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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
National Review produces special issue with over 20 essays from conservative thinkers aiming to stop Trump's campaign — National Review aims to take down Trump — The influential magazine turns to conservative leaders to make the anti-Trump case. — For months, Republican leaders …
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Jack Fowler / National Review:
Republican Party disinvites National Review from co-hosting February presidential debate — Houston, We Have a Problem — National Review was asked by the RNC to partner in the GOP debates. We agreed. Our initial partner was NBC, with whom we were to help moderate the pre-Super Tuesday debate …
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@alexburnsnyt, @alexburnsnyt, @rosiegray, @jackfowler, @jackfowler, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and New York Times
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Verizon Q4: FiOS operations grew 6.8% to $3.5B, CFO says custom TV product will change to comply with contracts, Go90 won't be profitable for at least two years — Verizon's CFO: Custom TV will ‘refresh’ to comply with programming contracts — Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CFO Fran Shammo …
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Variety, Verizon FiOS & Custom TV, Forbes, Hollywood Reporter, CNET, Re/code and ZDNet
Aleksandra Sagan / The Canadian Press:
Postmedia Job Cuts Hint At A Growing Media Monopoly In Canada — TORONTO — Postmedia's layoffs and newsroom mergers hint at a growing media monopoly in Canada, critics say, with some calling for government intervention to find a solution to the newspaper industry's money woes.
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Toronto Star, @tinaamini63, Ottawa Citizen, The Tyee, @jayrosen_nyu, @comm365_maddie, @voteschiller, @hermida, Vancouver Magazine and @jsource
Ali Jaafar / Deadline:
Netflix to finance and distribute five new films and launch them simultaneously in 190 countries — Netflix Expands Global Indie Strategy With Slate Of New Features — EXCLUSIVE: As the film world converges on Park City on the eve of Sundance, Netflix is expanding its global indie film strategy …
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Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Verge and BGR
Peter Roybal / Facebook:
Facebook's new Audience Optimization tool lets publishers tag content to target readers by interest or demographics — Introducing Audience Optimization for Publishers — Today, we're launching Audience Optimization, an organic targeting tool to help publishers reach and engage their audiences …
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AdExchanger, SocialTimes, @quezzymoto, @melwhetstone and The Next Web
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Former NoW editor Andy Coulson sets up PR firm — David Cameron's ex-communications director, who was jailed over phone hacking, launches firm offering corporate strategy and communications advice — Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former communications director who was sentenced to 18 months …
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PRWeek, The Independent, SportsPro Media, The Drum and Press Gazette
Brent Lang / Variety:
Netflix, Amazon, other digital buyers with serious money rattle Sundance, other film markets by paying top dollar for arthouse films — Sundance Preview: Amazon, Netflix Bring Upheaval to Challenging Indie Market — With a week to go before Sundance officially starts …
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@lucas_shaw
He Huifeng / South China Morning Post:
Weibo to expand its 140-Chinese-character limit on messages up to 2K, trial starts January 28, rolling out to all 500M users on February 28 — China's Weibo follows Twitter in controversial move to ditch 140-character limit, says users can soon waffle on for up to 2,000 — Main menu
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Carl Swanson / New York Magazine:
Sources: Leon Wieseltier and Steve Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs teaming up for as-yet-unnamed journal — Leon Wieseltier Is Not Buying The New Republic — But He Is Teaming Up With Steve Jobs's Widow to Start a New Publication — It will be a journal focusing on how technology affects our lives.
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@mlcalderone, @noahcrothman, @carloslozadawp, @yair_rosenberg and @jonathanchait
Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:
Google disabled more than 780M ads in 2015 for violating policies including ads for unapproved drugs, misleading weight-loss claims, and “trick to click” ads — Google Disabled 49% More Ads in 2015 — Google disabled 49% more ads in 2015 than the prior year …
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Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK:
In unusual move, IAB retracts Adblock Plus's invitation to upcoming annual leadership summit, offers no explanation — Adblock Plus blocked from attending online ad industry's big annual conference — The e-mail conversation between the IAB and Adblock Plus.
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Business Insider and Fast Company
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