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Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Video purportedly shows Islamic State beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto — Video: Islamic State group beheads Japanese journalist — 3 photos — CAIRO (AP) — An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
What Andrew Sullivan's exit says about the future of blogging — Andrew Sullivan is leaving blogging. — Crap. — Sullivan — alongside Josh Marshall — basically invented the political blogosphere. So his (temporary?) retirement is giving rise to many a “Blogging Is Dead” column.
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay is now back online after December 9th raid by Swedish police — The Pirate Bay Is Back Online! — Early December The Pirate Bay was raided at the Nacka station, a nuclear-proof data center built into a mountain complex near Stockholm. — After being down for two weeks …
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Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:
Newsweek designer defends his controversial tech sexism cover — The relaunched version of Newsweek is no stranger to controversy. Almost a year ago, it brought the ire of the internet upon it with its launch story on Bitcoin creator Satashi Nakamoto, to the point where the company …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Yes, Bloomberg should buy the New York Times — and, yes, this would be great for the New York Times — Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg is reportedly once again sniffing around and asking whether the New York Times might be for sale. — It almost certainly isn't for sale.
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Daniel Terdiman / VentureBeat:
Oculus Super Bowl party could be the future of social sports broadcasting — REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — When the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots kick off the NFL's championship game Sunday, friends, family, and coworkers will gather across the country and the world to watch.
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Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Facebook directly querying 600 paid users about News Feed stories to improve ranking algorithms, may expand querying to general population — Revealed: Facebook's Project to Find Out What People Really Want in Their News Feed — Every weekday beginning at around nine …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Snapchat's first original web series debuts Saturday in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours — Snapchat's first web series debuts tomorrow in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Viki Video Site Founder Leaves CEO Spot, Stays at Rakuten — Razmig Hovaghimian, who founded Web video site Viki and sold it to Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant, is leaving his CEO post. — Hovaghimian, who recently moved from Viki's Singapore base to San Francisco …
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
BuzzFeed gets serious with editorial standards and ethics guide — As it has grown from being a media laboratory in which Jonah Peretti experimented with viral content into a full-fledged media entity worth close to a billion dollars, BuzzFeed has had to amend some of its previous practices …
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Viacom Layoffs Likely Coming This Quarter — Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman hinted at looming layoffs at his company during a Thursday morning investors call. On Friday, the company president's comments were confirmed to TheWrap as a warning for job-cutting in the near-to-intermediate future.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Reporters were chaperoned everywhere in one Philadelphia hotel during US House Democrats' retreat — At retreat, Dem staffers escort reporters to restroom — Reporters covering the House Democrats' retreat in Philadelphia this week are having a much different experience than when they're on their home turf on Capitol Hill.
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
How Elite Daily sold for $40-50 million to Daily Mail — Daily Mail just acquired the media startup Elite Daily for $40 million to $50 million, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. — But when Daily Mail's US CEO Jon Steinberg was first told to meet with Elite Daily in June, he blew it off.
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Charlie Lankston For / Daily Mail:
Daily Mail online publisher DMG Media acquires millennial-focused website Elite Daily
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