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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Nick Denton steps down as Gawker president, names seven-person managing board — Gawker owner Nick Denton is stepping down as president of Gawker Media and scaling back his day-to-day involvement in running the company, he announced in a memo to staff today.
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The New York Observer, Politico, @nicknotned, @jeffbercovici, @dylanbyers, @johngapper, @seanludwig and @michaelroston
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Gawker Media Shuffles Org Chart, Names Tommy Craggs Top Editor — Gawker Media has placed Tommy Craggs, who had previously run the blog network's Deadspin site, in charge of all its editorial operations, replacing previous editor Joel Johnson. — Gawker owner Nick Denton announced …
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@weareyourfek
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Alan Rusbridger to quit as ‘Guardian’ editor-in-chief after 20 years in role next summer — Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, is set to stand down from his current role at Guardian Media Group in the summer. — The Independent has learned that Rusbridger has discussed …
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Guardian:
Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of The Scott Trust — Award-winning editor-in-chief to stand down after 20 years — The Scott Trust, which safeguards the editorial future and independence of the Guardian, has appointed Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media, to succeed Dame Liz Forgan as its chair.
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@arusbridger, The Huffington Post, @mannmuller and @katz
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
How the mid-2000s dream of the “citizen journalist” mutated into a dangerous trend of digital citizen policing. — Citizen journalism was one of the great dreams of the mid-2000s internet. Just as blogs had given anyone with an internet connection and a keyboard a platform …
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@byjoelanderson, @mathewi, @kristoncapps, @mathewi, @mat, @digiphile, @katienotopoulos, @stevekandell, @cwarzel, @buzzfeedben, @sophie_kleeman and @nickriccardi
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Facebook expanding Trending to mobile and separates news from what friends are discussing — Facebook Is Pushing Harder Into Breaking News — Facebook is making a play for news junkies. — The social network expanded its trending tool Wednesday, the feature that tells users what topics …
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Facebook, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, @lheron, AllFacebook, Mashable and @jayrosen_nyu
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
New York Times Considering New Print Sections, Wants More Native Ads on Mobile — Paper Previously Trimmed Sections to Reduce Costs — TV and Technology — The New York Times is looking at native advertising, sponsorships and video to wring more money from readers coming to the Times …
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FishbowlNY, New York Post and Wall Street Journal, Thanks:@msebastian
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Wired publisher Kim Kelleher on legacy media and female mentorship — Wired publisher Kim Kelleher: ‘Stay grounded’ — This is “View from the Top,” the latest in a Digiday series featuring creative leaders talking about their career paths and leadership perspectives. Read previous interviews here.
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FishbowlNY, @condenast and @digiday
John Waggoner / USA Today:
Bloomberg and Businessweek to merge websites into renamed Bloomberg Business — Bloomberg, BusinessWeek websites join — Bloomberg and Businessweek will merge their websites next year, renaming itself Bloombeg Business, according to The Financial Times.
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FishbowlNY, Poynter, Financial Times, The Daily Beast and Talking Biz News
John Plunkett / Guardian:
New online-only BBC3 plan includes news partnerships and a focus on social sharing to allow audience to shape and comment on programming — Online-only BBC3 to be split into ‘think’ and ‘laugh’ strands — BBC says budget for youth-focused shows after axing of TV channel will be 80% longform and 20% on shortform digital content
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Guardian, Irish Examiner, BuzzFeed, Advanced Television, @tillerpop, @thechurm, Televisual and broadcastnow.co.uk
Politico:
Politico and Axel Springer jointly acquire European Voice, will relaunch it as Politico in spring 2015 with 30 journalists in major EU capitals — POLITICO & Axel Springer Announce Joint Acquisition of European Voice — MATTHEW KAMINSKI NAMED EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF EUROPEAN EDITION OF POLITICO, LAUNCHING IN SPRING 2015
Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Shazam update brings Spotify integration, real-time music data, & better song discovery — Shazam is well-known for being a music company that built a business around a single, very useful feature, but that may change with today's major update. — Typically, people use Shazam …
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Forbes, Mashable, MacRumors, Financial Times, Wired, Gizmodo and The Next Web
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI leaves door open on media impersonation — WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday left open the possibility that an agent might again pose as a journalist as part of an investigation, though he said such a tactic ought to be rare and “done carefully with significant supervision, if it's going to be done.”
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@csoghoian
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How much of your news site's search traffic comes from Google News? Probably 5 to 25 percent — There's Google and then there's Google News. One tries to soak up the entire Internet, the other a curated selection of news sites. It's easy to confuse the two, since you'll often get …
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Poynter and FishbowlNY
Marc Graser / Variety:
DreamWorks Animation to Launch First TV Channel in Asia with HBO — DreamWorks Animation is set to launch a TV channel of kids and family programming in 19 Asian countries sometime in the second half of 2015. — The channel will be DWA's first foray into operating its own TV network in any part of the world.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, L.A. Daily News, Wall Street Journal, http://www.bangkokpost.com, Deadline, Los Angeles Times and New York Times
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The many eulogies for The New Republic expose its clubby, racist, white staff and perspective — The New Republic: An Appreciation … Last week, Franklin Foer resigned his editorship of The New Republic. A deep, if not broad, mourning immediately commenced as a number of influential writers lamented …
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Pew Research Center, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Post, @markstricherz, @maxjrosenthal, @sullivanamy, @heerjeet, @jelani9, @themattachine, Melville House Books, @pmarca, @kelsey_dallas, @ctatplay, @annehelen, @mikeisaac, Mondoweiss, @jamilsmith, @katehinds, @adamshatz, @extendedcomment, @josh_barrage, @dan_ps, @ctdawe, National Post, The Federalist, Fox News, Fusion, Talking Points Memo and The Awl
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Guy Vidra / The New Republic:
Guy Vidra writes open letter to TNR readers, says company will invest in tech and editorial
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bookforum.com, @mlsanalyst, @hawthornelat, @scottbix, @mmoyr, @marklittlenews, @dandrezner, @antderosa, @tomgara, @theshrillest, @rgolanvilella, @daveweigel, @daniellarison and @alexmassie
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO's CTO Otto Berkes, co-creator of Xbox, resigns after HBO outsources the tech for its planned streaming service — HBO CTO Otto Berkes Resigns After Network Enlists MLB to Build OTT Platform — HBO chief technology officer Otto Berkes is leaving the premium cable network …
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TIME, Pocket-lint, @ryanlawler, The Verge, @alexweprin and @eringriffith
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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
HBO launching web-only service in April 2015, will outsource streaming tech to MLB Advanced Media
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VideoNuze Analysis, Forbes, Multichannel News, The Wrap, Electronista, The Verge, Inside TV, Gigaom, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, @cityofthetown, @leokitty, WebProNews, @nchan, BGR, @pkafka, @eringriffith, @karlbode, @adamnash and @alexweprin
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