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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 …
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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 …
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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 — Last week we met with Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee John Thune to describe our investigation in response …
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Thomas C. Rubin / Slate:
Facebook's Trending Topics Are None of the Senate's Business
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 — Live mobile video is evolving beyond selfie-stream rants and citizen journalism. Facebook will now allow non-stop …
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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 …
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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 …
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Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Reddit, Medium, Vimeo, and others urge FCC to formally evaluate broadband caps and zero rating — We've noted how the FCC's latest net neutrality rules do a lot of things right, but they failed to seriously address zero rating or broadband usage caps, opening the door to ISPs violently abusing net neutrality …
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