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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Michael Bloomberg offered to buy the New York Times, Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said the paper not for sale — People Are Talking About Michael Bloomberg Buying the New York Times, Including Michael Bloomberg — If the former mayor tries, it won't be without its challenges.
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Is Times Vulgarity Policy Wise? Or Full of ‘Slop’? — When Jonathan Martin jumped through hoops last week to avoid using a vulgarity in the lead anecdote of his story, some readers let me know they didn't like it. — The first two paragraphs of his story on Republican options for 2016 went like this:
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Gideon Lichfield / Quartz:
How The Economist chose its first female editor-in-chief — This post has been corrected. — Yesterday The Economist chose Zanny Minton-Beddoes to be the first female editor-in-chief in its 171-year history. “About time,” you might say. — But among its peers, the venerable British publication …
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Jezebel staffers express concern after Gawker Media seating chart is published — Staffers at Jezebel, Gawker Media's women's blog, are upset that Gawker's new seating chart was leaked to and published on The Awl, a blog founded by a former editor at Gawker.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
NYPD increasing patrols near Gawker, BuzzFeed, Daily Beast offices after Charlie Hebdo attack — The NYPD Is Patrolling Gawker Because of the Charlie Hebdo Attack — The New York City Police Department has assigned police officers to guard the Manhattan offices of at least three media outlets …
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Vice News debuts ‘virtual reality news broadcast’ of US Millions March — Digital artist Chris Milk and Spike Jonze's report was filmed at December protest in New York after death of Eric Garner — The current wave of interest in virtual reality technology may be fuelled by games …
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New York Times, VICE News, TechCrunch and Pocket-lint
Ben Mutzabaugh / USA Today:
Airline catalog SkyMall files for bankruptcy — SkyMall, the in-flight shopping catalog that's long been a staple of airline travel, appears to have become a victim of changing times. — The company that produces SkyMall filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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John McDermott / Digiday:
Sources: Snapchat's Discover feature will include content created by newly hired media team — Inside Snapchat's original media ambitions — Snapchat wants to be more than just a distribution channel for other media companies; it's planning on becoming a publisher itself.
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Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Mother of Japanese reporter Kenji Goto makes public appeal for his life after Islamic State abduction — Japanese Isis hostage Kenji Goto's mother makes tearful appeal — Junko Ishido calls for end to hatred as supposed deadline approaches for paying ransom for two captured men
Jess Yu / New York Times:
New Yorker's Peter Hessler says China Daily used his byline on an editorial he didn't write — New Yorker Writer Is Surprised by Byline in Chinese Newspaper: His Own — Readers of Peter Hessler, the author of “River Town” and other well-received books about China, may have been surprised …
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Sean O'Kane / The Verge:
Spotify updates iOS app with Touch Preview, a quick way to sample and discover music using gestures — Spotify unveils Touch Preview, a beautiful new music discovery tool — An audible solution for a visual problem — Last year was a busy one for Spotify. It hit 10 million paid subscribers.
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CNET, @geoffkeighley, TechCrunch, Pocket-lint, Engadget, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
The Upshot: Where The New York Times Is Redesigning News — Should I buy a condo or continue renting? I'd been asking myself that question as I perused Chicago real estate, uncertain how market gains, taxes, tax breaks, maintenance costs, homeowners insurance, mortgage payments, and assessments would add up for me financially.
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
After conflict of interest allegations, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. bans on-air journalists from paid appearances — In wake of Amanda Lang controversy, CBC bans on-air journalists from making paid appearances — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is banning all outside paid appearances …
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Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:
Persado Raises $21 Million to Replace Human Copywriters With Computers — Persado Inc. has raised another $21 million for software that aims to replace copywriters with computers, in another demonstration of the power of machines to solve problems that used to be the sole domain of humans.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The case for, and against, integrated print-digital newsrooms — In the dot-com days, publishers tended to treat their online counterparts as second-class bolt-ons to their print editions. When it became clear the Web was here to stay, they had to demonstrate they were serious about growing their Web operations.
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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The case for Marissa Mayer, as key metrics suggest the turnaround at Yahoo is on track — Marissa Mayer's Plan for Yahoo Takes Hold. The Question Now Is Time. — When Marissa Mayer was offered the chief executive job at Yahoo in the summer of 2012, she had a script for returning …
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