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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Joshua Topolsky's departure is the latest manifestation of rising tensions at Bloomberg after Michael Bloomberg reasserted control — Web Chief Joshua Topolsky to Leave Bloomberg as Staff Tensions Surface — Earlier this year, after Michael Bloomberg reasserted control over the company …
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@kottke, @stevekovach, @jayrosen_nyu, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, The Drum and The Huffington Post
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Joshua Topolsky:
Joshua Topolsky reflects on his accomplishments at Vox and Bloomberg, says media is too noisy — Hello again — As you may have heard (or read), I am leaving Bloomberg. I'd like to try and explain why. I never wrote a goodbye letter when I left Vox and The Verge.
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@mims, @gaberivera and @whatthebit
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sources: Joshua Topolsky fired as a result of Michael Bloomberg's frustration with the direction of Bloomberg Digital
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@joepompeo, @benthompson, @dylanbyers, @benthompson, TVNewser, Ad Age, @ravisomaiya, FishbowlNY, Fortune, @lmoses, FishbowlNY, The Wrap and Talking Biz News
Chuq Von Rospach / Writing & Commentary:
Reddit is fatally broken and should rebuild by hiring or contracting top 100+ moderators to align mod incentives with the company, kill controversial subreddits — The Death of Reddit — [edit July 12: when you're done here, I wrote a followup for you: Fixing or Replacing Reddit, some quick thoughts — take a look! chuq]
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braythwayt.com, Re/code, Fortune, @bodyofbreen, @ernestwadams, @craigmod, TechRaptor, @eugenewei, BuzzFeed and Boing Boing
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Welcome to Voat: Reddit killer, troll haven, and the strange face of internet free speech — Reddit's refugees are, by some accounts, the worst of an already bad lot. They're the people who deride any hint of anti-racism or anti-sexism as “social justice warrior” (or SJW) antics …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Comcast announces Stream, a $15/month web TV add-on for its internet subscribers with broadcast networks and HBO, available in select markets later this year — Comcast Offers Its Alternative to Cable TV, Using the Web — Comcast, the country's largest cable operator …
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Comcast, Broadcasting & Cable, Digital Trends, Re/code, Engadget, The Verge and Mashable
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
How ESPN, dominant in the TV sports business, is transitioning to mobile — ESPN's Plan to Dominate the Post-TV World — On July 11, 2014, LeBron James announced that he was leaving the Miami Heat to return to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. Within a few minutes of the announcement …
New York Times:
New Hearing Begins in Iran for Jason Rezaian of Washington Post — A third hearing in the espionage trial of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly a year, was underway on Monday in Tehran, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer to call for journalists to have a public interest defence — Keir Starmer to call for journalists to have a public interest defence — A former director of public prosecutions (DPP) believes journalists accused of phone hacking …
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Press Gazette, The Times and @bobbierman
Amy Phillips / Pitchfork:
Apple created music videos in-house with Drake, Pharrell, Eminem, and M.I.A. for Apple Music — M.I.A. Audiovisual Project “Matahdatah Scroll 01 Broader Than a Border” Coming to Apple Music — The launch of Apple Music hasn't only included a new radio station, social network, and streaming service.
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Business Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Tech Times, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and AllHipHop
Kwame Opam / The Verge:
Hiring of a beat reporter at the Los Angeles Times to cover Black Twitter is just a first step — Media might finally start giving Black Twitter the recognition it deserves — Did you know that one of Reddit's most vibrant subreddits is devoted to Black Twitter?
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@reckless
Shadi Rahimi / Poynter:
AJ+ producer explains why they covered Charleston shooting with a video asking South Carolinians “Is the South more racist?” — Why AJ+ asked ‘Is the South more racist?’ And why that's the viral content we're aiming for — It was a week after Dylann Roof had shot …
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@poynter and bookforum.com
Rob Walker / Bloomberg:
The challenges and opportunities for SoundCloud as it grows from a popular app with 12 hours of audio uploaded every minute to a viable business — Can SoundCloud Be the Facebook of Music? — In ripped white jeans and a midriff-baring SoundCloud T-shirt, 20-year-old Toni Romiti belts …
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