Morning Update: Pokemon Go partners with McDonald’s; Twitter signs deal with NBA; ESPN to launch digital only network

Pokemon GO — the game that’s sent Nintendo’s value soaring past Sony — is finally launching in Japan tomorrow, according to a new report from TechCrunch. And as Gizmodo first reported and TechCrunch now confirms as well, it’s also where Niantic will debut “sponsored locations”, starting with McDonald’s.

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Wall Street Journal: Twitter Signs NBA Deal to Stream New Shows

Twitter Inc. has scored a live-streaming deal with the National Basketball Association that will for the first time broadcast original programming created exclusively for the social media company.

Ghostbusters-Leslie-Jones Buzzfeed: Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos

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