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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company — Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job — Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
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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
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Mashable, Business Insider, Gawker, The Next Web, VatorNews, bizjournals, Fast Company, Gawker, Mediaite, Washington Post and bizjournals
BBC:
BBC director general Tony Hall defends the corporation as it launches annual report — Stevie McCrorie won the most recent series of The Voice UK in April — The BBC's director general has launched a robust defence of the corporation's programming amid claims that it has strayed from its public service remit.
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Deadline, Guardian, Hollywood Reporter, TBI Vision, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and Advanced Television
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Press Gazette:
BBC annual report: Staff numbers up, trust levels still down since Savile scandal — Director-general Tony Hall has enlisted the BBC's audience in his opposition to plans for what he described as a “much-diminished” corporation. — Speaking to reporters at the launch of the BBC's annual review …
Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
Under attack from government and besieged by commercial rivals, BBC has been forced to justify its very existence — The battle for the BBC — Under attack from a government intent on reducing its size and besieged by commercial rivals, the broadcaster has been forced to justify its very existence
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@stuartrowson and @beneltham
Alexander Howard / The Huffington Post:
Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy — Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy. — Senior Editor for Technology & Society, The Huffington Post. Dad, husband, citizen, cyclist. alexander@huffingtonpost.com
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@emptywheel, @johnmcquaid, @foiafactor, @dangillmor and @digiphile
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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Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Canadian Magazines
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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@ioerror, Guardian, @peternotail, The Hill, @a_marshall_plan, @attackerman and @the_intercept
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, @saliltripathi and @schadenfraade
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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@adamjohnsonnyc, @maureenoco, @sunny_hundal, @romenesko and Capital New York
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
FanDuel raises $275M round led by KKR, source says at a valuation well over $1B; other investors include Time Warner, NBC Sports Ventures, and Comcast — FanDuel Raises $275 Million, Births Unicorn — FanDuel, one of the two major players in the budding daily fantasy sports industry, has raised $275 million in new venture funding.
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TechCrunch, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
Naomi Lubick / Poynter:
Case study of Matter, which launched with a Kickstarter for long-form science journalism, struggled with a paywall, was acquired by Medium, and changed focus — How MATTER succeeded in spite of itself — This is the first in a series of four profiles on digital news startups.
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@tealtan, @laurahazardowen, @caseyjohnston and @marklotto
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, @lisamcintire, www.wnyc.org, @reedfrich, @natthedem, @laurahelmuth and @katerendall
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