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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Months after a retracted UVA rape story that spurred lawsuits, Rolling Stone Managing Editor Will Dana is leaving — Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart — Will Dana, the managing editor of Rolling Stone, will leave the magazine, just months after a controversial article …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Staff of Guardian US votes unanimously to unionize under the News Media Guild — Guardian US Votes Unanimously To Unionize — Labor organizing is sweeping through newsrooms. So who's next? — NEW YORK - The staff of the Guardian US voted unanimously Wednesday to unionize under the News Media Guild …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Guardian News & Media reports 20% increase in digital revenues to £82.1M YoY, losses down to £19.1M — Guardian and Observer publisher reduces losses as digital revenues rise — Guardian News & Media reports digital revenues rose 20% from £68.3m to £82.1m in the year to the end of March
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Press Gazette, Financial Times, Guardian, @alexgspence and Mediatel
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
There's a Facebook group to help journalists figure out their plan B — Last May, Russ Kendall learned that another friend and journalist had been laid off. Linda Epstein, McClatchy-Tribune Wire's senior photo editor for 15 years, would lose her job in July when the company shuttered its wire service.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Study: Shutdown of Google News and other aggregators in Spain hurt news sites' traffic, ad revenue, and new and smaller publishers — Study Of Spain's ‘Google Tax’ On News Shows How Much Damage It Has Done — As you may recall, governments across Europe, generally at the behest …
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@tolles
Haitham El-Tabei / Agence France-Presse:
Egypt court postpones Al-Jazeera retrial verdict — Cairo (AFP) - An Egyptian court postponed Thursday its verdict in the retrial of three Al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood, in a case that has sparked a global outcry.
Discussion:
Guardian, Associated Press, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, Business Standard, BBC, Globe and Mail, CTVNews, News24, DW.COM, NPR and Sydney Morning Herald
Chris Sutcliffe / TheMediaBriefing:
News UK CMO Chris Duncan on turning a subscription into a relationship — Chris Duncan, chief marketing officer for News UK, will be appearing on a panel at TheMediaBriefing's Monetising Media conference which takes place from 21st - 23rd October 2015 in London.
Randy Kennedy / New York Times:
Art in America Sold to ARTnews Owner — Two of the most venerable American art publications will now be owned by the same company and will be merged into a single entity online. — Peter Brant, the contemporary art collector and publisher, announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to sell Art in America …
Discussion:
Business Wire, Reuters and Media Wire Daily
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Naritiv offers representation and access to brands for Snapchat's emerging stars — Like YouTube, Snapchat is getting content networks — If there's a social platform with hundreds of million of users, you can bet someone will try to build a business on top of it.
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@digiday
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Former ‘Top Gear’ Hosts to Launch New Auto Series for Amazon Prime — The controversial ex-hosts of the long-running British television show “Top Gear” are headed to Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Instant Video service to create a new automotive series, people familiar with the matter said.
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Guardian, Thomson IR, Forbes, Business Insider, Variety, The Next Web and Engadget
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Derek Jeter talks about The Players' Tribune, now with contributions from nearly 300 athletes and an average of 1.1M unique viewers/month for first half of 2015 — Derek Jeter, The Aspiring Media Mogul (Who Dislikes Media), Reveals Next Big Swing — On a warm Tuesday evening in mid-July …
Discussion:
Business Insider and FishbowlNY
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
New Breed of Digital Publishers Just Say No to Ad Tech … Today's new breed of digital publishers is just not that into ad tech. — Indeed, the much hyped cadre of venture-backed, Web-born, and millennially-inclined publishers — think Vox Media, Mic and Refinery29 …
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AdExchanger and Street Fight
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