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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 …
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TorrentFreak, @mathewi, @alexhern, @samthielman, @samthielman, @jeremylittau, @kylepope, @mathewi, @leenavand and @kylepope, more at Techmeme »
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
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Avi Wolfman-Arent / WHYY:
Philadelphia news organization WHYY has acquired digital news startup Billy Penn from its owners Spirited Media — WHYY announced Monday it has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from its founding owner, Spirited Media. — “WHYY has consistently grown its journalism capacity to fortify the local news ecosystem.
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Nieman Lab, Billy Penn, @alexraestern, @ylichterman, @lenfestinst and @whyy
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 …
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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Quartz's US newsroom is unionizing with the NewsGuild, with ~60 editorial employees delivering a letter to management asking for voluntary recognition — As the media industry continues to search for viable business models, those feeling a sense of whiplash from the economic headwinds continue …
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Talking Biz News, @leahfessler, @thejoshaust, @oliviagoldhill and @smalera
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.
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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.
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg says he expects the company will reach profitability this year with $100M in revenue — From Gawker to Mic, the Bustle Digital Group chief has found success rebuilding web brands that are on life support: “These have not been an easy few years.
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@jeremymbarr and @thr
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
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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
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