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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Nick Denton reflects on the expensive Hulk Hogan lawsuit, the dangers of chasing clicks through Facebook, Gawker's purpose, and more — Gawker's Moment of Truth — “I'm pretty sure we have a revolution coming,” said Nick Denton, founder and chief executive of Gawker Media.
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker faces skeptical judge and jury in Hulk Hogan's Fla. hometown, as $100M sex-tape lawsuit that could have dire financial consequences goes to court July 6 — Gawker in the fight of its life with Hulk Hogan sex-tape suit — Nick Denton is preparing for the biggest fight of his life.
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Nick Denton, @kashhill, @jackshafer, @coreypein, @pkafka, @nicknotned, @mathewi, Business Insider, @steigerwaldino, @fmanjoo, @praddenkeefe, Refinery29, Business Insider, Boing Boing, dmlp.org, @actioncookbook, @alexburnsnyt, @niemanlab, @jledbetter, @sherman4949, @sfiegerman, @jyarow, @felixsalmon, Poynter and The Week
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Katie Couric Reups with Yahoo in a $10 Million Deal — Katie Couric is reupping her news deal with Yahoo, which sources said will raise her annual package there from upwards of $6 million to $10 million. — A spokesman for Couric confirmed that the well-knowm news anchor would be continuing with Yahoo …
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CNNMoney, Variety, New York Post, TVNewser, @jcstearns, Deadline and Business Insider
Edmund Lee / Re/code:
James Murdoch Is an Old-School Media Executive, So Don't Expect Big Changes at His Dad's Empire — James Murdoch finally won. — Rupert Murdoch, his father and everyone's favorite media baron, agreed to hand over the CEO title at his company, 21st Century Fox, to his 42-year-old son, pending board approval.
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Forbes, New York Magazine, AdAge and Broadcasting & Cable
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
James Murdoch's resurrection in US after scandal in UK is complete, now considered a great strategist with extraordinary long-term vision
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Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Guardian, @sarahlyall, Poynter, @jonathanmahler, @jacobwe, @nytimesworld, @jotted, @dabeard, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Alicia W. Stewart / Nieman Reports:
Progress has been slow for newsroom diversity, but organizations like BuzzFeed, Vox, and the Washington Post have made strong recent efforts — Why Newsroom Diversity Works — Effective strategies for making newsrooms more inclusive — Carlos Richardson and his daughter Selah enjoy a quiet moment after dinner in Atlanta, Georgia
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@annaholmes, @loisbeckett and @niemanreports
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Jason Whitlock is replaced as head of The Undefeated, ESPN's site about race and sports; Whitlock to focus on content — Jason Whitlock Out as Head of ESPN Website Built for Him — Jason Whitlock was replaced Friday as the head of the Undefeated, ESPN's website about the intersection of race and sports …
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@jimmiller, Hollywood Reporter and ESPN Front Row
Lynsey Chutel / Associated Press:
Profile of Angolan reporter Rafael Maques de Morais whose books and website have garnered negative attention from the officials he's exposed — Reporter needles Angola's power elite from his kitchen table — 1 photo — JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Often writing at his kitchen table …
Susan Smith Richardson / Nieman Reports:
Creating a beat to cover black lives and having diverse staff bring broad context to newsrooms — Making Black Lives Matter in the News — Can a dedicated black beat help change the portrayal of African-Americans? — ARTICLE BY — Community members protected Cathy and Jerome Jenkins's restaurant …
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@wendi_c_thomas and @wendi_c_thomas
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Q&A with Michael Wolff on the staying power of print and TV, media feuds, and Brian Williams — Michael Wolff Thinks We Could All Learn From Fox News — You wrote in December 2013, in a media-criticism column for The Guardian, that no one reads The Times Magazine anymore.
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@nytmag, @jackshafer and Mediaite
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Publications' first Facebook Instant Articles collectively performing 4.3X better than normal posts — Early Numbers Suggest Facebook Instant Articles Giving Participating Publishers An Edge — Facebook's first batch of Instant Articles registered 4.3 times more engagement than average link posts.
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New York Times and @jonathanmendez
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:
Wikimedia switching all of its sites to HTTPS by default — Wikipedia Is Finally Encrypting the World's Knowledge — Wikipedia, one of the most popular websites in the world, will now be encrypted by default, a change that will better protect its hundreds of millions of visitors from surveillance and censorship.
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Wikimedia blog, BetaNews, The Verge, @csoghoian, Engadget, Forbes and TechCrunch
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Post Community Media to shutter two Maryland Gazette editions, sell other properties — Friday is the day companies like to dump bad news, and this Friday is no different as Post Community Media announced today that it would be closing its two editions of The Maryland Gazette that serve Montgomery …
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CNNMoney, Bethesda Magazine, Washington Post, @gazsptsed and Bethesda Magazine
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