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Jack Dorsey / @jack:
Jack Dorsey responds to #RIPTwitter, links Twitter's identity with real-time, doesn't deny an algorithmic feed but says there was no plan to launch next week — Hello Twitter! Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we're always listening. We never planned to reorder timelines next week.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter's algorithmic timeline is like expanded version of “while you were away” feature, according to users testing it; opt-out is available — Here's how Twitter's new algorithmic timeline is going to work — Twitter went into an uproar Friday after a BuzzFeed report …
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Lucy Kellaway / Financial Times:
FT columnist Lucy Kellaway responds to Hewlett Packard marketing chief Henry Gomez after he made veiled threat in response to critical opinion piece — An old-school reply to an advertiser's retro threat — Meg Whitman's lieutenant was ‘disappointed’ with what I'd written. Here is my considered response
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John Harrington / PRWeek:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise releases letter sent to FT journalist to dispute ‘ad threat’ claim — Hewlett Packard Enterprise has strongly disputed claims by an FT columnist that the software firm's comms chief Henry Gomez wrote a ‘threatening’ and ‘aggressive’ letter to her with suggestions …
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
Wired to start offering ad-free version of its website for $3.99 a month from Feb 16, will block visitors using ad blockers — Wired Is Launching an Ad-Free Website to Appease Ad Blockers — Readers can pay $3.99 for a four-week subscription to a version of its site without advertising.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
En Español: The New York Times launches a Spanish-language news site aiming south of the border — The Iowa caucuses are confusing. Every four years, Americans receive a crash course in the quirky midwestern custom that kicks off the presidential nominating cycle …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How The New York Times is experimenting with bots to let readers ask elections questions from Slack, and how it may answer with automation — The New York Times' new Slack 2016 election bot sends readers' questions straight to the newsroom — Want more election coverage right in your company's Slack?
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@sharonodea, @tealtan, @phillipadsmith, @niemanlab and @losowsky
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Super Bowl ads generated 476M views online to date, 62.4M on game day alone — Super Bowl Ads Draw 476M Views Online — 62.4M views came on game day, according to iSpot.TV … In addition to being seen during the big game, Super Bowl commercials generated 476 million on line views, according to iSpot.TV.
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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Hashtags included in 45% of Super Bowl ads; Facebook or Twitter mentioned in only 5% of ads
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Ad Age, iMediaConnection Blog, The Verge and @chrismessina
Re/code:
Sources: Twitter could name two new board members this week — Twitter Aims to Name Two New Board Members This Week. (We'll See!) — According to multiple sources, Twitter is aiming to name two new board members to replace a pair of outgoing ones at the same time it announces its fourth quarter earnings tomorrow.
Steve Dent / Engadget:
The Pirate Bay, other torrent sites add support for Torrents Time plugin allowing you to stream movies and TV shows from your browser — The Pirate Bay begins testing browser streaming — The Pirate Bay torrent site has blown around so much, you might need even be sure where it is right now (thepiratebay.se, we think).
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Al Jazeera America to stop updating website Feb. 26, TV operations continue until April 12 — Al Jazeera America to shutter digital operations by the end of the month — POLITICO P.M. Media Pro: How many watched Super Bowl 50? —New York mag gets a new app—Jake Tapper on 'fact checking'What are they thinking?
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Bloomberg Business:
NFL in talks about selling streaming rights to “Thursday Night Football” — Yahoo, Verizon, AT&T Want NFL Thursday Streaming Rights — National Football League has targeted tech, telecom partners — Traditional broadcasters uninterested in paying extra
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