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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix launches in 130 additional countries, now available in 190 countries worldwide, excluding China, Crimea, North Korea, and Syria, stock up 9% — At CES, Netflix Announces Worldwide Expansion of Streaming Service — Netflix went live with its streaming television service …
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
As Twitter weighs a longer character count, users reiterate preference for an edit function — Edit Tweets? Users Debate a Missing Twitter Feature — Never mind longer tweets, many Twitter users are saying. What about an editing function? — After reports on Tuesday that Twitter …
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Twitter's “Beyond 140” feature is a plan to host content inside its walled garden, instead of linking to blogs and other websites — Twitter Isn't Raising the Character Limit. It's Becoming a Walled Garden. — Tweeters are freaking out—again—about another report that Twitter …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Wall Street Journal becomes 19th publisher and first US newspaper to get a spot on Snapchat's US Discover and will post eight items each weekday — The Wall Street Journal is the first American newspaper to get a spot on Snapchat Discover — The Wall Street Journal became …
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Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Sources: Yahoo to lay off at least 10%, or 1,000+ employees including some in media division, as early as this month — Yahoo is prepping to lay off 10% or more of its workforce — Major layoffs will be coming to Yahoo as part of its planned reorganization to get its business back on track.
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Mark Arsenault / Boston Globe:
As problems persist with new distributor, Boston Globe rehires old distributor to handle some newspaper routes — Globe splits deliveries between two companies — After more than a week of confounding problems getting newspapers to subscribers, The Boston Globe has turned …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
US consumers bought 241.4M albums last year, down 6% from 2014, streamed 317.2B songs, nearly double that of 2014 — Adele Album Resists the Streaming Trend in Music Sales — For the last few years, the prevailing theme in the recorded music business has been that CD and download sales …
Edward Vielmetti / Vacuum weblog:
MLive Media Group in Michigan cuts 29 content positions across state, primarily in management and newspaper production — Cuts coming to MLive, 2016 edition — ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, January 6, 2016. Columbia Journalism Review's Anna Clark broke the news of cuts at MLive to journalist jobs there, in this post on Twitter.
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram starts curating more Spotlight Compilations for themes and events to highlight users' videos — Instagram Goes Beyond The Feed With Everyday Spotlight Compilations — Instagram's answer to Snapchat's Live Stories isn't just for holidays and big events any more.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Major League Baseball to Stream Live in China Via LeTV — Major League Baseball games will be shown live in China beginning later this month. — MLB and Le Sports, a unit of fast-moving Chinese online group LeTV (aka Leshi Internet Information & Technology), struck a three-year deal covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
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Associated Press:
Egypt to try 6 reporters for allegedly defaming minister — CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian prosecutor has referred six local journalists to trial for allegedly spreading “false news” that defamed the justice minister. — Prosecutor Fathy Bayoumi said Wednesday that the six were sent to court …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Las Vegas Review-Journal names Glenn Cook interim editor — The Las Vegas Review-Journal has named an interim newsroom leader as it searches for someone to fill the top editorial slot on a permanent basis. — Employees at the embattled Nevada newspaper announced on Twitter Wednesday that Glenn Cook …
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