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Egypt ‘freeing and deporting reporter Peter Greste’ — Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is being deported from Egypt, the state news agency and police say. The Australian ex-BBC correspondent was arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last June on charges including spreading false news.
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Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy expected to be released from Egypt jail soon - security official — Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is expected to be released from an Egyptian prison within days, a security official said on Sunday. — The official said paperwork work was being completed …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Super Bowl will feature 15 first-time advertisers, the most since 2000, as ad sales slow — Newcomers Buy Ad Time at the Super Bowl — About a month after advertising on television for the first time, the makers of the free mobile game Heroes Charge decided at the last minute that they wanted …
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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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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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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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Terence Lee / Tech in Asia:
Singtel to start Netflix competitor in Asia with Sony Pictures, Warner Bros — Singapore's leading telco Singtel has announced today that it will launch an online streaming video service in Asia. It's a joint-venture with Sony Pictures and Warner Bros, and will bring Hollywood movies …
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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 …
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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.
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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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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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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