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Sacramento Bee:
UC Davis spent $175K to remove references to 2011 pepper-spraying incident from search results — UC Davis spent thousands to scrub pepper-spray references from Internet — UC Davis sought to eliminate negative search results for school and chancellor — Strategic communications budget soared during Katehi's tenure
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Matthew Keys sentenced to 24 months under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for his role in 2010 LA Times hack, must surrender to custody June 15, plans appeal — Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Sentenced to Two Years for Hacking — On Wednesday, the infamous former Reuters journalist Matthew Keys …
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Politico:
Sources: Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski won't be prosecuted on battery charge after incident with ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields — Trump campaign manager will not be prosecuted, sources say — Reporter who accused Corey Lewandowski of battery may still pursue defamation case.
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
The New York Times to invest $50M in global expansion over the next three years, with a team led by international editor Joe Kahn — Times sinks $50m into international push with ‘NYT Global’ — The New York Times will invest $50 million in its global expansion strategy over the next three years …
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Mike Murphy / Quartz:
ESPN to livestream three-day drone racing event on ESPN3 and air one-hour roundup specials for TV, as skeptics question the nascent sport's mainstream appeal — Pod racing goes prime time — Your browser does not support HTML5 video. — There's a hotel in Williamsburg …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
TNR editor in chief Gabriel Snyder is leaving the magazine — Gabriel Synder, editor in chief of The New Republic for the past 17 months, is leaving the magazine in the wake of its sale to Win McCormack, POLITICO has learned. — The masthead change marks the first big move since McCormack …
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal to Offer Guarantees on Its Data-Driven Ad Targeting — Media giant will guarantee television audiences based on data beyond traditional Nielsen TV ratings — Ahead of the spring “upfront” presentations to pitch new programming to marketers, NBCUniversal is enhancing its product …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Google removes search results to articles containing references to celebrity scandal in response to legal requests — Google removes links on celebrity injunction couple — Internet giant has blocked dozens of search links containing references to star and alleged ‘threesome’ after legal requests
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Study: UK 2015 digital ad spend grew 16.4% YoY to £8.6B, mobile accounted for 30.5% of all digital, up 60% to £2.6B, video up 98% to £353M — The UK digital ad market is holding up to challenges — The U.K. advertising market seems to have had a fairly resilient 2015 …
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Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Australian Federal Police admit to seeking access without a warrant to Guardian reporter Paul Farrell's metadata in an attempt to identify his sources — Federal police admit seeking access to reporter's metadata without warrant — AFP asked for ‘subscriber checks’ relating …
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Ke Jin / AllChinaTech:
Tencent and Vox Media to produce Chinese version of The Verge with translations and WeChat account — Tencent becomes content partner of The Verge in China — China's largest Internet service portal Tencent announced on Thursday it will work with American digital media company Vox Media …
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Suzan Haidamous / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australian 60 Minutes team charged with kidnapping in Lebanon; case adjourned until Monday, judge says charges will not be dropped — 60 Minutes crew and mother Sally Faulkner face judge in Lebanon — 'I'm doing a big story' — Speaking to the ABC before the incident that landed …
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