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9:55 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 …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Foreign correspondents are risking infection to cover the Ebola outbreak in West Africa  —  Covering contagion  —  In the lead feature on page one of Tuesday's New York Times, West African bureau chief Adam Nossiter toured what is said to be the “most devastated village” at the heart of the region's current Ebola outbreak.
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
Spotify links up with BandPage to allow musicians to sell merchandise and exclusives directly to fans  —  Streaming music service Spotify has today announced a deal with BandPage that will allow artists to sell their music directly to listeners via the platform.
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 …
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
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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Jason McIntyre / The Big Lead:
ESPN extends Grantland brand to TV, launches ‘The Grantland Basketball Show’ with Bill Simmons
The Intercept:
NPR covers claim that terrorists changed tactics post-Snowden, fails to note source's CIA ties
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Standalone Tribune Publishing Q2 earnings: $15.2M net income; ad revenue down, circ revenue up
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Ben Livesey / Bloomberg:
Pandora Climbs After Report Says It Could Be a Target
Discussion: Benzinga and AllAccess.com
Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Face Tear Gas, Police Threats While Covering Protests Against Killing Of Michael Brown
Joel Mathis / Philadelphia Magazine:
The Long Fall of Philly Newspapers
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's dispute with Disney is about recovering losses due to price matching from studios, promotion and product placement costs
Discussion: @jyarow