Mediagazer: iHeart Reports Revenues Up 3% For Q3 (NetNewsCheck)

8:15 AM ET, October 29, 2014

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Magazine journalist Matt Taibbi has left Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media: “Our differences were never about editorial independence” — Important Announcement — I regret to announce that after several weeks of discussions, Matt Taibbi has left First Look. We wish him well.

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Andrew Rice / New York Magazine:

Matt Taibbi leaves First Look Media after disagreements with management — Matt Taibbi Disappears From Omidyar's First Look Media — Matt Taibbi, the star magazine writer hired earlier this year to start a satirical website for billionaire Pierre Omidyar's First Look Media …

Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

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NetNewsCheck:

iHeart Reports Revenues Up 3% For Q3 — iHeartMedia has reported consolidated revenues for the third quarter that ended Sept. 30, 2014 increased $42.5 million, or 3%, compared to the same period of 2013 and revenues increased $7 million, or 1%, primarily driven by core national broadcast radio …

Discussion: MySanAntonio.com, Hollywood Reporter, Radio Ink Magazine and Wall Street Journal

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:

Sun-Times parent Wrapports launching 70 news sites and apps for US metros, aiming to build national news and ad network with local partners — The newsonomics of the Sun-Times national/local network play — Coming, officially today, to your hometown: A templatized, national/local …

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Sarah Hartley / Prolific North:

Johnston Press ‘near doubling’ of mobile audience alongside revenue decline — Johnston Press published its latest financial statement this morning to show a ‘narrowing of decline’ in total revenues - down 3.1% in the third quarter compared with 4.3% in the first half of the year.

Discussion: Press Gazette, Johnston Press plc and Guardian

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Digital chief Denise Warren leaves the Times — Denise Warren, The New York Times' digital chief and a 26-year veteran, is leaving the company as a result of what Times brass described as “organizational changes.” — Warren has served as executive vice president of digital products and services since April 2013.

Discussion: New York Times

Rafat Ali / rafat.org:

Why It Is Time For A Vertical Media Collective — For all the hype that media loves to shower on itself, vertical media companies, outlets and startups are the invisible middle child that everyone ignores. Even media reporters writing at vertical media outlets ignore it …

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Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot:

Verizon's tech news site SugarString won't let writers report on US spying or net neutrality — Verizon is launching a tech news site that bans stories on U.S. spying — Verizon is getting into the news business. What could go wrong? — The most-valuable, second-richest telecommunications company …

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Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:

Cash-Rich Asian Companies Are Looking To Pour Money Into Hollywood — The trend began in 2012 with Wanda Group's purchase of theater chain AMC and has heated up in recent months as Softbank and Alibaba look to put their billions of dollars in IPO money to work. — LUNAMARINA/LUNAMARINA

Discussion: New York Times

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

New York Times Reporter James Risen Laments Lost Art Of Undercover Reporting — NEW YORK — New York Times reporter James Risen acknowledged in his new book, Pay Any Price, that he posed in one instance as an investor to look into money laundering in the Middle East, a break …