Mediagazer: Twitter has removed TorrentFreak's tweet pointing to a news story on recent leaks of unreleased TV shows, after a questionable DMCA takedown request from Starz (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)

9:05 AM ET, April 15, 2019

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Twenty years after Columbine, a journalist who covered the shooting reflects on how media unwittingly created a narrative that may have inspired more attacks — But the mythology around killers no longer needs press coverage to spread — Red Lake High School. Dawson College. Sparks Middle School.

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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Twitter has removed TorrentFreak's tweet pointing to a news story on recent leaks of unreleased TV shows, after a questionable DMCA takedown request from Starz — At TorrentFreak, we have been covering copyright and piracy related news for well over a decade.

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:

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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:

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Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be nominated for re-election to Facebook's board, where he has served since 2011 — - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will not be nominated for re-election at the company's 2019 annual stockholders meetings, Facebook said on Friday.

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