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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
At Gawker meeting, Denton says editorial must take business and advertising concerns into consideration — The ‘Gawker tax’ is getting too high, Denton tells his staff — Gawker Media is a business. — That's the message that C.E.O. Nick Denton had for his editorial employees yesterday …
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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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@mattbuchanan, @jonathanmahler, Slate and CNBC
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.
Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
How to Rage-Quit Your Prestigious Media Job on Principle
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Vox, @jordanm1125 and @kbsmoke
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AP to Put Nearly 17,000 Hours of Archival News Footage on YouTube — News org, together with British Movietone, aims to promote licensing deals with filmmakers for video segments — The Associated Press is uploading more than 550,000 video clips to YouTube — covering news events dating back to 1895 …
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Guardian, FishbowlNY, 9to5Google, The Next Web, The Independent, Associated Press, City A.M., Broadcasting & Cable and Poynter
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.
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Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Worries grow about freelance Japanese journalist in Syria — 1 photo — TOKYO (AP) — Worries are growing about the whereabouts of a freelance Japanese journalist, last heard from one month ago in war-torn Syria, where reporting assignments have become among the most precarious in the world.
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Alistair Dawber / The Independent:
Three Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria
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Al Jazeera English, Daily Mail, UPI, Wall Street Journal, @angelmsastre and Reuters
Facebook Media:
Facebook now lets Page owners restrict their videos' audience by age and gender, add custom video thumbnails, and label videos based on interest categories — Customization and Control: New Tools for Video Publishers — We're building tools to help video publishers grow their businesses on Facebook …
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SocialTimes, Search Engine Journal, BetaNews, Marketing Land, The Next Web, Mashable, The Next Web and VentureBeat
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times to offer articles through Starbucks' mobile app beginning in 2016, loyalty members to earn rewards for digital and print subscriptions — Some New York Times Articles to Appear Free on Starbucks App — Starbucks and The New York Times Company announced on Tuesday …
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Medium Hanging Fruit, Poynter, Ubergizmo, The Seattle Times, Engadget, Starbucks Newsroom, GeekWire, The Next Web and @claesbell
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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Engadget, Multichannel News, Variety, @brendansasso, @jcahealey, Forbes, Radio & Television …, Fortune, Re/code, NPR, Politico, Ars Technica, TIME, The Verge and USA Today
Brent Lang / Variety:
Digital network CryptTV, co-founded by director Eli Roth, to produce live, Snapchat-based murder mystery show this Sunday — Eli Roth Producing Snapchat Murder Mystery — Snapchat users will be able to figure out if the butler did it in real time. — In an intriguing, digital era twist …
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EW.com, Dread Central, Co.Create, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Just Jared and The Next Web
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.
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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
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Advanced Television
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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