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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Twitter says it's expanding tweet limit to 280 characters from 140 as part of test for some users — Twitter's 140-character limit died today after a long battle with Facebook. It is survived by brands, publishers and personalities, who will miss its insistence on wit and getting to the point.
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Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
AT&T's DirecTV is giving refunds to customers who want to cancel their subscriptions to NFL's Sunday Ticket because of national anthem protests — Subscribers to AT&T Inc.'s DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket who want to cancel the service because of football players' national anthem protests can get refunds …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Paul Horner, who published some of the most popular fake news stories of the 2016 election cycle, has died aged 38 in a suspected accidental overdose — Paul Horner published some of the most popular fake news stories of the 2016 presidential election. Horner even said that he believes …
Tony Romm / Recode:
In tweet, President Trump accuses Facebook of always being “anti-Trump”, suggesting it is part of a network of “collusion” with newspapers and news networks — The attack comes as Trump takes aim again at reporters — President Donald Trump charged on Wednesday that Facebook was …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Internal memo from publisher Fred Ryan says Washington Post crossed 1 million digital subscribers earlier this year — The Washington Post is marking a milestone in its transition from being a local print newspaper to a national news website. — “Earlier this year, we crossed the 1 million mark …
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Amazon says YouTube is no longer available on Echo Show; Google cites implementation violates TOS, Amazon says there is no technical reason for the decision — Goodbye, cooking lessons and music videos — Amazon and Google are in a not-so-fun fight. Google has apparently decided …
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Heidi N. Moore / Columbia Journalism Review:
Mic's disastrous pivot to video could save online journalism by serving as a cautionary tale to other sites wanting to cut writing staff and pursue video — Mic's website audience is tanking by millions of readers a month—and if it continues, it just may save online journalism.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
On Tuesday night, Bill O'Reilly appeared on Sean Hannity's show to promote his new book, marking his return to the network since his ouster in April — Bill O'Reilly addresses exit in new podcast — Bill O'Reilly appeared on Sean Hannity's Fox News show Tuesday evening …
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Peter Walker / The Guardian:
The BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, has been given a bodyguard while covering the Labour party conference after receiving abuse online — Laura Kuenssberg will reportedly be accompanied by security team after being jeered for her treatment of Corbyn
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Rolling Stone doc: 2017 revenue projected at $46.3M; pitch to potential buyers suggests conversion to monthly, cutting editorial budget by 30%, pivot to video — Jann Wenner and his millennial son capitulate to magazine reality. — Last week, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner put …
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Tony Haile, once of Chartbeat and now building Scroll, which aims to help people read across paywalled sites ad free, for a $5 monthly subscription — His new startup Scroll aims to target readers who are engaged but not willing to sign up for a dozen digital subscriptions across their favorite sites.
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@jbenton and @arikligeti
Caroline Scott / Journalism.co.uk:
The European Journalism Centre grants seven publishers £700K to foster new approaches to covering global development — Seven news organisations will receive a European Publisher Reporting Grant worth £100k to carry out coverage on global development
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