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5:20 PM ET, July 21, 2015

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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Denton talks about editorial freedom, official editorial policy, and changing standards; staff meets again Tuesday  —  Gawker's Denton: ‘This is not the company I built’  —  “This is the very, very worst version of the company,” Gawker Media founder and C.E.O. Nick Denton told …
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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”
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
The Salt Lake Tribune, its future uncertain, offers to eliminate all its ads — for 10 bucks a month  —  The Trib is looking for members.  —  On Monday, The Salt Lake Tribune launched a membership program that was first announced last week.  Described as being for frequent visitors …
Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
W.W.D. strikes syndication deal with Tribune Publishing
Discussion: Folio and 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
Discussion: @stevebuttry
Christopher Heine / Adweek:
GoPro introduces stock video licensing service, starting with 600 videos priced at $1K each and up  —  Brands Are About to Find Out How Powerful GoPro Videos Can Be  —  Spellbinding scenes captured by adventure seekers and even wildlife made GoPro the hottest video camera around.
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tegna to Sell Headquarters for $270 Million  —  Former Gannett TV division shopping for new digs  —  Tegna, as the former Gannett broadcasting division is known, has signed a contract to sell its McLean, Virginia headquarters to private investment group Tamares for $270 million.
Discussion: E& and Media Wire Daily
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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Poised to Approve AT&T's $49 Billion Acquisition of DirecTV  —  FCC Approval Would Clear Path for AT&T to Close Deal  —  Federal regulators are poised to approve AT&T Inc. 's $49 billion acquisition of DirecTV, according to people familiar with the matter, ending a review process …
Felix Salmon / Guardian:
Advertising is making the mobile web almost unusable by clogging bandwidth, which may drive readers to Apple News or Facebook apps  —  Ad tech is killing the online experience  —  Advertising is making the mobile web almost unusable by clogging up our bandwidth - which may end up driving users to Apple News or Facebook apps
Discussion: Fortune and The Verge
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Variety:
Penske Media Corporation, owner of Variety, acquires Gold Derby, a website that predicts who will win major entertainment award shows  —  Penske Media Corporation Acquires Gold Derby  —  Gold Derby, a website dedicated to predicting the winners at major entertainment awards shows …
Discussion: The Wrap and FishbowlNY
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Met press office provided journalists' mobile numbers so police could view call records and find sources  —  The Metropolitan Police made a series of errors in secret applications to view the phone records of Sun journalists and showed a complete failure to consider issues around the confidentiality of sources, a court heard.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Cory Haik named WaPo's executive director of emerging news products  —  Cory Haik, the brains behind The Washington Post's skunkworks devoted to technological experimentation, has been named executive director of emerging news products there.  —  Haik, currently an executive producer …
Discussion: Washington Post
Christine Magee / TechCrunch:
Booktrack Pulls In Another $5 Million To Put Audio To E-Books  —  Booktrack, a startup out of New Zealand that creates soundtracks to accompany e-books, has raised another $5 million in funding to make sure that reading is no longer a quiet activity.  —  Led by COENT Venture Partners …
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Google kills Streamus, a popular third party Chrome extension with 300K users that queued YouTube songs to play in background  —  How YouTube killed an extension with 300,000 users  —  Streamus, the Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a serious music service, has been neutered by Google …
Discussion: Tubefilter and Variety
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Q2 beats estimates with revenue of $1.04B, misses on earnings with $0.16 EPS  —  Yahoo's Q2 Manages A Slim Revenue Beat, But Its Per-Share Profit Of $0.16 Dissapoints  —  Today, Yahoo reported its second quarter financial performance, including $1.04 billion in revenue after discounting …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Harper's is launching a metered paywall; readers can read one story a month for free  —  Harper's Launches Metered Paywall  —  Notoriously anti-web Harper's is easing things up a bit.  And we stress “a bit.”  Harper's is introducing a metered paywall, which will allow readers the chance …
Discussion: Folio and Harper's
Alistair Dawber / The Independent:
Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria  —  Three Spanish journalists have been kidnapped near the Syrian city of Aleppo.  —  It is believed that the three - Antonio Pampliega, José Manuel López and Ángel Sastre - were taken about 10 days ago.
Discussion: Reuters and @angelmsastre
 
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The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

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