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Sources: Peter Thiel has played a lead role in bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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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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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.
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Industry observers and some staff believe BuzzFeed will eventually curtail news to focus on more profitable video and entertainment — Early last year, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote a blog post titled “Why BuzzFeed Does News,” a battle cry for journalism that had the unintended effect of unnerving some members of the news division.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
In internal email late Tuesday, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman reassures employees, reiterates intent to sell part of Paramount — Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman sent an email late Tuesday to all employees seeking to reassure them about the state of the company. The email, obtained exclusively by Variety …
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Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Waterstones outsources its e-books business to Rakuten's Kobo, effective June 14 — Waterstones is to stop selling e-books from its website and instead divert customers to Kobo's reading platform for digital sales. — The chain book store will begin informing customers of the change …
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Mike Minotti / VentureBeat:
Interview with Turner Sports executive VP Craig Barry on Eleague's goals, approach, and partnership with Twitch — One of the biggest names in cable television is getting into esports, and it think it can do a better job than current leagues. — Turner's Eleague, which will feature Counter-Strike …
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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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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.
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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 …
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
Wickr Foundation invests in Whistler, a secure communications and education app for activists and reporters — Earlier today at the Oslo Freedom Forum, the Wickr Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to private communication and uncensored information, announced its first investment …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Obama administration promised transparency, but delivered opacity, stonewalling FOIA requests, punishing a whistleblower, and threatening a reporter with jail — Some things just aren't cool. One of those, according to our no-drama president, is ignorance.
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