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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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The New Republic, @adamweinstein, @mattbuchanan, @jonathanmahler, Slate and CNBC
Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times denies Nick Denton's claim that reporters' beats are changed to satisfy advertisers — N.Y. Times denies Gawker allegation — The New York Times is denying Gawker founder Nick Denton's assertion that they move their reporters to different beats to appease advertisers.
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@hadas_gold and @petersterne
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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Capital New York, @leahbeckmann, E&, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan, @leahfinnegan and Wall Street Journal
Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
How to Rage-Quit Your Prestigious Media Job on Principle
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Vox, @jordanm1125, @kbsmoke and @rubinafillion
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Simmons to host weekly series on HBO debuting next year, deal includes work with HBO Sports, video podcasts and other digital platforms — Bill Simmons Lands at HBO With Multi-Platform Deal — Bill Simmons, the well-known “sports guy” who departed ESPN amid clashes with the network's top brass, has found his next perch: HBO.
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New York Times, Re/code, Deadline, SI.com, Hollywood Reporter, Associated Press, Talking Points Memo, Financial Times and Poynter
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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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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, @niemanlab, The Independent, Associated Press, 9to5Google, City A.M., Poynter, The Next Web and Broadcasting & Cable
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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Committee to Protect …, Al Jazeera English, Daily Mail, UPI, Wall Street Journal, @angelmsastre, Hurriyet Daily News 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, The Next Web, Marketing Land, Mashable, The Next Web and VentureBeat
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch said to have asked Roger Ailes to back off Trump coverage, took to social media when Ailes refused — Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He's Got to Rein In Roger Ailes — Has Fox News spun out of the media mogul's control? — Shares
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New York Times, @mlcalderone, @gabrielsherman, The Daily Caller and Fox News
BBC:
Andy Coulson ordered to pay £150,000 prosecution costs — Andy Coulson served five months of an 18-month sentence in jail — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been ordered to pay £150,000 prosecution costs after his 2014 conviction for phone hacking.
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, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Just Jared, Co.Create, The Next Web and Dread Central
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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Poynter, Engadget, Medium Hanging Fruit, The Seattle Times, Starbucks Newsroom, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, The Next Web and @claesbell
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