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2:00 PM ET, April 15, 2019

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Starz apologizes for “inadvertently” issuing DMCA takedown notices for tweets to stories merely reporting about TV show leak, says it suffered a security breach  —  Facing a backlash over overzealous copyright enforcement, Starz issued an apology for inadvertently taking down tweets to articles about TV show piracy Monday.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
Twitter removed tweets criticizing Starz's dispute with TorrentFreak, including one from journalist Mathew Ingram, at the request of the company  —  Starz criticised over Twitter takedown of users' links to news story about pirated shows  —  A US TV channel has forced Twitter …
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
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Sources: nearly half of HQ Trivia's staff signed a petition seeking to depose CEO Rus Yusupov; the startup had ~$6M in the bank but is spending $1M per month  —  This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
EU gives final approval to the new Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, after 19 of the 28 member countries voted in favor  —  The European Union has officially approved a controversial and sweeping reform of its copyright rules to protect content creators …
Max Willens / Digiday:
Sources: some publishers say Apple News + has failed to deliver on some of the promises it made to get them on board and is favoring larger publishers  —  According to several publishers, Apple News+ is off to a rough start.  —  Five participating publishers Digiday spoke to detailed …
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John Ingold / The Colorado Sun:
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.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Vimeo acquires Israel-based video creation service Magisto which has over 100M users; sources say Vimeo paid $200M  —  Vimeo, the IAC-owned platform for hosting, sharing and monetizing streamed video, has made an acquisition to expand into providing more creation and editing tools.
Angelina Rascouet / Bloomberg:
Publicis to buy US digital marketing company Epsilon, which collects vast amounts of consumer data like transactions, location, and web activity, for $3.95B  —  - Ad group makes biggest purchase yet in consumer-data bet  — Traditional marketing firms are fighting new rivals online
Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
To fight trolls and abusers, Rappler started collecting data, such as public social media posts, to monitor and analyze the spread of disinformation online  —  News websites Rappler in the Philippines and the Quint in India have found new ways to combat disinformation and defend free speech
James Walker / Press Gazette:
Outgoing BBC Radio 4 Controller Gwyneth Williams has admitted that cutbacks at the station have impacted its programs and reporting  —  Outgoing BBC Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams has admitted cutbacks at the station have impacted on its programmes and staff reporting.
 
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