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In the news this week, Twitter is exploring a potential sale, but Google, Apple, and Disney might not be suitors anymore. Google unveils new Pixel phones, a smart speaker, and VR gear -- but artificial intelligence is the key to the new hardware. And Yahoo helped the Feds spy on users without their knowledge. Yet another headache for Verizon. Our Metric of the Week is sentiment analysis, and we’ll talk to Politico’s Joe Pompeo about the potential marriage of Gannett and “Tronc.” Old media plus new-old media! And Inside.com’s Austin Smith goes all-in on email newsletters.