Mediagazer: Q&A with Ezra Klein about the transition from traditional to digital, life at Vox, and his strategy behind card stacks (Paul O'Donnell/Washingtonian)

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Columbia Pictures accidentally delete their own trailer for new Adam Sandler movie Pixels in anti-piracy crackdown — An anti-piracy firm sent take-down notices on behalf of the company to Vimeo, ordering the website to remove videos containing the word ‘pixels’

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