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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Mic hires NPR News executive editor Madhulika Sikka in same role, raises $17M led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Madhulika Sikka Leaving NPR News to Join Mic, a News Site — Madhulika Sikka, the top editor at NPR News, is leaving the organization for Mic, a news site aimed …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
News Corp chief exec Robert Thomson criticizes ‘trash traffic’ on BuzzFeed-style sites — News Corp chief criticises ‘trash traffic’ on BuzzFeed-style sites — Robert Thomson says advertisers 'don't want guilt by association, they want gilt by association'
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Gawker:
Anon ex-Huffington Post employee says Arianna Huffington spikes stories criticising friends and advertisers — Hell Is Working at the Huffington Post — Talk to someone who works at the Huffington Post these days and inevitably one word will keep popping up: “demoralized.”
Denis O'Brien / Guardian:
Denis O'Brien never meant to gag Irish MP, tycoon's lawyers tell court — RTÉ says Ireland's second richest man has made ‘spectacular climbdown’ after row over remarks made under parliamentary privilege — Ireland's second richest man has retreated from his battle with the media …
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Fiona Gartland / The Irish Times:
Court order was not intended to stop reporting of Dáil statements, says judge
Court order was not intended to stop reporting of Dáil statements, says judge
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fusion Launches F-Comedy Digital Studio with YouTube, Upright Citizens Brigade and More — Fusion, the multiplatform network from ABC News and Univision Communications aimed at millennials, is going for grins and giggles on YouTube and other platforms with the launch of digital comedy studio F-Comedy.
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Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Former NYT director of audience development Kareem Ahmed introduces NYC.TV, a platform for local video makers, and a discovery tool for viewers — NYC.TV goes local to fix the video discovery problem — Putting a video online is easier than it has ever been, but good luck getting people to watch it.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CBS newsman Bob Schieffer to become a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Centre, studying the 2016 presidential election — Bob Schieffer heads to the Ivy League, accepts Harvard fellowship — One of Bob Schieffer's first stops after stepping down from the “Face the Nation” moderators chair will be Harvard University.
Jeff Gordinier / New York Times:
Serious Eats and Roadfood Are Sold to Fexy Media — Here's more evidence that cheap eats have become big business. — Serious Eats and Roadfood, two food-focused websites that are largely associated with the gastronomic delights found at diners, noodle shops, pizzerias …
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Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Build your own Netflix: Vimeo On Demand introduces monthly subscriptions — Video makers have been able to offer their creations for sale or rent through Vimeo On Demand since 2013. Now, the video platform has introduced a recurring monthly subscription option.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Journalists Meet To Discuss Frustration With Clinton Campaign's Control Over Access And Information — NEW YORK — Journalists covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign met for nearly two hours in Washington on Monday to discuss concerns about what they believe is inadequate access …
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Business Insider deleted posts about Elon Musk after his biographer publicly complained that the news organization was mining his book for posts — Business Insider Deleted Elon Musk Posts After Bio Author Complained — Business Insider removed several posts from its site after the author …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Google demands movie studios comply with subpoenas in case against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood — Google demands movie studios comply with subpoenas — Google Inc (GOOGL.O) has asked a federal judge to require three major movie studios to comply with subpoenas it believes …
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
AOL Debuts Makeover That's All About Mobile Video and Social-Friendly Content — AOL is unveiling a data-driven site overhaul today that should give marketers a sense of how it will zero in on mobile video and branded content as it plots its future. — The revamp comes less than a month …
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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Business Insider:
Sources: nearly all of Medium's sites are undergoing major upheavals; employees quiet on changes due to NDA — Medium, the publishing platform started by one of Twitter's cofounders, is gutting some of its most popular sites — Two weeks ago, publishing platform Medium …
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