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Robert D. Hof / New York Times:
Brands approach messaging apps and chat bots cautiously to avoid antagonizing users — As Messaging Apps Boom, Brands Tiptoe In — Gatorade owns one of the iconic television moments of the Super Bowl, the dousing of the winning coach with a huge bucket of the sport drink, ice included.
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Digiday, Re/code, Co.Design, Adweek, TechCrunch and VentureBeat
Reuters:
Founding partner of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian firm at center of data leak, says company was hacked from outside, files complaint with state prosecutors — Panama law firm says data hack was external, files complaint — The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal …
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Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Steps Aside After Release of ‘Panama Papers’ — Leader is first major casualty of scrutiny into offshore accounts sparked by release of millions of documents from Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca — Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David …
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CNN, BBC, DW.COM, New York Daily News, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, Mother Jones, Fortune and NPR
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge in lawsuit against Rolling Stone says woman at center of story, “Jackie”, must testify, allows for a five hour deposition — ‘Jackie’ must testify in lawsuit over Rolling Stone rape story — A Virginia judge has ruled that the woman at the center of Rolling Stone's discredited story …
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New York Times, Slate, Hit & Run, UPI, USA TODAY College, Reuters, New York Daily News, Wall Street Journal, Gawker, Daily Mail, WCAV, The Cavalier Daily, Mic, Hot Air, NBC News, Simple Justice, Associated Press, Associated Press, New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, WTOP, Jezebel, Business Insider, LawNewz and @jpodhoretz
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
BBC digital expert Tony Ageh poached by New York Public Library — Technologist, who has been with the corporation for 14 years, was part of the team that created the iPlayer — Tony Ageh, one of the architects of the BBC iPlayer, is to leave the corporation after 14 years to join …
Medium:
Medium launches Medium for Publishers, a suite of branding and customization tools, aiming to entice publishers away from their CMS — Making Medium More Powerful for Publishers — At Medium, we're building out a new corner of the Internet specifically designed for people and publishers …
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Femsplain, CNBC, The Story, The Verge, The Story, @mulligan, @ryan, Engadget, NewCo Shift, The Awl, Talking New Media, Electric Literature, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, @derekwillis, @codybrown, @jeffjarvis, @anildash, The Next Web, @mathewi, @jandawson, @caramev, @mathewi, The Wrap and FishbowlNY
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Thomas Seal / Press Gazette:
Treasury saves £157k a year by reading newspapers online — George Osborne has cut Treasury spending on national titles by 85 per cent since taking office in 2010, according to Freedom of Information figures. — The Treasury spent £28,000 on buying national newspapers …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
How Atlas Obscura is expanding its business with events like upcoming Obscura Day: 150 events in 35 states and 25 countries — How Atlas Obscura helps its web audience discover the real world — For Atlas Obscura, the reader journey begins on the web and ends at The Great Wall of China …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast now selling Disney movies through Xfinity and will be a retailer for Disney Movies Anywhere to store movies in the cloud — Disney Inks Deal With Comcast to Sell Digital Movies — Cable operator also will join Disney Movies Anywhere as a participating retailer
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Inside the Magic, Los Angeles Times and Business Wire
John Archer / Forbes:
Sony's Ultra streaming service with $30 titles launches, but is only available in US, and for 2015 and 2016 Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs — Sony Launches Frustrating New 4K Ultra HD Movie Streaming Service — While 4K/Ultra HD TVs are everywhere these days, true 4K sources are still relatively rare …
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Pocket-lint, 4k.com, Variety and Home Media Magazine
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Yahoo Sports to stream one MLB game every day, 180 games in total, this season for free — You can now watch Major League Baseball games on Yahoo — for free — Yahoo is offering free live streams of one Major League Baseball game every day this season, the company announced on Monday.
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Multichannel News, Engadget, Consumerist, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, Yahoo Sports, Wired and Engadget, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Apple News launches a Twitter account to promote stories on its service, curated by its US editors — Apple News is using Twitter to bring in new readers — Apple News has created a Twitter account to promote stories featured on the service. Apple's team of US-based editors will curate the feed …
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The Next Web, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Hilde Kate Lysiak, 9, breaks crime news before grownups do, fires back at critics, saying “some adult-run papers were reporting wrong news, or no news at all” — 9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics — Reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak got …
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@ajreid, WFXT, Time Out United States, Independent.ie, Jezebel, The Huffington Post, @seanmcelwee, @cmaiduc, The Mary Sue, @moorehn, @brianstelter, @fieldproducer, Guardian, @maggienyt, Cosmopolitan, @acoyne, @andrew_dunn, New York Magazine, @sfiegerman, Associated Press, @smithjoanna and @mathewi
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Gawker Seeks New Trial Against Hulk Hogan, Asks Courts to Relieve Nick Denton of Punitive Damages — Lawyers for Gawker Media filed paperwork for an appeal against Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, as well as a motion to reverse the $25.1 million in punitive damages awarded to the former wrestler by a St. Petersburg, Fla., jury last month.
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Business Insider, FishbowlNY, @jasonabbruzzese, @petersterne, @petersterne and @petersterne
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Charles Harder / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulk Hogan's lead lawyer, Charles Harder, reveals how they beat Gawker in sex tape case and says site's counsel did not adequately prepare witnesses
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Wired, Lawyer Herald, The Daily Beast, Adland, Ars Technica, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, LawNewz, Politico, pwtorch.com/site and @thrmattbelloni
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