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10:50 AM ET, February 13, 2017

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 Top News: 
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Sean Spicer, who was known among the DC press corps as an amicable if sharp-tongued PR pro before he became White House press secretary  —  Once a well-liked figure among the D.C. press, Sean Spicer's new role as Trump's attack dog has people scratching their heads.
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Gabriel Snyder / Wired:
Inside NYT's digital transformation: luring subscribers via Beta Group's vertical apps, a Facebook chatbot, live video, VR, and more on top of strong journalism  —  Arthur Gregg Sulzberger doesn't remember the first time he visited the family business.  He was young, he says, no older than 6 …
Duncan Campbell / The Register:
Proposed changes to draft UK Espionage Act, replacing Official Secrets Act, could mean jail time of up to 14 years for journalists who handled leaked gov't docs  —  Hasty and botched consultation revealed by El Reg  —  Exclusive Proposals for a swingeing new Espionage Act that could jail journalists …
Stuart Franklin / The Guardian:
Chair of World Press Photo contest, Stuart Franklin, criticizes decision to confer Photo of the Year award to AP photograph of Russian ambassador's assassin  —  Its impact is undeniable, but the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year furthers the compact between martyrdom and publicity
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Al Jazeera English:
Photo of assassin who killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey, taken by Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici, wins 2017 World Press Photo competition  —  AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici wins 2017 World Press Photo competition for image of Russian ambassador's assassin.
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Eric Peckham:   Lessons from Rupert Murdoch's approach to business, which grew News Corp into an empire that shapes policy and popular opinion
Jeff Gammage / Philly.com:
Knight Foundation and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism to invest $4.8M to help newspapers speed transition to digital, reach new audiences, more  —  Two foundations intend to spend a combined $4.8 million to find ways to speed the online transformation of the Inquirer and other news organizations around …
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Behind Medium's pivot away from an ad-funded business model, as speculation mounts that the startup is a vanity project for billionaire founder Ev Williams  —  Four days into 2017, Medium's employees came to work and were told that one-third of them, 50 people, were fired.  —  They were shocked.
Discussion: INSIDER, Thanks:@lexnfx
Kyle Pope / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Washington Post CIO Shailesh Prakash and Director of Product Joey Marburger, who talk to Jeff Bezos more than Marty Baron does  —  Is it an underhanded compliment to be called the most innovative company in the newspaper business?  —  The Washington Post will happily take it.
Discussion: @raju
 
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Alex Skatell, founder of the Independent Journal Review, on the importance of community for news organizations and the site's future
Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at The New York Times' push into Australia, a media market recently entered by foreign news orgs including BuzzFeed, The Guardian, and The Daily Mail
Discussion: New York Times
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal is closing the loophole that let readers get articles for free through Google
Discussion: the Econsultancy blog, Thanks:@steverubel
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Prince's Warner Music catalog returning Sunday to subscription-streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, and iHeartRadio