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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
A Three-Way Mostly Civilized Family Contest To Become The Next Publisher Of The Times — The issue of succession is a difficult matter not just for family-run businesses but for the families that run them. Take the Murdochs, for instance. Or the Binghams, the Kentucky newspaper clan that imploded in the 1980s.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Post-UVA scandal and amidst falling newsstand sales, Rolling Stone tries to expand further into digital — Rolling Stone Moves Beyond the Fray — Gus Wenner is 25, not much older than his father, Jann S. Wenner, was when he started Rolling Stone in 1967.
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Despite upsurge in mobile traffic, publishers say mobile ad dollars are lagging — Mobile Readers Abound; the Ads, Not So Much — Traditional and online publishers are struggling to cash in on their surging mobile traffic, raising questions about their future growth as consumers increasingly turn …
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Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Russia tells ISPs to block Wikipedia after site editors refuse to delete article about charas, a form of hashish — Russia Says It's Banning Wikipedia — The site faces a total block after Wikipedia editors failed to comply with a court decision in a remote village.
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Guardian:
Following US shutdown in June, Twitter blocks 31 Diplotwoops and Politwoops accounts archiving deleted tweets of politicians, diplomats, and embassies globally — Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops — Group that archives deleted tweets from legislators has its access to social network shut off
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Flipboard launches short silent Cinema Loop video ads — Flipboard is expanding its promoted stories program to now include videos. Starting today, brands can submit their television-quality commercials and bring them to the digital magazine app. These video ads will feature Cinema Loops …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Audience for New York Times newsletters ranges from tens of thousands to millions — How The New York Times gets a 70 percent open rate on its newsletters — The New York Times has caught the newsletter fever. In the past year, it has launched a dozen of them — it now has a total of 33.
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Wall Street Journal:
Warner Bros. in Talks to Make Movies in China — Joint venture would produce local-language films for Asian audience — Rather than wait for China to open its doors to Hollywood, Warner Bros. is making a big play to take up residency in China. — The Time Warner Inc. -owned studio …
Kara Newhouse / ivoh:
How The Christian Science Monitor is helping readers bridge the gap between content & action — Screengrab from The Christian Science Monitor's “Take Action” website. — By Kara Newhouse — Kara is an education reporter for Lancaster Newspapers, a creator of the Faces of Mental Health Recovery project …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Neil Young's Pono Struggles With Funding, Searches for New CEO — Neil Young's music tech startup Pono is struggling with funding issues, which is slowing down the company's international expansion, the rock legend revealed in a Facebook post. “We are trying to set up stores in multiple countries …
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Dish's Sling TV glitches again during AMC's ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ premiere — Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) continues to grapple with technical challenges as it tries to live-stream popular programming events through its Sling TV service. — The latest glitch occurred Sunday evening …
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Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Comparisons of mobile news page load times with and without Crystal content blocker show speed to come with iOS9 ad blocking — iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile Web: I've tried it — The next version of iOS comes with a major new feature called 'content blockers …
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