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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 …
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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 …
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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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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Sun crime reporter Anthony France to face trial for conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office
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Agence France-Presse, BBC, Press Association and @fleetstreetfox
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 …
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Om Malik, Guardian, @monkbent, @drake_baer, TechCrunch, @gaberivera, @marklittlenews, @jayrosen_nyu, @mathewi, @tcarmody, @stratechery, USA Today, The Raw Story, communicateonline.me, Wall Street Journal, BBC and Medium
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.
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@mlcalderone, The Huffington Post, Agence France-Presse and @pagreenwood
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 …
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@buzzfeedandrew, @binarybits, @daveweigel, @adamserwer, BuzzFeed and FishbowlNY
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.
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@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.
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@caitlindonohue, @evanmcmurry, @walterolson, @lapinski, @mariabustillos, @jeremydlarson and @jwherrman
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 …
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@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 …
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Nieman Journalism Lab, @steveouting, @abeaujon, @phillymag, @wendywarren, @pkerkstra, @ckrewson and @robcurley
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 …
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First Look Media, @mtaibbi and @edithzimmerman
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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@jbenton, @jasonlbaptiste, Talking New Media and TechCrunch
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