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Charlie Lankston For / Daily Mail:
Daily Mail online publisher DMG Media acquires millennial-focused website Elite Daily — DMG Media acquires top global millennial website Elite Daily — Elite Daily is one of the world's leading news sites for millennials, people aged between 18 and 34
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
How Elite Daily sold for $40-50 million to Daily Mail — Daily Mail just acquired the media startup Elite Daily for $40 million to $50 million, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. — But when Daily Mail's US CEO Jon Steinberg was first told to meet with Elite Daily in June, he blew it off.
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@rafat, @lock, @robanthonyc and @bevebedwards
Ezra Klein / Vox:
What Andrew Sullivan's exit says about the future of blogging — Andrew Sullivan is leaving blogging. — Crap. — Sullivan — alongside Josh Marshall — basically invented the political blogosphere. So his (temporary?) retirement is giving rise to many a “Blogging Is Dead” column.
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
BuzzFeed gets serious with editorial standards and ethics guide — As it has grown from being a media laboratory in which Jonah Peretti experimented with viral content into a full-fledged media entity worth close to a billion dollars, BuzzFeed has had to amend some of its previous practices …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AOL To Lay Off About 150 People, Mostly In Sales; Folding Joystiq, TUAW Into Engadget — Some more details are emerging around AOL's reorganization plans. Sources tell us that the company will lay off around 150 people, with the majority in sales. As part of it, AOL is also consolidating some websites.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Snapchat's first original web series debuts tomorrow in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours — Snapchat's first web series debuts tomorrow in Discover, with episodes available for 24 hours
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Daily News to shutter borough bureaus — In New York's tabloid war, the Daily News has generally been the combatant with an army on the ground in the outer boroughs, while the New York Post has consolidated power around its Manhattan-centric base. — That's about to change …
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@jimmyvielkind, @joepompeo, @carriemelago and FishbowlNY
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Viacom Layoffs Likely Coming This Quarter — Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman hinted at looming layoffs at his company during a Thursday morning investors call. On Friday, the company president's comments were confirmed to TheWrap as a warning for job-cutting in the near-to-intermediate future.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
ESPN to sell live, on-demand access to the Cricket World Cup on web for $100, mobile apps coming on Feb. 11 — ESPN Takes Another Step Outside the Bundle, Starts Selling Cricket World Cup Subscriptions — ESPN is going to try selling sports directly to viewers over the Internet …
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CNNMoney, Consumerist and Engadget
Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
Amnesty: Saudis postpone blogger's flogging for 3rd week — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia delayed the planned flogging of a blogger convicted of insulting Islam for a third straight week Friday in the face of growing international pressure against the punishment …
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David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Wife of flogged Saudi blogger says his health is worsening
Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:
Google Now adding cards from third-party apps including media like The Economist, Guardian, and Shazam — ‘Google Now’ Will Suck In Outside App Data — Google Inc. doesn't want to lose its perch atop the search market, and it's looking to the likes of Airbnb, eBay , Lyft and a couple dozen other companies to help it do just that.
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Inside Search, Gizmodo, Android Police and Engadget
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Police urge TV stations to scale back live coverage of any London terrorist siege — Met commissioner says he fears that broadcast of live images could increase difficulties for police and military and risk lives of hostages — Vikram Dodd, Mark Sweney and Tara Conlan
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Justice Department's IG report disputes Attkisson's computer-intrusion allegations — Many of the allegations made by former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson regarding alleged computer intrusions by the U.S. government are disputed in a report by the Justice Department's inspector general.
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RH Reality Check, Mediaite, Daily Signal, Associated Press, The Hill and Talking Points Memo