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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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Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:
Claude Sitton, Times Reporter Lauded for Civil Rights Coverage, Dies at 89 — Claude Sitton, a son of the South whose unwavering coverage of the civil rights movement for The New York Times through most of that era's tumultuous years was hailed as a benchmark of 20th-century journalism, died on Tuesday in Atlanta.
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FishbowlNY, Raleigh News & Observer and Associated Press
Wikimedia blog:
Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States [1]. The lawsuit challenges …
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New York Times, VentureBeat, ACLU, Reuters, National Journal, TechCrunch, The Hill, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Techdirt, SlashGear, MediaNama, The Next Web, Computerworld, The Week, TIME, RT and FishbowlDC
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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The New York Observer, Latest News & Headlines, Politico, FishbowlDC, @anniekarni and @grynbaum
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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@monkbent, @danielpunkass, @markarms, @davepell, @dangillmor, kottke.org, @benwerd, @fieldproducer, @lmorchard and Nieman Lab
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 …
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 “Strike,” the films will be “shining a light on innovative short …
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Hollywood Reporter and GeekWire
Kevin Loker / American Press Institute:
American Press Institute working on a new tool for teaching news literacy to young news consumers — API working on a new tool for educating young news consumers — When most of us grew up it was clear what we meant by “the news.” We saw boundaries — the nightly newscast …
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 …
Institute for Nonprofit News:
Investigative News Network changes name to the Institute for Nonprofit News to reflect broader mission — INN Is Now the Institute for Nonprofit News — Encino, California — The Investigative News Network, a 501(c)3 membership organization of over 100 nonprofit news organization …
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Current.org
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) …
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Forbes