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Om Malik:
Om Malik confirms Gigaom, the pioneering tech news site he founded, is shutting down — A statement about Gigaom — Gigaom is winding down and its assets are now controlled by the company's lenders. It is not how you want the story of a company you founded to end.
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Gigaom:
Gigaom, unable to pay creditors in full, ceases all operations, does not currently intend to file for bankruptcy — About Gigaom — Gigaom recently became unable to pay its creditors in full at this time. As a result, the company is working with its creditors that have rights to all of the company's assets as their collateral.
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Dave Pell / Medium:
Apple Watch is yet another platform on which incumbent publishers got access ahead of indies — The Internet is Rigged — This isn't the Internet we signed up for... It was the inherent beauty of the web. I had access to the same tools and the same publish button as any big time brand.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Not much new detail for news organizations in the final unveiling of the Apple Watch
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Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under a Free Art license. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …
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PRWeb:
Mashable Announces Heidi Moore as New Business Editor — Moore will lead Mashable's coverage of business, communications and marketing — Mashable, the leading media company for the digital generation, announced today that it has hired Heidi Moore as its Business Editor …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Glenn Thrush named chief political correspondent at Politico — Glenn Thrush has been promoted to Politico's chief political correspondent and will take a major role in the outlet's coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a memo sent to staff Tuesday from editor Susan Glasser.
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
New York Times and Kickstarter Partner for Short-Form Documentaries — New York Times and Kickstarter are partnering to debut six documentaries in six weeks, the media company announced Tuesday. — Starting this week with “The Greatest Bowling Story Ever Told,” the films will be …
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
With digital video network Flama, Univision tries to replicate BuzzFeed's success — Univision has its own BuzzFeed clone — Flama, the digital video network from Hispanic media giant Univision, shares some DNA with BuzzFeed. — Since launching the Flama site in April 2014 …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Thrillist Media Group Is the Latest Media Company to Launch an In-House Agency — Want to get through to the hard-to-reach millennial male? Thrillist Media Group thinks it knows the formula. The digital publisher announced the creation of The CoLab, its own in-house agency that will work …
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Indie music service Bandcamp reaches $100m of payments to artists — With sales up 30%, US company says it's bucking music industry trends and helping musicians to get paid for their work — Independent music company Bandcamp has hit a new milestone: $100m (£66m) …
Edward Jay Epstein / Newsweek:
O'Reilly's JFK Reporting Was Impossible. I Know Because I Was There — I was recently bemused to see that Bill O'Reilly, the Fox News host, managed in 2012 to parachute himself back in time to March 29, 1977 so as to make himself a witness to the gunshot that killed George de Mohrenschildt.
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Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
China's weekend box office eclipses the US but strategic partnerships and increased opportunities for crew and talent could revitalize US film industry — China's Weekend Box Office Eclipses the U.S. - And That's Not a Bad Thing — The box office grosses of China's leading movies were bigger …
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