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Danny Sullivan / Medium:
Gigaom's closure isn't a harbinger for all niche media companies, but it is a warning for firms taking venture capital — After GigaOm, The Non-VC “SimCity” Approach To Growing A Media Business — I can't speak with any authority about why GigaOm suddenly ran out of money.
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Om Malik:
Om Malik confirms Gigaom, the pioneering tech news site he founded, is shutting down
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Gigaom:
Gigaom, unable to pay creditors in full, ceases all operations, does not currently intend to file for bankruptcy
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Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
Jury awards family of Marvin Gaye $7.4M in music copyright case, deciding “Blurred Lines” infringed on Gaye's “Got To Give It Up” — Jurors hit Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams with $7.4-million verdict — A verdict has been reached in the Los Angeles federal …
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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
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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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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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, Politico, Latest News & Headlines, FishbowlDC, @anniekarni and @grynbaum
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 …
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
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
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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