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11:25 PM ET, July 20, 2015

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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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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Nick Denton had been at odds with Executive Editor Tommy Craggs over company's long-term direction, with Denton telling Craggs that Gawker was “too mean”  —  Gawker's Existential Crisis  —  Is the notoriously snarky media growing up, or falling apart?  —  Shares
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.
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 …
Anthony Clark / The Gainvesville Sun:
Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, 28, found dead at home; no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs found  —  Grooveshark co-founder, 28, found dead in home  —  Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, a pioneer in Gainesville's student startup movement, was found dead in his bed Sunday …
Bloomberg Business:
YouTube signs most of its partners for paid service but no shows from major TV networks yet  —  Google's YouTube Signs Up Everyone But TV for New Paid Service … Google Inc.'s YouTube, which has signed up partners for a new paid video service, may find out by early next year whether …
Discussion: The Verge, @sarahfrier and @tpalazzo
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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
Frederic Filloux / Monday Note:
20 news sites loaded a total of 516 trackers from about 100 vendors to monitor users' browsing; about 60% of the trackers were ad-related  —  20 Home Pages, 500 Trackers Loaded: Media Succumbs to Monitoring Frenzy  —  20 Home Pages, 500 Trackers Loaded: Media Succumbs to Monitoring Frenzy">Tweet
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Prismatic pivots from offering consumer-facing news aggregation to B2B services for publishers, developers, and hedge funds  —  Prismatic Pivots To B2B, Packaging Its Content Interest Graph Into APIs For Different Verticals  —  The market for news reading apps got a little more crowded earlier …
Discussion: @dtunkelang and @mathewi
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
W.W.D. strikes syndication deal with Tribune Publishing  —  Penske Media's W.W.D. has struck a syndication deal with Tribune Publishing, seeing the fashion trade magazine's coverage of the industry appear on LATimes.com, as well in print form for certain Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Digital First Media's Salt Lake Tribune may be sold soon, possibly affecting a joint operating agreement with Deseret News that has few profits to split  —  Intrigue in Utah — Will the Salt Lake Tribune be sold?  Or even closed?  —  Politician and blogger Jim Dabakis got his Utah constituents …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Maker Studios is shutting down pioneering online video site Blip on Aug. 20  —  Maker Studios Is Shutting Down Blip Next Month  —  Disney-owned Maker Studios will shut down its web video portal Blip next month.  Blip informed its users Monday that it will shut down on August 20.
Discussion: @chrispirillo
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Huffington Post says it will frame Trump's campaign as entertainment.  I support that.  —  “Newsrooms should be more up front with us about how they classify the candidates.  Can't even take the guy seriously?  Tell us!”  —  This was the entire announcement.  Lets look at it again:
 
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The Center for Public Integrity:
Center for Public Integrity sues Federal Election Commission for delay in releasing documents under FOIA request
Discussion: @davelevinthal
Amit Chowdhry / Forbes:
Google's chief business officer Omid Kordestani says YouTube is now bigger than any individual US cable network in 18-49 demographic
Discussion: RAIN News and Digital Trends
Amir Vahdat / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's next hearing in Iran will likely be the last
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
French TV Giants End Talks to Merge Streaming Services Amid Netflix Competition
BBC Press Office:
BBC England director, Peter Salmon, to lead newly-created production division, BBC Studios; Helen Boaden to take over BBC England director role
Discussion: Guardian
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
Amazon, Netflix, and Yahoo score record number of Emmy nominations
Seth Abramovitch / Hollywood Reporter:
Felix & Paul Studios signs multiyear deal with Oculus to develop immersive VR experiences
Ania Nussbaum / Wall Street Journal:
As ad revenue moves online, ad blockers struggle with the firms hired to circumvent them