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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.
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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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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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC launches review of news arm, saying it can't ‘afford to do everything’ — James Harding tells staff they face a ‘defining’ year in deciding how news should be delivered over next decade — The head of BBC News has launched a review to reshape the operation for the next decade …
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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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Maxim to name owner Sardar Biglari editor in chief — Maxim publisher Sardar Biglari will be officially named editor in chief of the men's magazine, POLITICO Media has learned. In addition, fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon will be named to a senior creative position.
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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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New York Post:
Sources: activist investor Corvex Management weighs forcing a sale of Time Warner or spinoff of HBO; stock's up despite broader market tumble — Time Warner shareholders could force sale or spinoff of HBO — Is Time Warner ready for round two? — Activist shareholders are circling …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tow: automated journalism has limits like stilted writing and dependence on topics with structured data, but also potential to increase speed, scale, accuracy — All your insights are belong to us: A new Tow Center report outlines the state of automated journalism
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@dmitryshishkin, @averyholton, TOWCenter and TOWCenter
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press to cut more newsroom jobs after tough 2015 — Jeremy Clifford, recently appointed Johnston's first group editor-in-chief, has written to staff to inform them of the news — Johnston Press has announced a fresh set of job losses as the company looks to restructure …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC accused of bias after deleting blogpost saying political editor “sealed the deal” for shadow minister's on-air resignation — BBC defends Stephen Doughty's resignation live on Daily Politics — Corporation under fire for deleting a blogpost saying that political editor …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Yahoo's programmatic ad program generates mostly fraudulent traffic, ad management system is broken — Inside Yahoo's troubled advertising business — Between a sinking stock, an embattled CEO and restless investors demanding that the company be dismantled, these are not great days for Internet pioneer Yahoo.
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