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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Exclusive: Audio transcript of Breitbart reporter allegedly being roughed up by Trump campaign manager — Donald Trump's spokesperson flatly denied on Thursday that campaign manager Corey Lewandowski roughed up a reporter for the conservative website Breitbart, and suggested she was fabricating …
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Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker:
Reporter Posts Photo of Bruises After Trump Campaign Accused Her of Lying About Being Grabbed — Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields today posted images of bruises allegedly left on her arm by Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who grabbed her after she attempted to ask Trump …
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@michellefields, @abcpolitics, @drew_cmoore, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, The Week and Mediaite
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump campaign spokesman Hope Hicks denies physical altercation between campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields — Trump campaign denies altercation with reporter — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — 's campaign is denying …
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Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
USA Today Network to launch VRtually There, a virtual reality news program covering politics, sports, tech, and finance, in the spring — Gannett Plans First Regularly Scheduled News Show in Virtual Reality — ‘VRtually There’ from USA Today Network to cover politics, sports, technology and finance
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NetNewsCheck Latest, SlashGear, Portada, Digiday, USA Today, VideoInk, Talking New Media, Engadget, TVNewser and FishbowlNY
Wall Street Journal:
Publishers Petition White House to End Cuba Book Embargo — As U.S. moves to normalize ties with Cuba, book industry seeks an end to the embargo on books and educational materials — Three major U.S. book publishers, several trade groups and others in the publishing industry have signed …
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Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Law360, The White House, New York Magazine and NPR
Maira Sutton / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
TPP slants Internet regulations toward business interests, does little to counter issues like government censorship and free expression — White House's Claims that the TPP Would Curb Internet Censorship are Fantasy — One of the United States government's priorities in Internet policy …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK viewers doubled amount of time spent streaming TV in 2015 — Typical British viewer last year watched about 77 minutes a week of shows on services such as Netflix and Amazon, although traditional TV is still king — The popularity of services such as Netflix and Amazon surged last year …
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Guardian and Broadband TV News
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Former Ofcom employee offered potentially sensitive information on TV companies to a major UK broadcaster — Ofcom tackles mass data breach of TV company information — Ex-employee offered a hoard of potentially sensitive information about rival TV companies to his new employer, who is a major broadcaster
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International Business Times, Ars Technica UK, City A.M., V3.co.uk, ComputerWeekly and Gizmodo UK
Todd Spangler / Variety:
MovieSwap and VidAngel claim their business model of offering online access to content ripped from DVDs is legal — Movie-Streaming Sites Claim Legal Cover With DVD-Ownership Models — Startups MovieSwap, VidAngel offering members online access to video content ripped from discs
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Digital Trends and TorrentFreak
Sneha Johari / MediaNama:
Nielsen acquires Informate to up mobile measurement globally — Info and survey company Nielsen has acquired Informate Mobile Intelligence, a mobile usage measurement company, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will let Nielsen pad its measurement portfolio in the mobile space in Europe …
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PR Newswire, Multichannel News, The Economic Times and Mumbrella Asia
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Musician Ryan Leslie raises $1.5M seed for Superphone, which helps celebrities manage fan relationships through SMS and Twilio — Ben Horowitz backs rapper Ryan Leslie's SMS commerce startup Superphone — Ryan Leslie gave every fan his phone number. It's (646) 887-6978.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Publicis Groupe consolidates its media agencies into four global brands: Starcom, Zenith, Mediavest Spark, and Optimedia Blue 449 — Publicis Groupe Restructures Big Media Agencies — Two of Madison Avenue's most familiar media-buying agencies - Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia Group …
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