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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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New York Times, Gigaom, @msebastian, @thomasjahn, @joe_stephens, @fmanjoo, AdAge, @elongreen, @davidfolkenflik, Business Insider and @mlcalderone
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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Wall Street Journal and VentureBeat
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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MacRumors, @jyarow, @fortunemagazine, Electronista, @laurahazardowen, 9to5Mac, App Advice, AppleInsider, @publisherswkly, @jonknee, @scottwaxman and Daring Fireball
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.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC commmissioner Ajit Pai accuses Netflix of creating its own proprietary fast lanes on ISP networks — Netflix accused of creating fast lanes “at the expense of competitors” — FCC commissioner revives claims made by Internet service providers. — Ajit Pai of the Federal Communications …
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Multichannel News, The Hill, Electronista, Fast Company, The Daily Caller, FierceCable, TechCrunch, @karlbode and Variety
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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@skibidyboop, @mathewi, @bkives and Dan Gillmor
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Steam tests Twitch-like broadcasting feature to let others watch you play games — 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 …
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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
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