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Twitter bug impacts hyperlinks, TweetDeck product

An update to Twitter's API resulted in a bug that left some users unable to click on links or use the power platform TweetDeck.

A car entertainment system displays a channel broadcast on SiriusXM satellite radio. (Still frame courtesy SiriusXM, Graphic by The Desk)

SiriusXM to lay off nearly 500 workers

SiriusXM will lay off nearly 500 workers, or about 8 percent of its workforce, its chief executive confirmed in a memo.

The logo of the Tennis Channel (Image courtesy Sinclair Broadcast Group, Graphic by The Desk)

Vidgo adds Tennis Channel to streaming TV service

Streaming cable replacement Vidgo has struck a deal with Sinclair to offer Tennis Channel, starting today.

Fox Weather extends live coverage of severe storms

Fox Weather is extending its live broadcast to cover severe weather affecting tens of millions of Americans across the country.

Dylan Lyons appears in a promotional photograph for Charter's Spectrum News 13 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo courtesy Charter/Spectrum News, Graphic by The Desk)

TV stations make large donations to fund for slain reporter

Fox Television, Cox Media and Gray Television have donated $5,000 each to the funeral fund for slain journalist Dylan Lyons.

A Verizon sign in front of a store in Chicago.

Verizon adding fee on older wireless plans

Verizon is tacking on a maintenance fee on some of its older wireless plans that are no longer offered for sale.

Red Ventures pressured writers to appease advertisers, workers allege

Marketing firm Red Ventures pressured writers at CNET and other websites to go easy on advertisers, former workers now allege.

YouTube TV still committed to multi-screen feature

YouTube TV is still on track to bring a much-anticipated feature to subscribers of its live-streaming cable replacement service.

The logo of Movies Anywhere. (Image courtesy Walt Disney Company, Graphic by The Desk)

Disney to end Screen Pass on Movies Anywhere service

Disney is ending the Screen Pass feature on Movies Anywhere, which allowed customers to share movies with friends.

A banner with the logo of streaming service Fubo TV hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange.

Bank blocks some MasterCard payments to Fubo TV

Some Fubo TV customers with MasterCard debit cards are reporting issues with automatic payments.

Sling TV adds local ABC stations, raises price

Sling TV has added local ABC-owned television stations in eight markets to one of its base programming packages.

Mghan Mangrum, a former reporter with the Dallas Morning News newspaper.

Dallas newspaper reporter fired over tweet to mayor

A Dallas newspaper reporter was fired in mid-February for purportedly tweeting to a local government official.

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