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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.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Las Vegas Review-Journal staff told to ease up on coverage of new owner — Now that Sheldon Adelson's family owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal, how should the newspaper handle stories that involve Adelson? — Or to ask the question another way: How can and should the paper cover itself?
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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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New York Times, @iandon, @rickhasen, @rickhasen, @_jrobison, @sarahw, @nickriccardi, @reviewjournal, @reviewjournal, @reviewjournal, @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter
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 …
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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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, Guardian, @alexgamiller, @can_yeginsu, @robertmmahoney and @aahronheim
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, TechCrunch, The Hill, Engadget, Naked Security and Boing Boing
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
Kim Christensen / Los Angeles Times:
Former L.A. Times columnist T.J. Simers' jury award is cut by $2.1 million — A judge has cut $2.1 million from a $7.1-million award to former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers, ruling Monday that there was little or no evidence to support a jury's conclusion that he had been forced out of his $234,000-a-year job.
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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
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
Tom Wyke / Daily Mail:
ISIS kills female journalist Ruqia Hassan in Syria, after accusing her of being a spy; believed to be first female journalist to be killed by ISIS — 'Go ahead and cut off the internet, our messenger pigeons won't complain': Last post of female journalist executed by ISIS ‘for being a spy’
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