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8:45 AM ET, July 11, 2015

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Ellen Pao out as Reddit CEO, co-founder and original CEO Steve Huffman takes over immediately; Pao to remain as adviser to the board through end of 2015  —  Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over  —  Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit's CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure …
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Sam Altman / Reddit:
Sam Altman promises clarity about content policy of Reddit, says team will create guidelines  —  An old team at reddit  —  Ellen Pao resigned from reddit today by mutual agreement.  I'm delighted to announce that Steve Huffman, founder and the original reddit CEO, is returning as CEO.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources: Joshua Topolsky fired as a result of Michael Bloomberg's frustration with the direction of Bloomberg Digital  —  Bloomberg fires top digital editor Josh Topolsky  —  Joshua Topolsky, the top digital editor at Bloomberg, has been fired from the company due to Michael Bloomberg's frustration …
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Julia Duin / Washington Post:
Profile of Alice Rogoff, owner and publisher of Alaska Dispatch News, state's largest paper  —  What's this Washington insider and billionaire's wife doing in Alaska?  —  As a hazy sun set over the Bering Sea in a blaze of pink glory, a group of weary travelers clustered around a table inside …
Robert Feder:
Ira Glass takes ownership of This American Life from Chicago Public Media in exchange for ongoing profits from the show and spinoff Serial  —  Ira Glass owns all of ‘This American Life’  —  Twenty years after Ira Glass launched “This American Life” at WBEZ FM 91.5, the host and executive producer …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
News outlets vie for global audiences with translated stories  —  The New York Times published a two-part investigation into the city's nail salons in four languages.  —  In May, after more than a year of planning, investigating, writing and editing, The New York Times was almost ready …
Discussion: @poynter, @bgpublic and @michaelluo
Glyn Moody / Techdirt:
How China reined in bloggers by using harsh punishment, passing new laws restricting online messaging, and taming Weibo with censorship rules  —  How China Tamed The Country's Top Bloggers, And Took Back The Net  —  Techdirt has been reporting for a while on China's continuing clampdown on the internet …
Discussion: Financial Review
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Seven US government agencies to start publishing online the records they release through Freedom of Information Act requests, in a six-month pilot  —  White House to make public records more public  —  The law that's supposed to keep citizens in the know about what their government is doing is about to get more robust.
Bloomberg Business:
At Sun Valley, New York Times CEO Mark Thompson talks about Facebook's Instant Articles, apps, and journalism careers  —  How New York Times Survives in a Social Media World  —  New York Times Company CEO Mark Thompson discusses the newspaper's digital strategy for the future with Olivia Sterns …
Discussion: KMVT-TV and FishbowlNY
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Clicks, impressions, audience, and views still more important to ad buyers than attention-based metrics  —  Why ad buyers are slow to embrace attention metrics  —  For the past year, a handful of premium publishers have been pushing the idea of attention-based metrics.
 
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eMarketer:
New report estimates Netflix will have almost 70M subscribers by year-end, up 28% from end-2014, with Europe driving the expansion
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Staff changes in the video department at The New York Times signal ambitions of higher digital ad revenue
Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:
Nook Store will only be available in US and UK as Barnes & Noble shutters international store
Discussion: Engadget and TechCrunch
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Asserts Right to Structure Deal With Spotify Even If Result Disfavors Artists
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New York Times:
Sources: Facebook seeking licensing deals to insert music videos in users' feeds, said to offer better revenue sharing than YouTube
Guardian:
BBC cuts: government forced to publish licence fee deal letter