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Staci D. Kramer / Storify:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says exec's remarks on targeting the press “a departure from our values” — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Responds — To Buzzfeed report on comments made by Uber exec Emil Michael about targeting press, particularly PandoDailyEiC Sarah Lacey, & the ensuing firestorm
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Uber Blog, Washington Post, New York Times, BuzzFeed, New York Times, @travisk, BuzzFeed, USA Today, @monkbent, @kenlerer, PandoDaily, Re/code, @b_fung and Vox
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Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology — Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly suggested paying $1 million …
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Bloomberg View, The Wrap, Guardian, The Next Web, @rohit_x_, @janedavis and @nitashatiku
The Age:
ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million — The Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull, has detailed a $254 million funding cut to the ABC in a move that could result in job losses and the closure of foreign bureaux. — Mr Turnbull on Wednesday announced …
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ABC, @bernardkeane, @stephenjonesmp, @byoungbris, @will_ock, @612brisbane, TheAustralian and sbs.com.au
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Outbrain strikes $100M deal with Time Inc. to become exclusive external provider of recommended stories — Time Inc. Locks in Outbrain's Headline Recommendations in $100 Million Deal — Content Recommendation Widgets Push Traffic Around the Web — An Outbrain box that appeared beneath an article on Time.com.
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@jeremysliew, @yarongalai, Media Wire Daily, mUmBRELLA, @mashplant, @j_feller, @raju, @msebastian and @jeffjarvis
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen to Reportedly Measure Netflix and Amazon Viewership — Netflix originals ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘House of Cards’ could soon see their viewership outed — One of TV's bigger mysteries may soon be solved. Nielsen Media, the company with the standard measurement of U.S. TV ratings …
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Wall Street Journal, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Variety, Mashable, @peterlauria3 and @seidman
Caysey Welton / Folio:
Meredith Increases Its Bet On Wedding Media — Company adds Mywedding.com to its portfolio. — A month after Meredith announced its licensing agreement with Martha Stewart Ominimedia-which included Martha Stewart Weddings-the company announced it has acquired Mywedding.com.
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Radio & Television … and WWD
Natalie Mortimer / The Drum:
Mashable opens UK site with Blathnaid Healy at helm — Mashable has officially launched its UK website as the latest step in its ongoing international expansion drive. — The new site, which launched today (18 November) will be run by former RTE journalist Blathnaid Healy as UK editor, along with Tim Chester as deputy UK editor.
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@nycjim
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle — Nina Lawrence Succeeds Karin Tracy — Ad Spending for 100 Largest B-to-B Marketers Nears $5 Billion — InStyle magazine has hired Wall Street Journal executive Nina Lawrence to serve as its publisher. She succeeds Karin Tracy, InStyle's publisher since May 2013.
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WWD, TimeInc.com Official Website and FishbowlNY
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube's Refusal to Remove 20,000 Songs Leads to New Irving Azoff Warning — The standoff involves works by Pharrell Williams and other popular songwriters — YouTube has apparently made the decision not to immediately remove songs composed by popular musicians including The Eagles …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Stereogum and Billboard
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
ONA and Poynter announce leadership academy for women — The Poynter Institute and the Online News Association have announced a partnership to create the ONA-Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media. — The academy, which will be held at Poynter in April of next year …
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Online News Association, NetNewsCheck Latest and @poynter
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Mashable editor Jim Roberts on how he approaches the news — Jim Roberts, who left the New York Times to become editor-in-chief of Mashable, told a group of journalists that the social element of journalism has become the most important factor in how news is distributed — and also in how it is created
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Serial podcast breaks iTunes records as it passes 5m downloads and streams — Apple says real-life murder mystery from This American Life is the fastest podcast ever to reach that milestone — Episodes of This American Life's Serial podcast have been downloaded and streamed more than 5m times …
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American Journalism Review, The Independent, The Verge and BuzzFeed