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6:45 PM ET, May 24, 2016

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Todd Sherman / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter won't count photos, videos, @names in replies toward 140 characters “in the coming months”, will allow self-retweets, touts improved onboarding metrics  —  Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Over 400 writers including Stephen King, David Eggers, Amy Tan, and Cheryl Strayed release online letter opposing Trump  —  Donald J. Trump has been working to mend fences with many of his detractors, but among literary luminaries it is looking like it will be a tough sell.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Source: Josh Tyrangiel promoted at Vice Media to oversee company's entire news division; 15 digital producers, writers and editors laid off  —  Josh Tyrangiel is being promoted at Vice Media to oversee the company's entire news division, as part of a reorganization that will see around 15 …
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Facebook buys VR audio company Two Big Ears and debuts “Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation”, a free software suite for designing spatial audio  —  Today Facebook announced it's acquired Two Big Ears, a spatial audio technology company, for an undisclosed sum.
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Sumner Redstone names Tad Jankowski, Jill Krutick to National Amusements board of directors, replacing Philippe Dauman and George Abrams  —  Sumner Redstone has officially replaced Philippe Dauman and George Abrams in the Sumner M. Redstone Irrevocable Trust.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Starting in September, Netflix will be exclusive US pay TV home for new releases from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar  —  Netflix's exclusive deal with Disney for pay-TV window rights to the Mouse House's movie titles in the U.S. will commence in September.
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Nick Denton speculates that Silicon Valley funding is behind Hulk Hogan lawsuit and two new cases against Gawker  —  At first, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, thought it an unlikely conspiracy theory.  —  Now, he's starting to believe it himself.
Alex Hern / Guardian:
How the misuse of copyright law enabled a negative review thread about a building firm to be delisted by Google  —  When Annabelle Narey posted a negative review of a building firm on Mumsnet, the last thing on her mind was copyright infringement  —  Writing a bad review online has always run …
Discussion: BGR and Techdirt
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Many senior Daily Telegraph staff members fired, including deputy editor Liz Hunt  —  String of senior staff cuts follow announcement that publisher is seeking to reduce costs  —  The Telegraph has started a round of targeted cuts of senior newsroom staff including deputy editor Liz Hunt …
Discussion: @marksweney and @iandouglas
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Networks are trying to lure audiences back from streaming services like Netflix by offering viewers on-demand access to current shows  —  Putting episodes on VOD after they air keeps fans engaged  —  With live viewership of most U.S. TV channels in decline, the most-watched networks …
Discussion: VideoNuze Analysis
Thomas C. Rubin / Slate:
Facebook's Trending Topics Are None of the Senate's Business  —  What is Sen. John Thune doing trying to conduct oversight over the First Amendment?  —  When the story broke earlier this month that Facebook might be manipulating its “trending” news section to suppress conservative news, the reaction was quick and predictable.
Discussion: Computerworld and Fortune
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Colin Stretch / Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook responds to GOP Sen. Thune on Trending Topics, says investigation found no systematic bias, cannot rule out unintentional bias, plans improvements
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Amazon's Comixology launching subscription service for digital comics selections from major indie presses at $5.99/month, not including Marvel or DC comics  —  Comixology is launching a subscription service that will offer readers “thousands” of digital comics for $5.99 a month.
Variety:
George Grobar named COO of Penske Media Corp., the company behind publications like Variety  —  Penske Media Corp. has appointed George Grobar as chief operating officer.  Grobar previously served as executive vice president for the company.  —  He will be responsible for working …
Discussion: Folio, Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
 
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
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Politico:
Salon CEO Cindy Jeffers is leaving, will be replaced by media executive Jordan Hoffner
Discussion: @msteib
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Ciel Hunter Named Vice's Head of Content
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Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
How the BBC used Yik Yak to get young people to talk politics and mental health
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Continuous Live Video removes 90 min. limit on streams, but does not allow for replay or rewind, lets broadcasters target viewers by location and age
Antoine Gara / Forbes:
New investor and biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong licenses 100+ “machine vision” and AI patents to Tribune Publishing and gives access to studio space