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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.
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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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Let's End the False War Between Free Speech and Hate Speech — As I write this, the lizard part of my brain is trying to predict exactly how much nasty blowback I am going to get online for what I am about to say. — Will I be called a controlling bitch on Twitter?
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Intel, Vox Media, Recode and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation partner to host series of hackathons to fight online harassment — Intel, Vox Media, Re/code and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation to Hack Online Harassment — Partners Announce Initiative at Consumer Electronics Show; Urge Tech Industry to Collective Action
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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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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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Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes asked 2.1M visitors using ad blockers to turn them off to access site; 42.4% did — Inside Forbes: From ‘Original Sin’ To Ad Blockers — And What The Future Holds — It was my first day of class as a first-time Skype instructor, so I got right to it: “How many of you pay for content?”
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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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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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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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Adam Gaffin / Universal Hub:
Publishing and tech consulting firm IDG, which published Macworld, Computerworld, and PCWorld, retains Goldman Sachs to prepare for sale — Global publishing and consulting company in Framingham could be up for sale — Former IDG exec Colin Crawford reports that IDG has retained Goldman Sachs …
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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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
ProPublica becomes first major news site on the dark web, running as a hidden service on the Tor network, offering stronger privacy than SSL to readers — PROPUBLICA LAUNCHES THE DARK WEB'S FIRST MAJOR NEWS SITE — The so-called dark web, for all its notoriety as a haven for criminals and drug dealers …
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