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US publishers threaten to block startup's 'news browser'
Published Fri, Apr 8, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
THE largest US newspaper publishers on Thursday threatened legal action to block a California startup's plan for a dedicated "news browser" with its own advertising.
The companies joined in a letter to the startup called Brave, which announced its plan earlier this year for its interface which blocks "harmful" advertising and replaces it with "safer" messages.
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