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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker restructures editorial leadership, removing editorial director Joel Johnson, who remains at the company — 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 …
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bookforum.com, @nytfridge, @carlzimmer, @petersterne, @erikmal, @dylanbyers, @ceodonovan and @justinnxt
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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
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
In memo to staff, Sony execs Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal confirm confidential data was stolen — Sony's Michael Lynton & Amy Pascal On Hacking: “Malicious Criminal Acts” — EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has been largely quiet as it has dealt with a massive pre-Thanksgiving cyberattack …
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times
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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
More from the Sony Pictures hack: budgets, layoffs, HR scripts, and 3,800 social security numbers
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BBC, PandoDaily, Forbes, Techdirt, TorrentFreak, Neowin, BuzzFeed, @kevinroose, Variety, The Wrap, Mediaite, The Wrap, Mashable, @robhale77, @pencilsareneat, @kashhill, @fredbenenson, @kevinroose, Engadget, Business Insider, TIME, Business Insider and CNNMoney.com
Jean Lee / The Daily Californian:
Regents approve $7,500 supplementary fee for UC Berkeley journalism school — At their Nov. 20 meeting, the UC Board of Regents approved the implementation of an annual supplemental fee of $7,500 on top of the current UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism basic tuition.
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
NYC public libraries will offer 10,000 portable WiFi hotspots for checkout to eligible patrons — New York Public Library will rent Wi-Fi hotspots to people who need it most — Sprint Wi-Fi hotspots will be funded partly by a $1 million donation from Google.
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WNYC News, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, bizjournals, Neowin, LJ INFOdocket, DNAinfo New York, 9to5Google and 7online.com
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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@sulliview
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, Engadget, @taylorlorenz, @karlbode, @mmasnick, @paulwallbank, @caseynewton and The Verge
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.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Federal judge finds ESPN's transmission of Roku serial number to Adobe doesn't violate the Video Privacy Protection Act — ESPN Defeats Video Privacy Case — A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit accusing ESPN of violating a federal video privacy law …
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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@emmamayalex and @niemanlab
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Live from everywhere: ABC News journalists will stream video to your screen — ABC News is giving its journalists the ability to live stream video to viewers, embracing a popular tool among citizen journalists. — The project, called GoStream, will allow any of ABC's field journalists …
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
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Broadcasters experiment with second screen content for monetizing sports franchise deals — The age of the microcast — It is no secret that live sports is the most powerful television programming in the U.S. At this writing, past the halfway point of the National Football League's season …
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