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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
WH Press Sec Sean Spicer made repeated, vague references to an Islamist terrorist attack in Atlanta that didn't happen, echoing Conway's Bowling Green statement — Kellyanne Conway's “Bowling Green massacre” isn't the only case of a White House aide pointing to a terror attack that didn't happen …
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $717M, missing estimates, but beats on earnings; MAUs grew only 2M from prior quarter to 319M — Twitter missed analysts' expectations for its fourth-quarter revenue — reporting $717 million versus estimates of $740 million — as advertising spend lagged behind …
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Brett Molina / USA Today:
Twitter shares fall over 10% in pre-market trading on Q4 revenue miss, flat growth, and as its US ad revenue drops 5% — So much for the “Trump bump.” — Twitter missed on revenue during the fourth quarter, according to results released Thursday, as the social media service struggles …
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Jasper Jackson / The Guardian:
In an unusual move, Wikipedia editors vote to ban The Daily Mail as a source after finding it “generally unreliable” — Online encyclopaedia editors rule out publisher as a reference citing ‘reputation poor fact checking and sensationalism’ — Wikipedia editors have voted …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The New York Times partners with Spotify, giving readers who buy one-year digital subscriptions unlimited access to the music service's premium tier — Joint online news and music subscription costs $5 per week — Publisher seeking to maintain momentum after subscriber surge
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
WSJ editor Gerard Baker to host town hall on Feb. 13 where he will address concerns about Trump coverage, amidst growing disquiet and anger in the newsroom — Amid growing newsroom discontent over his perceived resistance to critical coverage of Donald Trump, Wall Street Journal editor …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
HBO Now, HBO's standalone digital streaming service, has surpassed 2M subscribers, Time Warner Chief Jeff Bewkes told investors on Wednesday — HBO's stand-alone digital streaming service has surpassed 2 million domestic subscribers, Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes told investors Wednesday.
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Condé Nast buys social data and marketing platform CitizenNet to broaden its audience-targeting capabilities beyond its own properties to social platforms — The deal will help expand Condé Nast's audience-targeting capabilities across social platforms. — Condé Nast's New York office.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: White House Correspondents Dinner has yet to find a comedian headliner, with many celebrities choosing to avoid the event — “I see it as a huge opportunity for a comedian to do something interesting," says Larry Wilmore, who headlined 2016's dinner, as the host gig goes unfilled …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Sources: Google combines product teams for YouTube Music and Google Play Music, likely paving way for a single music app in the future — Come together, right now, over me — According to several sources familiar with the change, the product teams working on YouTube Music and Google Play Music are being combined into a single unit.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Spike TV to be rebranded as Paramount Network as part of a Viacom turnaround plan — Kevin Kay is expected to remain at the top of the network, with the change coming as early as 2018. — There's a big change coming to Spike TV. — Viacom's male-focused cable network …
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said she did not believe the network was “fake news”, contradicting Trump — Donald Trump's ongoing feud with CNN took an interesting turn on Tuesday when senior White House counselor Kellyanne Conway admitted …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Flipboard debuts personalized Smart Magazines, which aggregate stories on various topics, available today — Flipboard is releasing a big update today, which introduces “Smart Magazines” — a new way for people to find news stories and other content tied to their interests.
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