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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.
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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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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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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ZDNet, PCMag UK, CNET, Engadget, Fortune, @paulbradleycarr, @anthonynoto, @jeffmacke, @mattnavarra, @mdudas and Fast Company
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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Forbes, Vocativ, Android Authority, VentureBeat, The Drum, SlashGear, The Verge, Fortune and Wall Street Journal
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, Variety, TechCrunch 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.
Patrick Mairs / Associated Press:
The Onion speeds up its satire production for US election, including video from live events, is on track to see 38% increase in traffic compared to 2012 cycle — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Even satire has a shelf life. — In a presidential campaign with fast-changing headlines that sometimes defy belief …
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