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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.
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The New York Observer, Capital New York, @dansaltzstein and @carigervin

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 …
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Gigaom, Business Insider, @msebastian, @fmanjoo, @mlcalderone, @davidfolkenflik and @thomasjahn


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 …
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@winguero, @jeffjohnroberts and Talking Biz News


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, CNNMoney.com, @kashhill, @kevinroose, @kevinroose, @thrmattbelloni, @lexialex, The Hill, Rolling Stone, FishbowlNY, The Wrap, PC Advisor and Inside Movies


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.
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@niemanlab, @meghanemorris, @perlberg, @mattzeitlin, @matt_parsons, @jyarow, @stevekovach and @niemanlab


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.
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Poynter


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 …
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Parks Associates, App Advice and MacRumors


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 …
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@fortunemagazine, @jonknee, @laurahazardowen, @scottwaxman, Electronista, App Advice, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider


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 …
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@digiday


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.


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 …


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 …
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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 …


British journalist found guilty of contempt by Bangladesh court for questioning war death toll — A British journalist has been found guilty of contempt by a court in Bangladesh for questioning the official death toll in the country's war of independence. — David Bergman …


Tribune Media to begin trading Friday on NYSE — Tribune Media is set to begin trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TRCO. — The Chicago-based media company announced Tuesday it has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to list its stock on the NYSE …
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Broadcasting & Cable