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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 …
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@kaysteiger, @reedfrich, @laurahelmuth, @katerendall, @natthedem, @lisamcintire and outhistory.org
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.
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Wall Street Journal and Canadian Magazines
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 …
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Gawker, @lpolgreen, @stentontoledo, @timherrera, @raju, @raju, @schadenfraade and @saliltripathi
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 …
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.
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@romenesko, @adamjohnsonnyc and Capital New York
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.
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@feministabulous, @susie_c, @amandagutterman, @mathewi, @dannyfunt, @maura, @shaneferro and @romenesko
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 …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
How ESPN, dominant in the TV sports business, is transitioning to mobile
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Wall Street Journal, @albertbreer, @jayrosen_nyu, @illiniwad and @emilyclark11
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 …
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Tow-Knight, @michelemclellan and BuzzMachine
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.
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@the_intercept, @a_marshall_plan and @attackerman
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 …
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Mashable, Business Insider, Gawker, The Next Web, Fast Company, Mediaite, bizjournals, Gawker, Washington Post, VatorNews, Bloomberg View and bizjournals
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.
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