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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Denton sought advice and possible financial backing from Mark Cuban and Pierre Omidyar as he considers diluting his financial risk in Gawker — Is This Nick Denton's Exit Strategy From Gawker? — Today the controversy-beset website moved to new offices.
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Politico, Capital New York, @clarajeffery, Jezebel, @jyarow and Newsworks.org
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Leah Finnegan to leave Gawker amid buyouts
Leah Finnegan to leave Gawker amid buyouts
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@leahfinnegan, WWD, @leahfinnegan, @choire and @yesasingenghis
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
William Arkin, founder of Gawker's national security site, first staffer to take buyout
William Arkin, founder of Gawker's national security site, first staffer to take buyout
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Cryptome, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Wrap, @warkin and New York Times
Madeline Welsh / Nieman Lab:
How New York magazine used Instagram and Tumblr to promote and share its Bill Cosby story after a DDoS attack — So a hacker brought down your news site. Now what? New York magazine found out today — So let's say you're a New York-based publication which has just published the words …
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Quartz, New York Times, Detroit Free Press, Subtraction.com + Feed, The Verge, Mommyish and Daily Mail
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William Turton / The Daily Dot:
New York Magazine's site is down, Twitter user claims he launched DDOS attack on it; Update: the site is now up
New York Magazine's site is down, Twitter user claims he launched DDOS attack on it; Update: the site is now up
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New York Magazine, Fortune, Jezebel, Talking Points Memo, Vox, The New York Observer, The Federalist, @jeffjarvis, Poynter, Fusion, Digiday, Salon, Gothamist, Business Insider, Paper, Slate, CNNMoney, Mediaite, FishbowlNY, The Week, VentureBeat, The Wrap, @tombreihan, @pappademas, @kurafire, @pomeranian99, @planetoffinks, @lheron, @byjoelanderson, @russfischer, @_alastair, @clumsyandshy, @max_read, @samuelaadams, @mhess4, @harrisj, @buzz, @notscientific and @j_zimms
Gus Lubin / Tech Insider:
Business Insider launches new tech site, Tech Insider, with original reporting by 30+ journalists on tech, science, innovation, culture — Welcome to Tech Insider! — There has never been a better time to be alive. — Contrary to what you might have heard, people are healthier, safer, happier, and smarter than ever.
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Wall Street Journal, @lmoses, @evelynrusli, @techinsider, @jyarow, @stevekovach, @meliarobin, Talking Biz News, @jyarow, @stevekovach, @davemosher, @jyarow, @gaberivera and @hblodget
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Increasing competition on the web, pressure to break scoops led to mistakes on Clinton story — A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next? — The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snapchat Adds BuzzFeed, iHeartRadio to Discover Lineup After Dropping Yahoo, Warner Music — Snapchat has slotted in BuzzFeed and music-streaming service iHeartRadio to its Discover media section, after removing launch partners Yahoo and Warner Music Group from the lineup.
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Digiday, Re/code, Ad Age, Adweek, WWD, Business Wire, The FADER and The Next Web
Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ESPN could one day be sold direct to consumers, but not within next five years — Disney CEO Iger: ESPN could one day be sold direct — Walt Disney chief Bob Iger said Monday he sees ESPN as a media property that could be eventually sold directly to consumers …
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit Head of Community Jessica Moreno has left company two weeks after content policy change — Two Weeks After Content Policy Update, Reddit's Head of Community, Jessica Moreno, Has Left the Company — Reddit's head of community, Jessica Moreno, has left the company.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Smoking Gun: MPAA Emails Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ — If you talk to the reporters who work for various big media companies, they insist that they have true editorial independence from the business side of their companies.
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Digital Trends, Android Central, @xor, @mylittlepwnies3 and TorrentFreak
Sage Lazzaro / The New York Observer:
Vice's female-focused channel, Broadly, sets Aug. 3 launch date, releases promo video — Vice Drops Promo Video, Launch Date for New Female-Focused Channel ‘Broadly’ — The site will begin covering women's news full-time August 3 — The opening scene in the content tease video just released for Broadly.
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Business Insider
Dino Grandoni / New York Times:
Podcasts, which aren't regulated by the FCC, are blurring the line between sponsors and stories — Ads for Podcasts Test the Line Between Story and Sponsor — For the last several months, Lisa Chow, a reporter for and co-host of “StartUp,” a podcast about starting a business, has been interviewing engineers at Ford Motor.
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Nieman Lab, @kjblank80 and @gracehood
Anita Powell / Voice of America:
As Obama Visits, Rights Groups Decry Treatment of Media in Ethiopia — Journalist Reeyot Alemu said U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to see the real Ethiopia during a historic state visit to the East African powerhouse. — Until earlier this month, the award-winning reporter …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Today Show co-anchor Al Roker's production company to launch three new shows about cooking on Meerkat this week — Al Roker Offers Forecast of TV's Future With Trio of Meerkat Programs — Al Roker is reaching from the solid ground of NBC's “Today” to the shakier terrain of TV's future.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google is splitting Google+ from all its products, starting with YouTube; Google account is all you will need to log in — Google+ and YouTube are finally splitting up — Google is officially divorcing Google+ profiles from its other, more popular services.
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YouTube Blog, Variety, Official Google Blog, TechCrunch, Consumerist, Tubefilter, USA Today, Engadget, New York Times, Android Police, Ars Technica, CNET, Business Insider and VentureBeat