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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
New York Public Library releases more than 180K photographs, postcards, other public domain items in downloadable high-resolution — New York Public Library Invites a Deep Digital Dive — Mansion Maniac, a whimsical online toy created by the New York Public Library, may seem like envy bait for the real-estate have-nots.
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The New York Public Library, Mother Jones, The Verge, Arts & Life : NPR, Gizmodo, Gothamist, Quartz, RT, Inverse, New York Times, In the Air, The New York Observer, Tech Times, @mathewi, Engadget, USA Today, ARTnews, AM New York, The Atlantic, TIME, GalleyCat, artforum.com, Gothamist, Boing Boing, Cool Hunting and kottke.org
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Chernin Group takes 51% stake in Barstool Sports site at a valuation of $10-$15M, staff will move from Boston to New York — Barstool Sports just got bought at a $10 million to $15 million valuation, and its founder is ‘kinda rich now’ — It's one thing to get acquired.
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Re/code, Barstool Sports, Medium, Variety, @alexckaufman, @stoolpresidente, Larry Brown Sports, @nkulw, @tanyasic and @stoolpresidente
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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NBCU's ad-free comedy subscription service Seeso launches with more than 2K hours original content for $4 a month — NBCU's Comedy Subscription Service For Cord Cutters, Seeso, Goes Live — Seeso, NBCUniversal's oddly named subscription service aimed at cord cutters, is now live.
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Scott Porch, The New York Observer, Broadcasting & Cable, TVWeek.com, New York Times, Tubefilter, Ubergizmo, CED, Associated Press, Splitsider, App Advice, Fortune, App Store and Engadget
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Atlantic to launch new politics section and election hub, will triple reporting, events, and business staffs as it absorbs some National Journal staff — The Atlantic to launch new politics section, election hub — The Atlantic is launching a new politics section and election hub …
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FishbowlDC, @hadas_gold, NetNewsCheck Latest and The Atlantic
Tim Fernholz / Quartz:
T-Mobile CEO John Legere responds to Binge On criticism, claims it's not throttling because the service doesn't slow down data or remove customer control — T-Mobile CEO John Legere defends his streaming plan against “bulls**t” complaints from “jerks” at Google
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@johnlegere, Ars Technica, Fast Company, Forbes, @astepanovich, Electronic Frontier Foundation, @zackwhittaker and Digital Trends
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nexstar, Media General Agree On Merger Terms, But Meredith Won't Go Away — After a somewhat unorthodox courtship. Nexstar Broadcasting and Media General Inc. are set to merge - but they'll have to spurn another suitor to get the deal done. — Nexstar has for weeks made a concerted effort …
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TVSpy, MinOnline, Broadcasting & Cable, Media Wire Daily, Wall Street Journal, bizjournals, The Roanoke Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Financial Times, Bloomberg Business, Des Moines Register, Seeking Alpha, Meredith Corporation MediaRoom, TVNewsCheck.com, FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable, Talking New Media, StreetInsider.com, Broadcasting & Cable, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and NASDAQ.com
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
AP removes images of God-as-terrorist Charlie Hebdo cover — One year ago, the Associated Press was among the outlets that censored certain cartoons of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after the murderous attacks on its Paris offices. “None of the images distributed by AP showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Mediaite, Mediaite, Washington Post, @spartovi, @dangillmor and CNN
Reuters:
Time Warner Cable says up to 320K customers' email passwords may have been stolen, it's not yet sure how data was obtained — Time Warner Cable says up to 320,000 customers' data may have been stolen — Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday up to 320,000 customers may have had their email passwords stolen.
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Forbes, Multichannel News, VentureBeat, CNET, NBC News, Tech Times, FierceCable, WSAV-TV, WGRZ-TV, The Hill, TIME, fox8.com, TechWeekEurope UK, We Live Security, WFTS, Motherboard, Gizmodo, Engadget, Syracuse Post-Standard, ZDNet and Seeking Alpha
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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SocialTimes, The Next Web and Marketing Land
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned, UK-based news website The New Arab and its Arabic language version — Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt block access to Qatari-owned news website — Saudi culture and media ministry shuts down access to site which has also been accused …
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THEAsiaN, i24news and Press Gazette
Alexis Ohanian / reddit:
Reddit self-publishes Ask Me Anything: Volume One featuring AMAs in digital and 10K print editions — Ask Me Anything: Volume One — The Reddit editorial team along with the r/IAmA Mods are proud to present Ask Me Anything: Volume One, a beautiful coffee table book featuring …