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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Vox Media acquires Re/code in all-stock deal, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to stay at Re/code after merger — Vox Media Acquiring ReCode — ReCode, the news website led by the veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, is being acquired by Vox Media, a deal that reflects …
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Re/code:
Vox Media Acquires Re/code Owner Revere Digital — We are thrilled to announce that Re/code's parent company, Revere Digital, is being wholly acquired by the highly respected digital-native media company Vox Media. This is the next big step in our mission to bring you quality tech journalism …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Re/code's reviews team of Katie Boehret, Bonnie Cha, and Lauren Goode to join Verge staff, Mossberg to write reviews, columns for both sites — The Verge and Recode are joining forces — I'm excited to announce that The Verge's parent company Vox Media is acquiring Recode …
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@waltmossberg, @zpower, Talking New Media and The Next Web
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff explains the Re/code purchase: complementing The Verge's coverage, conference business, more — The Vox Media-Re/code deal, explained by Vox Media's CEO — On Tuesday night, Vox Media — the parent company of Vox.com — announced it was purchasing Re/code …
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Jessi Hempel / Wired:
BuzzFeed launches The Open Lab for Journalism Technology and the Arts in San Francisco to develop open-source tools — BUZZFEED FOUNDER LAUNCHES NEW LAB FOR OPEN-SOURCE INVENTION — Over the nearly two decades that BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti has spent inventing things …
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed adds Nitasha Tiku to its San Francisco bureau, now grown to 17 people since Mat Honan's hire as bureau chief — BuzzFeed hires a dozen reporters in Silicon Valley, including The Verge's Nitasha Tiku, to try to break more tech news — BuzzFeed has quietly been hiring like crazy in Silicon Valley …
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@nitashatiku, @suldrew and Talking Biz News
Lori Weisberg / San Diego Union Tribune:
After sale to Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune laying off 178 of 603 employees, mostly in printing and delivery, nine from newsroom — 178 Union-Tribune employees are laid off — The San Diego Union-Tribune on Tuesday announced that it is laying off 178 of its 603 employees …
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Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Charter's bid for Time Warner Cable is nearly nine times expected 2016 earnings and 14% more than Friday's closing price, despite industry's challenges — Charter's Time Warner Cable Bundle is No Bargain — Charter finally got the cable consolidation it was seeking with deals to buy Time Warner Cable and Bright House.
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Charter is buying TWC and Bright House Networks to gain edge in high-margin internet services, as TV business declines
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
TWC stock rises 4.33% following Charter bid, Charter shares dip slightly
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker writers plan to vote on unionizing next week — Three weeks ago, Gawker C.E.O. Nick Denton, president Heather Dietrick, and executive editor Tommy Craggs met for lunch with two organizers from the Writers Guild of America-East and Hamilton Nolan, the Gawker.com senior writer who is spearheading a union drive at Gawker Media.
Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Eric Newton leaving Knight Foundation to become innovation chief at Arizona State J-school — Rieder: Developing an innovation culture for journalism — That journalism desperately needs innovation has been clear for quite awhile. — The digital age has thoroughly disrupted traditional business models …
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Wall Street Journal:
Google and Yahoo have both held early acquisition talks with Flipboard in recent weeks but deal price hasn't yet been discussed — Google, Yahoo Have Had Talks to Buy Flipboard — Twitter's Flipboard discussions have largely stalled since April — Several Internet giants have inquired …
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The Next Web and Re/code
Alexander Howard / The Huffington Post:
In Saudi Arabia, Embracing New ‘Freedom’ On Social Media May Come With Serious Risks — Over the weekend, The New York Times published an article suggesting young people in Saudi Arabia are finding “freedom” on their smartphones. “Young Saudis are increasingly relying on social media …
Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
Mac McClelland Says Journalists Need To Talk About Trauma — This is the fifth and final installment in our series on mental health in the newsroom. Here are the first, second, third and fourth installments. — Not to peg myself as a total fanboy, but Mac McClelland is one of my journalism idols.
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Brad StoneSarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:
Snapchat claims 60% of smartphone owners age 13-34 in the US as active users, says they watch 2B videos a day on the service — Evan Spiegel Reveals Plan to Turn Snapchat Into a Real Business … Evan Spiegel begins a conversation in the offices of his startup, Snapchat …
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Ad blocking keeps rising, leaving publishers few options unless they change relationships with readers — Ad Blocks' Doomsday Scenarios — On the ad blocking front, the situation keeps getting worse. Until now, the media industry pretended to ignore the problem, perhaps waiting for a miracle cure.
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@charlesarthur, @charlescmann, @chartier and @jayrosen_nyu
Michael Kozlowski / Good E-Reader:
Google Play books publisher program has been closed to new publishers amid piracy concerns — Google Play Books Publisher Program Has Been Closed — Google has closed their Play Books publisher program amidst concerns of rampant e-book piracy. — The Google Play Publisher Program …
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Henry Mance / Financial Times:
UK court rules ISPs must block seven e-book piracy sites within 10 days: Ebookee, LibGen, AvaxHome, Freebookspot, Freshwap, Bookfi and Bookre — Publishers win landmark case against ebook pirates — British publishers have won their first ever blocking order against pirate ebook sites …
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