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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Joel Johnson stripped of editorial duties effective Jan. 1, Gawker Media to replace his role with two new positions — Joel Johnson out as editor in Gawker management shake-up — Gawker is shaking up its editorial management structure, removing editorial director Joel Johnson and creating …
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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.
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The New York Observer, @gaberivera, @carigervin, @mathewi and @dansaltzstein
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 …
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D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Private equity firm KKR invests $50 million in Next Issue Media — The Wall Street Journal today reported that the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) has a invested $50 million in Next Issue Media, the joint venture of Time Inc., Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith …
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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
More from the Sony Pictures hack: budgets, layoffs, HR scripts, and 3,800 social security numbers — Yesterday, I reported on a spreadsheet apparently taken from Sony Pictures Entertainment, one of the largest and most powerful studios in Hollywood, by a group of hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace.
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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 …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Q&A with Laura Poitras on privacy, Snowden documents, and startup hurdles at First Look Media — Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets — Filmmaker and journalist Laura Poitras, who first made contact with Snowden and captured his journey in the Oscar-worthy documentary Citizenfour, opens up about Obama and the NSA.
Dan Gillmor / Medium:
When it comes to free speech, journalists should be activists … Last month, the Times took a tough stand. It had objected before, but this was a virtual declaration of independence. In an editorial the paper said it had “no intention of altering its coverage to meet the demands of any government …
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Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Steam takes on Twitch with new broadcasting feature — Valve is moving into video game streaming with a new broadcasting feature for Steam. Launching in beta today, the feature will let Steam users watch other people play games without leaving the service.
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The Next Web, Polygon, Re/code and Ars Technica
Chris Ip / Columbia Journalism Review:
New narrative journalism startups, like Latterly Magazine, launch as quickly as others fail in a crowded marketplace — New narrative journalism startups, like Latterly Magazine, launch as quickly as others fail in a crowded marketplace — Jill Abramson and Steven Brill's upcoming longform outfit …
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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Verizon's Tech News Website Sugarstring Quietly Dies — Verizon's experiment in technology blogging appears to be over. At the tail end of October news broke that Verizon would be entering the blogging business via a new website dubbed SugarString. The effort appeared to be Verizon's attempt …
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Gizmodo, @caseynewton, @karlbode, @mmasnick, @paulwallbank, @taylorlorenz and The Verge
Catherine Stupp / Nieman Lab:
The fight to get Google to pay for news continues in Europe — BERLIN — The European Union's new commissioner for digital affairs didn't waste any time. Days before starting the job at the end of October, Günther Oettinger (his official title is commissioner for digital economy and society) …
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