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7:15 AM ET, February 2, 2015

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Martin Beck / Marketing Land:
Hashtags featured in 50% of Super Bowl ads; 4 Facebook mentions, 3 Twitter, 1 Snapchat  —  Super Bowl Commercials With Hashtags Slipped To 50% In 2015  —  Facebook is the most mentioned social network with four; Snapchat makes its debut.  —  Fifty percent of 2015 Super Bowl ads carried hashtags …
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BBC:
Peter Greste: Al-Jazeera journalist freed by Egypt  —  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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Reuters:
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 …
Discussion: @nickkristof and @pen_int
Brian Merchant / Motherboard:
Creator of music blog Hipster Runoff tells how he scaled, burned out, then sold out for $21K  —  The Last Relevant Blogger  —  Before he was voted Hipster of the Decade, before he was coining musical subgenres and helping the New York Times understand “alt” culture, Carles …
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
AOL officially plans to shut down TUAW and Joystiq, both among the earliest tech blogs  —  FAREWELL TO TUAW—AND TO A WHOLE ERA OF TECH BLOGGING  —  I was hoping that the ugly rumors were false.  But TUAW—The Unofficial Apple Weblog, which has long been one of the most dependable sources of Apple news …
Discussion: TUAW, Electronista and Boing Boing
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How Salon tamed the trolls and saved its online comments  —  Online comments sections are a double-edged sword for publishers.  For those trying to increase loyalty and engagement with readers, comments should be an essential part of an audience strategy.  But all too often, they becomes a haven for trolls and spam.
Discussion: @hugeinc, @rowankaiser and @antderosa
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Louis CK's latest digital-only comedy special outsells his first with little buzz or promotion  —  Louis CK's New Straight-to-Fan Special Has No Buzz - and It's Doing Better Than His First One  —  Three years ago, Louis CK filmed his own stand-up comedy special, then sold it on his own Web site.
Discussion: @fmanjoo and @pmarca
Susannah Nesmith / Columbia Journalism Review:
Venezuela uses US reporter's photo in tourism campaign  —  He had just been released from detention  —  MIAMI — The Miami Herald's Jim Wyss made a startling and surreally ironic discovery Friday morning.  —  The discovery: Venezuela state-run media was using a picture of him to promote tourism to the troubled South American nation.
NBC News:
Charlie Hebdo Delays Next Two Issues Because Staff ‘Not Ready’  —  The French satirical magazine that published satirical was attacked by militants more than three weeks ago will not publish
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Constantly tweaking: How The Guardian continues to develop its in-house analytics system  —  A little over a year ago, Katharine Viner, now the editor in chief of The Guardian US, had a question for the paper's developers: Why didn't Ophan, The Guardian's internal analytics tool, work on mobile?
Discussion: @vivian and @amontalenti
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
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Viki Video Site Founder Leaves CEO Spot, Stays at Rakuten
Discussion: Tech in Asia
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Snapchat's first original web series debuts Saturday in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours