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7:25 AM ET, February 8, 2016

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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 …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Twitter says it has suspended 125K accounts for promoting or threatening terrorist acts since mid-2015  —  Twitter Steps Up Efforts to Thwart Terrorists' Tweets  —  For years, Twitter has positioned itself as a “global town square” that is open to discourse from all.
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Hashtags included in 45% of Super Bowl ads; Facebook or Twitter mentioned in only 5% of ads  —  Hashtags In Super Bowl Ads Dropped Slightly To 45% In 2016  —  As with last year, social networks were rarely mentioned, with Twitter and Facebook tied in our count.
Discussion: @chrismessina
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Shareen Pathak / Digiday:
What a $5 million Super Bowl ad can buy you in digital media (tl;dr: a lot)
Washington Post:
Inside Peyton Manning's secret investigation into Al Jazeera documentary  —  BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Five days before a documentary alleged that quarterback Peyton Manning and other star athletes had used performance-enhancing drugs, two men hired by Manning's lawyers visited the parents of the documentary's key witness.
New York Times:
The case of five missing booksellers in Hong Kong puts spotlight on publishing niche that creates illicit books critical of Beijing  —  In China, Books That Make Money, and Enemies  —  HONG KONG — In a dimly lit industrial building in Hong Kong, hundreds of books wrapped in brown paper …
Discussion: Guardian
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Boston public radio station WBUR overhauling its site to highlight audio, integrate with NPR, and work better for mobile users  —  A Boston public radio station is redesigning its site to make audio “a first-class citizen online”  —  News analysis program On Point is one of Boston public …
Discussion: @onpointradio
Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:
Interview with President of Hearst Newspapers Digital Rob Barrett about metro paper challenges, data journalism, social platforms and news contributors, more  —  New President's Focus at Hearst Digital: 'News Users Can't Get Anywhere Else'  —  Robertson (Rob) Barrett has occupied major posts …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times is unearthing unpublished photos from its archives for Black History Month  —  In this black and white photo taken by a New York Times staff photographer, two unidentified second graders at Princeton's Nassau Street Elementary School stand in front of a classroom blackboard.
 
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
USTelecom drops out of coalition formed to challenge Charter-TWC merger, saying it doesn't oppose merger but suggested some conditions
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Verizon updates go90 video app to exempt it from data caps for customers not on prepaid plan
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Al Jazeera launches live audio streaming service for mobile-first audiences
Discussion: @mohamed and @niemanlab
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Conversation expands across the U.S., freshly funded by universities and foundations
 

 
From Techmeme:

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind

 
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