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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
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
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Wall Street Journal, @talkingbiznews, Politico, @alexckaufman, @joepompeo and @ryanchittum
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, @benthompson, @dylanbyers, TVNewser, Ad Age, FishbowlNY, Fortune, @ravisomaiya, @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, Fortune, Re/code, @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, The Verge, Broadcasting & Cable, Re/code, Digital Trends, Engadget 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.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Deputy editor Jason Anders named business editor of The Wall Street Journal — WSJ Names Business Editor — Wall Street Journal veteran Jason Anders has been named business editor of the paper. Anders had served as deputy editor, page one, since 2011. He joined the Journal in 1998.
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
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