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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Sources: Twitter targets Q1 launch and 10K-character limit for “Beyond 140” feature, testing timeline that shows 140 characters with option to expand for more — Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets — Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Netflix's hit series “Making a Murderer” omitted crucial facts, says prosecutor who led case against show's main subject, Steven Avery, amid pardon petition — ‘Making a Murderer’ Left Out Crucial Facts, Prosecutor Says — Since Netflix released the documentary “Making a Murderer” …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Metro Corp., publisher of Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine, cuts seven full-time positions in restructuring — Metro Corp., publisher of Boston and Philadelphia magazines, announces cuts — Philly Mag — Metro Corp., which publishes Philadelphia Magazine and Boston Magazine …
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Philadelphia Magazine, Folio, Boston Business Journal, @dankennedy_nu and @dankennedy_nu
Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
Activision acquires assets of Major League Gaming for $46M; CEO Robert Kotick says he wants to build “the ESPN of video games” — Activision Buys Major League Gaming to Broaden Role in E-Sports — Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty and other hit video game franchises …
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Business Wire and Forbes
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Source: China's Dalian Wanda agrees to buy majority stake in Legendary Entertainment, valuing the movie studio between $3-$4B — Exclusive: Dalian Wanda clinches deal for Legendary Entertainment - source — Chinese property and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group has agreed to acquire …
VICE News:
VICE journalist Mohammed Rasool released on bail from Turkish prison after four months, must report twice a week to police station near where he lives — Turkey Has Released VICE News Journalist Mohammed Rasool On Bail — VICE News journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool has been released …
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Poynter, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, Hit & Run, Guardian, @can_yeginsu, @aahronheim, @robertmmahoney and @alexgamiller
Open State Foundation:
Politwoops back online after Twitter reversed its ban, tracks deleted tweets of politicians in 25 countries — Politwoops up and running in 25 countries, more to come — Today, Open State Foundation has set Politwoops back online. After an agreement reached with Twitter …
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Nieman Lab, The Hill, TechCrunch, Engadget and Naked Security
Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Michael Schroeder, manager of News + Media Capital Group LLC, which bought the Las Vegas Review Journal, has been removed from position — Controversial ‘manager’ of Review-Journal parent company removed from job — The Connecticut newspaper publisher at the center of a national media-ethics firestorm …
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Washington Post, New York Times, @iandon, @rickhasen, @rickhasen, @_jrobison, @sarahw, @nickriccardi, @reviewjournal, @reviewjournal, @reviewjournal, @jayrosen_nyu and Politico
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
With global expansion efforts nearly complete and a $5B programming budget, twice as large as HBO's, Netflix will focus on bigger profits — New on Netflix's 2016 Agenda: Making Real Money — More than 100 new markets on the map in global expansion — And a ‘startling’ programming budget of about $5 billion
Benedicte Page / The Bookseller:
Penguin Random House sells self-publishing division Author Solutions to Arizona-based private equity company, Najafi Companies, terms not disclosed — PRH sells Author Solutions — Penguin Random House has sold its controversial self-publishing division Author Solutions.
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Publishers Weekly and The Digital Reader
Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
HBO acquires US TV rights to “Jim”, documentary about James Foley, journalist murdered by ISIS — HBO Lands ‘Jim’ Documentary About Journalist Murdered by ISIS — HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. TV rights to Brian Oakes' powerful documentary “Jim: The James Foley Story …
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Deadline, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
Will Oremus / Slate:
Facebook's News Feed team on algorithms, relevancy scores, and the importance of giving users more control over their feeds — Who Controls Your Facebook Feed — A small team of engineers in Menlo Park. A panel of anonymous power users around the world. And, increasingly, you.
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@ethanz, @mathewi, @benmullin and Business Insider
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Intel, Warner Bros. sue LegendSky, a Chinese maker of HDFury devices that allow users to pirate 4K streams by stripping HDCP encryption — Warner Bros and Intel Sue 4k Content Protection “Stripper” — Last November several pirated copies of 4K videos started to leak from both Netflix and Amazon.
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Plagiarism Today, Ars Technica, @codinghorror, Gizmodo UK, The Register, TeleRead, The Next Web, Engadget and The Verge
Jeremy Gillula / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
EFF Confirms: T-Mobile's Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Applies Indiscriminately to All Video — Back in November, T-Mobile announced a new service for its mobile customers called Binge On, in which video streams from certain websites don't count against customers' data caps.1 …
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AppleInsider, SiliconBeat, Digital Trends, App Advice, BGR, MacRumors, Techdirt, The Verge, Engadget, Wired, Ars Technica, @mmasnick, Motherboard and The Hill
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