Mediagazer: Elite Daily, the “Huffington Post for millennials”, claims 40M uniques a month, raises $1.5M (Alyson Shontell/Business Insider)

11:50 AM ET, June 14, 2014

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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Elite Daily, the “Huffington Post for millennials”, claims 40M uniques a month, raises $1.5M — How Three 20-Somethings Built Elite Daily, A Site With 40 Million Readers, With $60,000 — Elite Daily, a news website with 55 employees and 40 million monthly uniques …

Miles O'Brien / New York Magazine:

An accident in February cost the TV reporter Miles O'Brien his left arm. He soon discovered that every movement, no matter how small, requires rethinking. — An accident in February cost the TV reporter Miles O'Brien his left arm. He soon discovered that every movement, no matter how small, requires rethinking.

Engin Onder / Nieman Reports:

The co-founder of Turkey's 140journos on building a citizen-sustained news agency from scratch — In December of 2011, Turkish military jets bombed the village of Uludere, about five miles from the border with Iraq, killing 34. Was the attack a tragic mistake or a planned strike on suspected Kurdish separatists?

Kelly McBride / Poynter:

9 best practices for publishing provocative opinions in a polarized world — Clashes between professional provocateurs and the masses, like the recent criticism that rained down on Washington Post columnist George F. Will over #survivorprivilege, are on the rise. — See #checkyourprivilege.

Nieman Reports:

BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith on the challenge of competing with every other piece of content on the Web — When Ben Smith joined BuzzFeed as editor in chief in 2012, the site was better known for cute cat videos and fun lists than for serious journalism.

Aimee Heckel / NetNewsCheck Latest:

Colorado Papers Form Digital Syndicate — How do you create more, higher quality content with a smaller, busier staff? — Here's a riddle that haunts modern newsrooms across the country: How do you create more, higher quality content with a smaller, busier staff? — We've set out to answer that question.

Discussion: Modern Lois Lane

Nikki Finke:

Deadlline's Jay Penske threatens legal action against Nikki Finke for contract violations — Penske Trying To Shut Me Down — Oops, someone spilled the party dip at my launch party. Last night my lawyers received a nasty legal letter from Jay Penske (aka Little Lord Fauntleroy) trying to shut down my new website.

Discussion: @morninggloria, @laceydonohue and @tomgara

GoLocalProv:

Providence Journal sold to GateHouse for an estimated $50-60M, sources say — Providence Journal Sold to GateHouse, Sources Tell GoLocal — The sale of the Providence Journal is almost complete. — Unless the deal collapses, GateHouse Media, which recently emerged from bankruptcy …

Discussion: Boston Globe, @tednesi, Talking New Media, @dankennedy_nu and Media Nation

Michael Sebastian / AdAge:

Native Ad Production Values Keep Growing With ‘Orange is the New Black’ Promo — A fairly elaborate, nearly 1,500-word native ad for Netflix's original series “Orange is the New Black” appeared on The New York Times website Friday, using video, charts and audio to supplement text about female incarceration in the U.S.

Discussion: Digiday and The New York Observer

Miriam Berger / BuzzFeed:

Twitter Has Suspended An ISIS Account That Live-Tweeted Its Advance In Iraq — The Iraqi government on Friday also cut off access to social media, alleging it was necessary to stop ISIS' advance. — Twitter has suspended at least six accounts affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria …

Discussion: @wikileaks, Mashable and Guardian

Jim Romenesko:

Editor of ‘straight-down-the-middle’ Daily Signal sends out poll on conservative ideas — “We plan to do political and policy news, not with a conservative bent, but just true, straight-down-the-middle journalism.” — Daily Signal publisher to Businessweek.com

Discussion: @romenesko