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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Source: Twitter won't count media attachments such as polls, gifs, photos, quoted tweets, and videos toward the 140 character tweet limit beginning September 19 — The company is changing the way it counts 140 characters — Twitter is about to make a big change to the way that tweets work, The Verge can report.
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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Transcript of interview with Isaac Lee, Univision's chief news officer, on the decision to delete posts from Gawker Media's archive — Last month, the media conglomerate Univision agreed to acquire Gizmodo and five other sites from Gawker Media for $135 million.
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Gawker Media's editorial union condemns in “strongest possible terms” Univision's deletion of posts targeted by lawsuits, saying it sets an “alarming precedent” — Univision has said that it bought Gawker Media because it believed in the work that our publications do.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with WaPo reporter David Fahrenthold on his doggedly transparent coverage of Donald Trump's charitable donations, which is aided by a pen-and-paper approach — Washington Post politics reporter David Fahrenthold is trying to find evidence of Donald Trump's charitable donations, but he's running out of paper.
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet says he'd risk jail to publish Donald Trump's tax returns — Dean Baquet, the top editor at the New York Times, said he'd publish a story on Donald Trump's taxes even if it means risking jail time. — He made the remark during a Harvard University forum Sunday …
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@tripgabriel, @cnn and Talking Points Memo
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Beacon Reader, a journalism crowdfunding platform, will close October 31 after three years — One of journalism's most prominent crowdfunding platforms announced Monday that it's shutting down after a three-year run. — In an email to the platform's users Monday evening with the subject line …
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@sandersak, @samathieson, @danielfletcher, @mathewi, @benmullin, @dilipthecherian and @michelledeidre
Sydney Ember / @melbournecoal:
NEWS: Time Inc. has named Rich Battista as CEO, replacing Joe Ripp. — NEWS: Time Inc. has named Rich Battista as CEO, replacing Joe Ripp.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Behind Twitter's efforts to move away from being known as a social network, rebranding itself as a central destination for news and live events instead — Can the company's move to stream major events right inside its app, including Thursday night NFL games, woo the masses?
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sources: Amazon and Pandora are set to introduce new versions of their music streaming services in the coming weeks, for as little as $5/month — How much are people willing to spend for streaming music? — For years, thanks to rigid pricing structures at streaming services, the answer has been stuck at $10 a month or nothing.
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Kwame Opam / The Verge:
Twitter partners with finance news startup Cheddar for its first daily streaming show, “Closing Bell”, which is a Twitter exclusive focusing on market analysis — Twitter is doubling down on live-streaming content, this time focusing on business news.
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Jaunt, a virtual reality startup that has raised $100M from investors including Disney and Sky, hires Hearst exec George Kliavkoff as its new CEO — Jaunt has raised more than $100 million from Disney, Sky and other media backers. — You don't need more signs that virtual reality …
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FishbowlNY, @lucas_shaw, @rafat, The Wrap, Multichannel News, TechCrunch, Variety and Fast Company
John Mannes / TechCrunch:
CrunchLetter, an AI-powered VC newsletter generator that assembles 30-word funding round summaries, is unveiled at TechCrunch Disrupt — A clever hack by Alexander Crosson and Naveen Kulandaivelu at today's TechCrunch Disrupt SF Hackathon may be giving us tech journalists early warning signs of our forthcoming replacement by AI.
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