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Nick Denton:
Nick Denton takes down outing post, expresses regret, and says a changing media environment and personal change were factors in the decision — Taking a post down — Yesterday evening, Gawker.com published a story about the CFO of Conde Nast texting an escort.
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Gawker Politburo:
Gawker editorial staff condemns takedown of post outing media exec, criticizing business-side influence affecting editorial independence — A Statement From the Gawker Media Editorial Staff — Our union drive has expressed at every stage of the process that one of our core goals is to protect …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Gawker's management team, mostly business-side execs, voted 4-2 to remove post; exec editor Tommy Craggs, chief legal counsel Heather Dietrick voted to keep it — Gawker Is Removing Story About Condé Nast CFO — Yesterday, Gawker published a post about the CFO of Condé Nast attempting …
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Adam Weinstein / Bad Journalist:
Gawker is “short of grownups in the room”, and has an editing problem, not a writing problem, says recently fired staffer Adam Weinstein — Goodbye to All That Gawking — To steal a tired line from an old dead writer: Gawker in 2013 was a very special time and place to be a part of.
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Business Insider and The Daily Caller
Yezmin Villarreal / Advocate:
Gawker Blasted for Posting a Lurid Story That Outs Executive
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
BuzzFeed UK hires Guardian special projects editor James Ball to focus on investigations — Buzzfeed hires The Guardian's special projects editor — Buzzfeed U.K. has hired James Ball, currently special projects editor for The Guardian, as a special correspondent with an emphasis on investigations, Capital has learned.
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Re/code:
Viacom Looks at Thrillist for Possible Acquisition — Viacom has been in talks to buy Thrillist Media Group, the e-commerce and media company that targets millennial men. — Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer has been looking to sell the company or raise money for some time, and has had repeated conversations …
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@nickcicero and @mdudas
Cory Bergman / Inside BreakingNews:
Breaking News app adds emerging stories alerts one to three times a day, in addition to its existing big story and proximity alerts — Know faster with emerging story alerts — We believe in news alerts that are faster, smarter and more relevant to your life and work.
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@laurahazardowen and The Next Web
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Huffington Post is going to cover Trump as entertainment, not politics — The Huffington Post won't give Donald Trump's campaign for president coverage in its political section, Ryan Grim and Danny Shea wrote in a brief on Friday. … Earlier this month, Politico's Dylan Byers wrote “Donald Trump, clickbait.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hulu exploring an ad-free option for about $12-$14/month, launching as early as fall — Hulu Explores Adding Ad-Free Option to Its Service — Option could launch as early as this fall and be priced at around $12 to $14 a month — Hulu is exploring plans to add an advertising-free option …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
In its response to defamation suit by associate dean Nicole Eramo, Rolling Stone claims that UVA vouched for alleged rape victim “Jackie” — Rolling Stone Argues University of Virginia Vouched for Discredited Rape Story — The publication responds to a $7.5 million lawsuit …
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Mediaite and @eriqgardner
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Dish talks to acquire T-Mobile stall, complicated by looming spectrum auction — Dish Talks for T-Mobile Said Stalled on Structure, Valuation — The slow-moving Dish Network Corp. talks to acquire T-Mobile US Inc. from Deutsche Telekom AG have stalled over concerns related …
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Multichannel News, CNBC and DSLreports
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
YouTube's growth rate in watch time is up over 60% year over year; average mobile watch time now over 40 minutes — Google claims ‘significant growth in YouTube revenues’ — Google's latest financial results have impressed Wall Street, with the company reporting revenues of $17.7bn …
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