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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Executive editor Tommy Craggs and editor-in-chief Max Read resign from Gawker; Craggs says advertisers threatened to pull out over escort story — Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker — Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com …
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Nick Denton:
Gawker founder Nick Denton issues statement, says he alone decided to remove story about male escort but had support of managing partnership — To All of Edit at Gawker Media — The Managing Partnership as a whole is responsible for the Company's management and direction, but they do not and should not make editorial decisions.
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Bloomberg Business:
Pearson to Explore Sale of Financial Times — Pearson Plc is exploring a sale of the Financial Times after receiving interest from potential buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. — London-based Pearson is sounding out possible bidders for the salmon-colored newspaper …
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Press Gazette:
Sun tells tribunal that Met violated journalists' rights with secret grab of phone records — The rights of Sun journalists were “unquestionably violated” when the Metropolitan Police secretly obtained their phone records, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard.
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Dominic Casciani / BBC:
The Sun is challenging the Met police in court over accessing reporters' phone records in 2012 — The Sun challenges police over ‘plebgate’ phone records — The Sun and three of its reporters are to challenge Metropolitan Police in the courts for accessing phone records in relation to the “plebgate” affair.
Ad Age:
Google's YouTube Signs Up Everyone but TV for New Paid Service — Time to Test the Notion That YouTube Stars Are as Valuable as Hollywood's — $137.8B … Google's YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video service, may find out by early next year whether its own internet stars …
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Amazon, Netflix, and Yahoo score record number of Emmy nominations — Netflix, Amazon get record Emmy nods — Netflix, Amazon and even Yahoo took home record numbers of Emmy Award nominations on Thursday, further validating streaming services that have become rivals to traditional television networks.
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Boston Globe and CNNMoney
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Mashable turns to Asia as it looks to expand international reach — Digital news company Mashable is to launch operations in Asia as part of an aggressive international growth plan fuelled by $31m in venture funding the business has raised in the past 16 months.
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Amir Vahdat / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's next hearing in Iran will likely be the last — Lawyer: Post reporter's next hearing in Iran likely the last — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The lawyer of a Washington Post journalist detained in Iran said Monday that the next hearing …
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CNN and Washington Post
Columbia Journalism Review:
How university foundations try to avoid public scrutiny—and what reporters can do — In 2012, College of DuPage President Robert Breuder paid $185 to taxidermize a cock pheasant. He gave the bird, mounted on an oak stand, to an upscale campus restaurant, where it serves as a decorative piece.
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Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
French TV Giants End Talks to Merge Streaming Services Amid Netflix Competition — TF1, M6, and France Televions had been in discussion to create a “French Netflix.” — Talks between French channels TF1, M6 and France Televisions, as well as cable provider Orange, to merge their streaming services …