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8:55 AM ET, July 13, 2015

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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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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.
Discussion: @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
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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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 …
Discussion: Reddit and ZDNet
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 …
Discussion: Fortune and TIME
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 …
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.
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?
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: @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 …
Discussion: @mymarketingfile
 
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Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
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Leah Scarpelli / NPR:
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Julia Duin / Washington Post:
Profile of Alice Rogoff, owner and publisher of Alaska Dispatch News, state's largest paper
Discussion: @romenesko
Glyn Moody / Techdirt:
How China reined in bloggers by using harsh punishment, passing new laws restricting online messaging, and taming Weibo with censorship rules
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Clicks, impressions, audience, and views still more important to ad buyers than attention-based metrics
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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
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New report estimates Netflix will have almost 70M subscribers by year-end, up 28% from end-2014, with Europe driving the expansion
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
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