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There’s trouble afoot inside the Emoji Council of Elders, or, at the very least, signs of a low-simmering schism that’s being referred to by some of its participants — perhaps with less humor than one might expect — as “Emojigeddon.” Emails seen by BuzzFeed News reveal an emerging tension at the Unicode Consortium — the…
Los Angeles-based pro-Clinton group denies involvement Several Facebook pages supporting Bernie Sanders were quickly shut down late Monday night after self-proclaimed Hillary Clinton supporters flooded some of the pages with pornographic images. The pro-Sanders pages, including Bernie or Bust, Bernie Believers and Bernie Sanders is my HERO, had a combined 250,000 followers. According to The Hill, The attack began around 9 p.m. EDT on Monday night and…
The modern publisher is facing fast-changing and challenging times. It’s enough to make you want to crank up the printing presses. That’s just what we’ve done. Digiday is launching a new quarterly print magazine, Pulse, devoted to the future of media. The first issue takes a deep look at what the rise of platforms from Facebook…
Days after nearly a million people watched a watermelon explode on Facebook Live, the Financial Times reported a gloomy outlook for the digital company behind the endeavor: BuzzFeed missed its 2015 revenue target by 32 percent and was cutting its revenue projections for 2016 in half. Coupled with ongoing layoffs and reorganizations at top digital…
About.com came of age — and thrived — in the time of portals. But as big one-stop-shop sites lose relevance, it’s embracing the power of focus in verticals in categories like health, home and finance. It’s begun unbundling the About portal, starting with a health vertical site called Verywell, with plans to roll out a couple…
Good news, Steven Universe fans! In a surprise move, the show is coming back in two weeks, ahead of its previously announced June return. Slightly less good news? This fantastic new trailer has us freaking the hell out for Steven and the Crystal Gems. http://io9.gizmodo.com/steven-univers… Revealed late on Friday by Entertainment Weekly, the show is…
Today is National Pretzel Day, or as some of us like to call it, “free pretzel day” — since a number of major chains are giving away free pretzels to celebrate. The biggest pretzel chain in the country is Auntie Anne’s, which is offering a free pretzel — with a catch. You have to have the Auntie Anne’s…
Years of lawyerless interrogation at Guantanamo Bay failed to connect Murat Kurnaz with terrorism—but Samantha gives him a grilling just in case. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Mondays at 10:30/9:30c on TBS! Visit SamanthaBee.com for more videos and web extras. Source: The Wrong Guy | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS – YouTube
Heidi N Moore tweetstorms about the misconceptions in branded content that come from a lack of data. *thinkfluence throat clearing* journalism will be divided between people who believe FB will help the cause and those who think FB hurts it @Chronotope · TUE, APR 26 2016 12:12:38 Heidi N Moore@moorehn On the latter side is…
Regarding Shaun King and the Daily News When I learned in October that Shaun King had been tapped to become a social justice columnist for the Daily News, I was thrilled, not only because I had admired his passionate writing for years but also because it was an early signal that newly appointed Editor-In-Chief Jim…