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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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Brent Lang / Variety:
Digital network CryptTV, co-founded by actor and 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.
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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David Pierce / Wired:
Behind the launch of Discover Weekly, Spotify's new personalized playlist — Inside Spotify's Hunt for the Perfect Playlist — What kind of music do you listen to? Your answer is probably something like, “Oh, a little bit of everything.” Or maybe, “Anything but country and metal.” (And polka.
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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 …
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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