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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 …
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Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Former University of Virginia Fraternity Members Sue Rolling Stone — The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. — Three former members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia filed a lawsuit against Rolling Stone …
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Sources: NBCUniversal close to investing $250M in BuzzFeed at a $1.5B valuation, also investing in Vox Media at a $850M valuation — NBCUniversal Poised to Make Big Investments in BuzzFeed and Vox Media — NBCUniversal is close to a deal to invest $250 million in BuzzFeed …
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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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Arthur Gregg Sulzberger Named Associate Editor — New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet announced that Arthur Gregg Sulzberger has been promoted to Associate Editor in a memo to staff. The memo follows: — Mapping Our Strategy: A.G. Sulzberger — Effective immediately, A.G. Sulzberger will be an Associate Editor.
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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.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner Cable Misses Q2 Estimates, Hurt by Rising TV Programming Costs — Time Warner Cable, target of a pending takeover by John Malone-backed Charter Communications, posted revenue and earnings below analyst expectations for the second quarter of 2015 — even though the cable operator touted …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Former ‘Top Gear’ Hosts to Launch Series on Amazon — 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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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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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.
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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.
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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 …
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