition to being entirely online  —  Soldier of Fortune, the notorious magazine chronicling the shadowy world of mercenaries battling it out in hot spots around the globe …
Rudi Keller / Columbia Daily Tribune:
University of Missouri board votes to fire professor Melissa Click, who called for “muscle” against student reporter  —  University of Missouri curators vote to fire Melissa Click  —  Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump says he'll change US libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations  —  Donald Trump: We're going to ‘open up’ libel laws  —  Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to change libel laws in the United States so that he can have an easier time suing news organizations.
Metropolitan Police:
Operation Elveden, the probe into leaking of information to journalists, and inappropriate payments by journalists to police and public officials, has ended  —  Operation Elveden completed  —  [IMAGE: Infographic on Operation Elveden in numbers]  —  On Wednesday, 24 February following consultation …
Jason Del Rey / Re/code:
Amazon releases its first ad-supported original show, season three of reality series The Fashion Fund, available on Amazon.com without a Prime subscription  —  Amazon Debuts Its First Original Show With Ads, Hinting at a New, Free Video Business  —  Amazon has spent billions to create …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Plagiarism charges against Fareed Zakaria did no harm to his career as he remained silent while distinguished members of the media came to his defense  —  How Fareed Zakaria Defeated the Media Reporters  —  Of all Fareed Zakaria's accomplishments—a wildly successful career in print journalism …
Discussion: @mcmoynihan and @crushingbort
Tristan Ahtone / Al Jazeera America:
AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match  —  AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match  —  In 2013, I received an email from a digital editor at Al Jazeera America.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
RIAA wins $22M in damages from MP3Skull filesharing site and the power to seize domain names, but the site's owner is unknown  —  Music labels win $22.2m damages from MP3Skull - if they can find its owners  —  Following a lawsuit coordinated by industry body the RIAA …
Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Theater chains decline to show Crouching Tiger sequel because Netflix is releasing the film online at the same time  —  Why so many theater chains are refusing to screen Netflix's ‘Crouching Tiger’ sequel  —  “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” will be available for streaming …
Discussion: Guardian, Variety and Business Insider
 
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Jay Yarow, former Business Insider executive editor, named SVP and executive editor for CNBC Digital, reporting to network President Mark Hoffman
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Prof. Jeff Jarvis / Al Jazeera America:
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
BuzzFeed reporter attended closed White House anti-ISIS meeting with tech and media companies, but editor says she was reporting, not advising
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Q&A with The Hill owner Jimmy Finkelstein on plans to increase editorial staff by 25%, video initiatives, and the future of print
Discussion: @jweb
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat teams up with Nielsen to measure video ad reach for Live Stories and Discover, and also will use ad tech firms Innovid and Sizmek