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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
GoDaddy tells neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer it violated its ToS and to find a new domain provider, after it posted an obscene article about Charlottesville victim — White supremacist site the Daily Stormer needs to find another domain provider after getting the boot from GoDaddy.
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Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Google says it will cancel Daily Stormer's domain registration, shortly after site switched from GoDaddy; Zoho also says it'll stop providing services to site — Google has canceled the domain registration for The Daily Stormer, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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BBC:
Danish inventor Peter Madsen accused of negligent manslaughter after Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was on board his submarine, goes missing — Swedish journalist Kim Wall, 30, has been missing since Thursday night. — Danish inventor Peter Madsen, on whose submarine she was last seen …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Vice Media partners with Airbnb to offer custom travel packages that reflect its “punk zine” ethos, like a tour of the LGBTQ scene in Tokyo — Partnership will kick off with customized tours in South Africa, Paris, New York and Tokyo — Vice Media has always tried to show …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Shonda Rhimes is leaving ABC for Netflix, says the streaming service will provide her with greater creative freedom than network television — Prolific producer will create new shows for streaming service, which faces growing competition from Amazon, Disney
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook is rolling out a “Trending News” section in its iOS and Android apps; on iOS, it's accessible via a link from the app's main navigation — Facebook is rolling out a “Trending News” section on mobile that includes its own link in the app's main navigation.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: a crew is filming inside The New York Times for a documentary about the paper's coverage of the president — TALK ABOUT TIMING. THE DAY AFTER THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN RELEASED A NEW AD. But instead of a message about something …
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How Sinclair is ridding itself of regulatory burdens, including a cap on ownership for broadcast TV stations, with the aid of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai — WASHINGTON — The day before President Trump's inauguration, the top executive of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest owner …
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Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Pandora names Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch as new CEO and president; Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board — Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board — Pandora has announced that Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch will join …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
SEC filing: 21st Century Fox has paid $50M for Fox News settlements related to sexual harassment and discrimination in fiscal 2017 — The cost of improprieties at Fox News Channel continues to grow for the cable-news outlet's parent, 21st Century Fox. — The media conglomerate …
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Stewart Clarke / Variety:
Amazon is shutting down Lovefilm, its DVD rental service in the UK and Germany, on Oct 31, plans to offer Lovefilm's 50 employees other roles — Amazon is closing down Lovefilm, its DVD rental service in the U.K. and Germany, later this year. — The e-commerce giant said that while streaming …
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Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker:
Profile of WIkiLeaks' Julian Assange, on the DNC email hacks, Russia, state-sponsored leaks, the alt-right, and more — From his tiny sanctum in London, the founder of WikiLeaks has interfered with the world's most powerful institutions. — I. — The Ecuadorian Embassy in London …
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