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11:20 PM ET, July 13, 2015

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Article on Serena Williams and female athletes' body types used an old narrative and missed a chance for a more productive conversation  —  Double Fault in Article on Serena Williams and Body Image?  —  When The Times's sports staff gave the green light to an article proposed by a frequent freelancer …
Alex Spence / Politico:
Sources: London based European edition of Newsweek magazine scaled back; editor-in-chief Richard Addis resigns, print editorial staff likely to lose jobs  —  Newsweek to shutter Europe edition  —  The project, devoted to long-form journalism, is ending just 18 months after it began.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sites like Mic, Fusion, and Ozy aim at young audiences by covering equality, dating, drugs, and TV with shorter, aggregated stories and more opinion  —  Digital news for the young: LGBT, weed and the latest from ‘Game of Thrones’  —  While the mainstream media was obsessing over the results …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Accusing Amazon of Antitrust Violations, Authors and Booksellers Demand U.S. Inquiry  —  Amazon views itself as an innovator that brings enlightenment and entertainment to the masses.  Many of the traditional guardians of the literary community, however, think the retailer is a monopolist and a bully …
Discussion: Engadget and GeekWire
Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo:
Imposter used a Gizmodo writer's name, photo, and bio for posts on Elite Daily  —  Some Slimy Clickbait Dickhead Stole My Identity to Blog for Elite Daily  —  My online reputation has the digital equivalent of an STI.  A few weeks ago, I found out I was getting impersonated on the internet.
Jack Murtha / Columbia Journalism Review:
Behind Slant's pay-per-click model: $100 a month, plus $5 for every 500 clicks for three pieces a week  —  What it's like to get paid for clicks  —  The mission sounds simple: Pay writers and edit their work.  This is not revolutionary, nor should it be, given journalism's sepia-tinted legacy of pensions and expense accounts.
M.G. Siegler / Medium:
Dwindling subs, viewing figures mean it makes sense for ESPN to offer an OTT service  —  The 9 Bullet Points of Doom for ESPN  —  A company nears a tipping point...  In trying to explain why ESPN would cut ties with Keith Olbermann (and, previously, Bill Simmons—and soon …
Discussion: Digital Trends
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James Warren / Poynter:
Most online local news sites make less than $50,000 a year  —  Two-thirds of new local online news sites make $100,000 or less a year, with more than half generating $50,000 or less, according to a survey released Monday of 94 sites nationwide.  —  Eighty publishers representing 94 sites responded …
ABC News:
Mom of Washington Post Reporter Jailed in Iran, ‘We Always Have Hope’  —  With reports that nuclear negotiations in Vienna are approaching their final hours, the family of jailed Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian stood outside Iran's Revolutionary Court Monday holding onto hope.
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Jenna McLaughlin / The Intercept:
Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Government to Find Out Why She Was Repeatedly Stopped at the Border  —  Over six years, filmmaker Laura Poitras was searched, interrogated, and detained more than 50 times at U.S. and foreign airports.  —  When she asked why, U.S. agencies wouldn't say.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Former Reddit CEO says Alexis Ohanian responsible for firing that touched off Reddit revolt, noting a “stunning lack of leadership” in letting Pao take the heat  —  Details Emerge About Victoria Taylor's Dismissal at Reddit  —  Over the last week, the circumstances surrounding …
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
News sites are getting slower, the New York Times takes 4 mins and 2MB of data download to view one story  —  News Sites Are Fatter and Slower Than Ever  —  An analysis of download times highlights how poorly designed news sites are.  That's more evidence of poor implementation of ads... and a strong case for ad blockers.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Spin's founder Bob Guccione Jr. reflects on magazine's success on its 30th anniversary year  —  The ‘Penthouse’ Prince Who Made Rock Dangerous Again  —  When Spin magazine began in 1985, rock journalism lacked an edge.  Its founder Bob Guccione Jr. recalls an era of sex, ambition, death threats, and mischief-making.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
 
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Julie Bort / Business Insider:
YouTube boss confirms music subscription service is relaunching ‘later this year’
Discussion: TechCrunch
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat adjusts its design to bring more visibility to “Discover” section for news and ads
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
John Prideaux Named U.S. Editor of The Economist
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Gawker Media vs Hulk Hogan court case moved up to October 1
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Michael Wolff / USA Today:
In digital media's youth crusade, career paths are fuzzy
The Wrap:
TheWrap's Content to Be Distributed in 17 Hearst Newspapers as Part of New Partnership
Discussion: Talking Biz News and FishbowlNY
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Deputy editor Jason Anders named business editor of The Wall Street Journal
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer to call for journalists to have a public interest defence
Amy Phillips / Pitchfork:
Apple created music videos in-house with Drake, Pharrell, Eminem, and M.I.A. for Apple Music