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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Verizon-AOL deal gives Huffington Post an uncertain future: either a conservative corporate owner or a sale amid frothy media valuations — Huffington Post in Limbo at Verizon — Over the last couple of years, an array of media companies, venture capitalists and wealthy individuals …
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The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, @rafat, @rafat and @rasmus_kleis
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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.”
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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@joelcifer, @teruterubouzu, @jbenton and @ejimbo_com
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, @noahshachtman, @mathewi, bookforum.com, @newsmary, @digiphile, @jgfarb, @hunterw, @rossneumann, @trnels, @journodave and Politico
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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The Drum, @s_m_i, @gaberivera, @peretti and FishbowlNY
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson cleared of perjury as Scottish court case collapses — Judge agrees with defence argument that Coulson's alleged lies about phone hacking were not material to main case at Tommy Sheridan trial — David Cameron's former director of communications, Andy Coulson …
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Press Gazette, BBC, allmediascotland, Telegraph, Guardian, Sky News, BBC, ITV, Home on News and Home on News
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Tribune signs dozens of papers to its new MediaWorks advertising initiative, which offers buyers a single campaign in top 30 markets and data about subscribers — Tribune signs dozens of newspapers for national ‘publisher consortium’ — Tribune Publishing is introducing an initiative …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Profile of Wesley Lowery, the controversial Washington Post reporter covering how law enforcement works with communities — Why Does Everyone Want Wesley Lowery to Shut Up? — The Washington Post rising star is a terrific reporter—and he's pretty good at driving his critics crazy, too.
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@schadenfraade, @boston2024news and @jayrosen_nyu
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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Fortune, @om, @alexweprin, @alexweprin, @raju, TechCrunch, Capital New York, Current.org, Politico, Poynter, FishbowlNY, @mekosoff, @mathewi, @joelcifer, @feministabulous, @melbournecoal and @madhulikasikka
Ben Geman / National Journal:
The New York Times, Vice News Slam Obama Administration Over FOIA Delays — A top attorney for The Times will tell Congress there's a “culture of unresponsiveness” when it comes to FOIA. — A top lawyer for The New York Times, journalists, and advocacy groups will pummel …
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@ron_fournier, @ryanjreilly, @schultz44, @jfagone, @muckrock, Mediaite, The Hill, Washington Post, Washington Post and Washington Post
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
A digital focus led Florida's Sun Sentinel to better storytelling, fewer meetings, and more content to readers — Last year, The Sun Sentinel made digital a priority. So how's it going? … In October, the South Florida Sun Sentinel unveiled a site redesign, a newspaper redesign and a new plan to cover the news.
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@kristenhare
Mike Snider / USA Today:
PwC forecast: entertainment and media spending to rise 5% this year, with digital content to reach 46% of total spending in 2019; newspapers continue decline — Consumer spending on Net access and digital entertainment continues to rise — Consumers' appetite for digital entertainment …
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