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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.
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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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New York Times, @joepompeo, Mashable, TVNewser, @ravisomaiya, @dylanbyers, @benthompson, Ad Age, @benthompson, FishbowlNY, Fortune, @lmoses, FishbowlNY, @elongreen, Talking Biz News and The Wrap
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg Editor in Chief John Micklethwait has worked to consolidate editorial authority amid staff tumult since his arrival from The Economist — At Bloomberg, John Micklethwait channels an ancient ancestor — John Micklethwait's Bloomberg L.P. career kicked off with a good old-fashioned turf war.
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Politico, @talkingbiznews, @alexckaufman, @joepompeo and @ryanchittum
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 …
Reuters:
Sources: FTC looking into claims Apple treats rival music streaming services in its app store illegally under antitrust law — FTC exploring Apple rules for streaming music rivals in App Store — U.S. government antitrust regulators are looking into claims about whether Apple's treatment …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, @pkafka, MacRumors and The Next Web
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 …
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Current.org, Poynter, @jank0, AllAccess.com and @annewootton
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 …
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@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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.