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Jim Romenesko:
Gawker adds an executive editor and group managing editor, prepares for an ‘intense’ 2015 — The executive editor at Gawker - a new position - will “provide editorial direction and drive coverage of major stories,” while the group managing editor will handle personnel.
Discussion:
The New York Observer, Capital New York, @dansaltzstein and @carigervin
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bezos: Washington Post is changing from a local paper to a national and global publication — Bezos on 'the thing we're changing' at The Washington Post — Amazon chairman and C.E.O. Jeff Bezos is optimistic about the future of The Washington Post, which he bought last year …
Discussion:
Gigaom, Business Insider, @msebastian, @fmanjoo, @mlcalderone, @davidfolkenflik and @thomasjahn
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
To Gain the Upper Hand, Amazon Disrupts Itself — Sometime last summer, a quarter-billion dollars went missing at Amazon. — Analysts were expecting the usual gangbusters third quarter. But it was about $250 million short of forecasts. — Here is one way to look at the disappointing results …
Discussion:
@winguero, @jeffjohnroberts and Talking Biz News
Kevin Roose / Fusion:
Documents from hack of Sony Pictures reveal salaries of over 6k employees, including top execs — Hacked documents reveal a Hollywood studio's stunning gender and race gap — Sony Pictures Entertainment, one of the largest film studios in Hollywood, appears to have been the subject of a massive, devastating computer hack.
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BBC, Business Insider, The Wrap, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Mashable, PandoDaily, Bloomberg View, Variety, Engadget, @sharonwaxman, UPROXX, Hollywood Reporter, TIME, @mollywood, Wall Street Journal, The Next Web, Hollywood Reporter, @toriahouston, The Wrap, @kashhill, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @thrmattbelloni, @lexialex, CNNMoney.com, The Hill, Rolling Stone, FishbowlNY, PC Advisor, The Wrap and Inside Movies
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Business reporters flock to Ello for a more intimate crowd, easy blogging, room for images — Finance media's hottest club is Ello — By now, you've probably heard of Ello, the anti-Facebook social networking site founded by a handful of graphic designers.
Discussion:
@niemanlab, @meghanemorris, @perlberg, @mattzeitlin, @matt_parsons, @jyarow, @stevekovach and @niemanlab
Roger Parloff / Fortune:
Eddy Cue interviewed on Apple's ebook price-fixing case, says “we have to fight for the truth” — Second Bite: Can Apple clear its name in the ebooks drama? — When Apple goes before a federal appeals court on Dec. 15, trying to overturn the ebooks price-fixing judgment …
Discussion:
@fortunemagazine, @jonknee, @laurahazardowen, @scottwaxman, Electronista, App Advice, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider
John McDermott / Digiday:
Google's tying of two DoubleClick ad tech products, Bid Manager and Ad Exchange, raises anti-competitive concerns amongst media buyers — Google's display advertising dominance raises concerns — The digital advertising industry has long worried about Google using its dominance …
Discussion:
@digiday
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Vice, Knight Foundation and CUNY create ‘innovators’ fund — Vice Media, Knight Foundation and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism announced plans Monday evening for a $500,000 journalism innovation fund, to be awarded to journalism organizations around the world.
Discussion:
Poynter
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Audio book distributor Audible commissioning and producing original audio dramas from established authors — An Art Form Rises: Audio Without the Book — Print has been good to Jeffery Deaver. Over the last 26 years, Mr. Deaver, a lawyer-turned-thriller writer, has published 35 novels and sold 40 million copies of them globally.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Serial's success lies in Koenig's narration style and likely won't translate to other mediums or help other podcasts grow despite the buzz — Why ‘Serial’ Won't Do Much for Podcasting or Hollywood — Given how much ink has been spilled about solving the whodunit featured in the new podcast …
Don Reisinger / CNET:
Roku still tops as sales of streaming-media players rise — Ten percent of US households with a broadband connection purchased a streaming-media device in the first nine months of this year, already matching last year's tally. — Streaming-media devices continue to grow …
Discussion:
Parks Associates and MacRumors
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
NYT media reporter Haughney taking buyout — Christine Haughney, who has recently covered the media industry for The New York Times, is leaving the paper via its buyout offer. — On Twitter, Haughney wrote, “After 8 years with @nytimes including nearly 3 years writing about my colleagues …
Discussion:
Twiplomacy, The Wrap, Mediaite, @chaughney, @hadas_gold and @dchangnyt
John Bohannon / Science:
Nature, 48 other journals in group will use ReadCube software to let subscribers share screen-only versions of papers for free — Nature publisher hopes to end ‘dark sharing’ by making read-only papers free — The publisher of the prestigious Nature family of scientific journals today unveiled …
Discussion:
Nature, @digiphile, CNET, @surt_lab, Techworld.com, Good E-Reader, @thewinnower, @dzorich, @niemanlab, Chronicle of Higher Education, @richvn, @joe_pickrell, @louwoodley, Vox, @rickypo and Scientific American …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How Vox Media expects to turn a profit — and justify a $380 million valuation — $380 million: That's the value of digital media startup Vox Media following its latest big cash infusion. — It's a stunning number — stunning just like the August investment that valued BuzzFeed at $850 million.
Discussion:
TheMediaBriefing and USA Today
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