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Gawker:
Anonymous 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.”
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
One of the Huffington Post's most senior editors, John Montorio, is leaving but will remain editor-at-large — John Montorio out at HuffPost — John Montorio, one of The Huffington Post's most senior editors for the past several years, has left his full-time position at the site, Capital has learned.
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Fast Company
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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FishbowlNY, Current.org, @alexweprin, @mekosoff, @om, Poynter, TechCrunch, @raju, @alexweprin, Politico, Capital New York, @mathewi, @joelcifer, @feministabulous, @melbournecoal and @madhulikasikka
Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Fusion's internal traffic metrics by Chartbeat show the site continues to battle low traffic — More People Work at Fusion Than Are Reading Its Most Popular Post — Since its official launch in 2013, Fusion has aimed to be a haven for sweet millennial clicks and a place for journalists …
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Fortune, @alexismadrigal, Politico, @digiphile, @rossneumann, @journodave, @newsmary, @jgfarb, @hunterw, @noahshachtman and @trnels
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Quartz is trying to make its articles stickier on smartphones with a new “Read Full Story” button — Quartz tweaked its site design Sunday, mostly in ways even careful readers are unlikely to notice. But one change stands out on mobile. If you follow a link to an article — say …
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@teruterubouzu, @jbenton, @joelcifer and @ejimbo_com
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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@jessicalessin, @dangillmor, @buzzfeedben, @mattyglesias, @dtunkelang, @johnmcquaid, FishbowlNY, @jyarow and @larakiara
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Vimeo Now Lets Creators Launch Their Own Subscription Video-On-Demand Channels — Video distribution platform Vimeo wants to provide new ways for creators to make more money from their content. A few years after launching a video on demand offering so creators could rent out or sell access to their videos …
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Hollywood Reporter, Reuters, PR Newswire, Variety, Tubefilter and Wired, Thanks:@atechmemefan
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Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Build your own Netflix: Vimeo On Demand introduces monthly subscriptions
Build your own Netflix: Vimeo On Demand introduces monthly subscriptions
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Re/code and Mediashift
AdAge:
BuzzFeed hires longtime PepsiCo executive Frank Cooper as its first chief marketing officer and chief creative officer — BuzzFeed Names Longtime PepsiCo Exec Its First CMO — Even Small Businesses Are Ready for Marketing Automation — BuzzFeed has hired longtime PepsiCo marketing …
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FishbowlNY, @s_m_i and @gaberivera
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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@marklittlenews
John Otis / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Digital Venezuelan news outlets play government watchdog while traditional ones shy away from critical coverage — In Venezuela, online news helps journalists get their voices back — When Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was rumored to be gravely ill four years ago …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Union ‘whistleblower’ who sold prison stories to Daily Mirror jailed after identity disclosed to police — A prison service “whistleblower” paid for stories by the Daily Mirror was today jailed for 20 months after his identity was revealed to the Met Police.
Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo:
Writer Adam Clark Estes explains why he's voting to unionize Gawker on Wednesday — It's Time to Organize — Tomorrow, Gawker Media employees will vote for a union—or against it. It's a historic vote, because no digital media company has ever organized.
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@quinnnorton, @99pickets, @adamweinstein and Los Angeles Times
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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Hollywood Reporter and LostRemote
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How a group of researchers tried to use social media data and algorithms to find breaking news — Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on March 12, 2014, two apartment buildings in East Harlem exploded when a water main collapsed into a gas line. Eight people were killed and dozens more were injured.
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@eventmechanics and @niemanlab