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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Drama at Gawker and Reddit reflects practical limits of absolute freedom of expression, even for native Internet companies that have opposed self-censorship — Limits at Gawker? Rules at Reddit? Wild West Web Turns a Page — Facing the abrupt resignations of two of his top editors …
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The New Republic and Slate
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Denton works to calm Gawker staff; Leah Beckmann was asked to serve as interim editor in chief, John Cook as interim executive editor — Gawker's Nick Denton Tries to Calm Staff as Fallout Continues — THE STORY THAT JUST KEEPS ON GIVING: Gawker Media has now become the perfect Gawkerlike story — and no end appears near.
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@leahbeckmann, Wall Street Journal, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan and @leahfinnegan
Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
How to Rage-Quit Your Prestigious Media Job on Principle — There's a new trend in media, and it's publicly resigning prestigious editing gigs on principle. — You've fantasized about it. We all have. The best reason to take a top media job at this point is so you can one day make a big show of quitting it.
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Vox, @kbsmoke, @jordanm1125 and E&
Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Chairman and Justice Department say they will approve AT&T Direct TV merger, with conditions on data caps, interconnection agreements, and fiber buildout — FCC Poised to Approve AT&T's $49 Billion Acquisition of DirecTV — FCC Approval Would Clear Path for AT&T to Close Deal
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Variety, Multichannel News, Engadget, Forbes, Radio & Television …, Reuters, @brendansasso, Re/code, @jcahealey, The Verge, NPR, USA Today, Fortune, Ars Technica, TIME and Politico
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Some New York Times Articles to Appear Free on Starbucks App — Starbucks and The New York Times Company announced on Tuesday that certain news articles would be made available free to members of the Starbucks loyalty program through the Starbucks mobile app.
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Poynter, @claesbell, The Next Web and GeekWire
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 Disappoints — Today, Yahoo reported its second-quarter financial performance, including $1.04 billion in revenue after discounting …
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The Wrap, investor.yahoo.net, Re/code, @dmac1, VentureBeat, Fortune, TIME, @yahooinc, @lauramandaro, Variety, Forbes, @emilychangtv, CNET, @vindugoel, Re/code, @drew, Adweek and AdExchanger
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
ESPN, Already Battling Rising Costs, Faces a Talent Drain — In just over two months, ESPN has lost three major personalities — a drain of renowned talent that is unusual in its suddenness. — First, Bill Simmons's contract was not renewed in early May.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
BuzzFeed Food's videos were shared 66M times in June, watched over 360M times overall on Facebook — Food publishers are early winners of Facebook video — Food publishers have found the recipe for success when it comes to Facebook video. — The most popular video publisher on Facebook …
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ofcom: On-demand video on Vice's UK site will not be subject to the British Communications Act — Vice UK video services cannot be regulated by Britain, Ofcom rules — Media watchdog says as HQ is in US it falls outside British jurisdiction, contradicting earlier ruling by Authority for Television on Demand
Discussion:
Advanced Television
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
NFL Teases A New Subscription Service For On-Demand Games, Will Support Apple TV — The NFL is preparing to launch a new version of its Games Pass service, which will now include the ability to watch games on a wider selection of devices, including the Apple TV.
Discussion:
Watch NFL Games Online, 9to5Mac and MacRumors
TechCrunch:
Flipboard Has Filed To Raise Another $50M — Flipboard's 75% jump in the last 6 months has it clocking in at over 70 million monthly active users. And it looks like that is not the only recent bump for the startup: It appears to have quietly raised another $50 million in funding.
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
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
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.
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E&, Wall Street Journal and Media Wire Daily
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