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7:45 AM ET, August 13, 2014

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed deleted over 4K staff posts in late April, based on metrics in author profiles  —  Over 4,000 BuzzFeed Posts Have Completely Disappeared  —  You may have heard that BuzzFeed recently landed $50 million in venture capital, with which it hopes to transcend its long-time status as a …
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Times Journalist Injured in Iraqi Kurd Helicopter Crash  —  ERBIL, Iraq — A helicopter of Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government carrying aid to stranded Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and wounding other passengers including …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
News UK chief pledges support to ‘highly respected’ crime reporter facing corruption trial  —  News UK chief executive Mike Darcey has pledged his support to “highly respected” Sun crime reporter Anthony France following the news that he is to face trial.  —  The Crown Prosecution Service …
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Ben Thompson / stratechery:
As the Internet narrows the difference between media and software distribution, technology VCs value BuzzFeed like a tech company  —  Is BuzzFeed a Tech Company?  —  It's telling that Chris Dixon, in a blog post explaining Andreessen Horowitz's $50 million investment …
Gianluca Mezzofiore / International Business Times:
Gaza Strip: Italian AP Journalist Simone Camilli Killed As Dud Israeli Missile Explodes  —  An undetonated bomb has exploded in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, killing five people, including Italian journalist Simone Camilli, an AP video journalist and producer.
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Adam Serwer is BuzzFeed's new national editor  —  Adam Serwer will become BuzzFeed's new national editor.  Serwer is currently a reporter at MSNBC and worked for Mother Jones before that.  —  Serwer will lead a small desk of “people whose beats kind of fall outside of the other things we have …
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Under financial pressure, CBS ditches TV affiliates who refuse to give higher cuts of revenue  —  CBS prepared to play rough with affiliates over money  —  CBS fired an opening salvo in what could become a disruption for network affiliated television stations.
Discussion: @poynter, @thebenbergman and @atompkins
Dale Eisinger / The Awl:
A liberal writer's perspective on writing for a conservative news site  —  My Short Career in the Internet Outrage Business  —  The target demographic: white males, Rust Belt, fifty-plus.  We came in early; I saw the sunrise every morning.  We worked in New York City, but I don't think a single coworker lived there.
Max Willens / AdAge:
USA Today to Launch Daily Fantasy Sports Gaming Site  —  With daily fantasy sports surging to new levels of popularity and visibility, another large publisher is throwing its hat into the ring.  On Tuesday, USA Today plans to introduce Fantasy Score, a fantasy sports gaming site focused …
Discussion: @jamiemottram
Joel Mathis / Philadelphia Magazine:
The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers  —  Oh, what an ugly difference a dozen years can make.  —  At the beginning of the 21st century, the newspaper business was a happy one, fed by fat profit margins and a lack of competition in most cities.  Philadelphia was no different: Yes …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Hairpin founder joins Matt Taibbi's magazine  —  Matt Taibbi announced two hires for his yet-unnamed magazine Tuesday: Laura Dawn, executive director of multimedia and Edith Zimmerman, who will be a senior writer.  —  Edith Zimmerman founded The Hairpin.  She has also written for Vulture …
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Mobile publishing startup Onswipe acquired by Beanstock, service will live on  —  TechStars alum and former Bloomberg reality TV headliner Onswipe today addressed acquisition rumors, confirming its sale to publisher-centric ad tech company Beanstock Media in a stock and cash deal.
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Standalone Tribune Publishing Q2 earnings: $15.2M net income; ad revenue down, circ revenue up
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's dispute with Disney is about recovering losses due to price matching from studios, promotion and product placement costs
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Katharine Murphy / Guardian:
Australia's national security proposals will criminalise journalists, says union
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind

 
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