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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a Utility — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this week is widely expected to propose regulating Internet service like a public utility, a move certain to unleash another round of intense debate …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
FCC denies GOP request for early release of web rules — The Federal Communications Commission will not publicly release Internet regulations before they are voted on later this month. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on Monday formally denied a request …
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Vox
BBC:
Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy gives up Egypt citizenship — Mohamed Fahmy, one of two al-Jazeera journalists still held in Egypt, has renounced his Egyptian citizenship to secure his release, his family say. — Mr Fahmy's brother said the journalist, who is also Canadian, was told to give up his nationality or his freedom.
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Don Reisinger / CNET:
Facebook, Twitter report records for Super Bowl posts — Both social networks say Sunday's football spectacle was the most discussed/tweeted Super Bowl in their histories. — Super Bowl 49, pitting the Seattle Seahawks against the New England Patriots, was a nail-biter on the field …
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The Twitter Blog, Adweek, SocialTimes, SocialTimes and CNBC
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Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Super Bowl XLIX was the most watched US TV show ever with 114.4M viewers
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Guardian:
News Corp won't be prosecuted in US in relation to phone hacking — News Corp has been notified it will not face charges in the US in relation to phone hacking and payments to public officials by US authorities — Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation will not face any charges in the US …
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Broadcasting & Cable, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Capital New York, Hollywood Reporter, Telegraph, Bloomberg Business, Variety and The Wrap
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Vogue Wins Magazine of the Year at National Magazine Awards — See the Full List of Titles That Walked Away With Ellies — How to Make Credible Green Marketing Claims — Vogue was named magazine of the year at the annual National Magazine Awards ceremony on Monday night …
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Adweek, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, The Huffington Post, @moorehn and WWD
Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
The New York Times continues its search for a digital chief, announcement not expected soon — Times digital chief search hits a bump — On The New York Times Company's annual earnings conference call tomorrow, expect few surprises: 2014's four quarters won't be markedly different from 2013's …
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@jayrosen_nyu and NetNewsCheck Latest
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Comptel, others launch campaign against Comcast merger — A group of trade organizations are teaming up to lobby against the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. — Comptel, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, and the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance are launching the …
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Multichannel News and Gigaom
Brian Ries / Mashable:
How the White House found a publishing ally in Medium — The White House published President Obama's 2016 fiscal budget on Monday using a medium that's become increasingly popular among its advisors: Medium, the three-year old self-publishing platform. — In the past three months …
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@bgrotta, @ks44, Engadget, VentureBeat and White House.gov Blog
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Ben Thompson's one-man blog Stratechery now has 2K+ subscribers, $200K annual revenue run-rate — Ben Thompson: The one-man blog isn't dead, it's better than ever — Credit: Shutterstock / Bartek Zyczynski — Credit: Shutterstock / Bartek Zyczynski — Not surprisingly …
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stratechery, Mother Jones and @gigaom
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Yes, The Verge's $700 Super Bowl ad was a marketing stunt, and it worked — We ran a Super Bowl ad... in Helena, Montana — So here's what happened. — I was at the airport waiting for my flight home from CES — exhausted, sick, and not a little partied out from a week in Vegas.
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@verge, @codytoshiro, @karf0 and @jonathan_h, Thanks:@ianchaffee
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
After Turmoil, The New Republic Re-emerges on Newsstands — The New Republic is a small magazine that set off a big commotion. — Late last year the magazine's owner, Chris Hughes, decided to replace Franklin Foer, a former top editor whom Mr. Hughes had lured back to run the magazine in 2012.
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