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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
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 two new positions: executive editor and group managing editor. — This afternoon, Gawker owner Nick Denton sent a memo to staff …
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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
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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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
Documents from hack of Sony Pictures reveal salaries of over 6k employees, including top execs
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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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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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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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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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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, Re/code, Polygon and Ars Technica
Dan Gillmor / Backchannel:
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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@bkives, @skibidyboop, @mathewi and Dan Gillmor
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 …
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 …
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Don Reisinger / CNET:
Roku remains most popular streaming-media device, Chromecast takes second place from Apple TV as sales keep rising — 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 …
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Parks Associates, Wall Street Journal, AppleInsider, BetaNews, MacRumors and App Advice
Bill Mickey / Folio:
I-5 Publishing Launches Dogster and Catster in Print — Dog Fancy and Cat Fancy to fold into more modern sister pubs. — Special interest publisher I-5 Publishing is launching print versions of its Catster and Dogster digital properties. The two sites were acquired from Say Media in July …
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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Christopher Miller / Mashable:
Ukraine just created its own version of Orwell's ‘Ministry of Truth’ — KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukraine government has established a department that critics are calling the “Ministry of Truth” — borrowing a term from George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984.
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