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Dylan Byers / Politico:
LA Times marketing VP Johanna Maska leaves, sources say layoffs and buyouts likely for 50 positions — L.A. Times marketing VP Johanna Maska departs in wake of publisher's firing — Johanna Maska, the former Obama White House aide who joined The Los Angeles Times just over four months ago …
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Marni Usheroff / Los Angeles Business Journal stories:
Broad Says Tribune Solicited Offer for L.A. Times — Billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad confirmed Wednesday that he made an offer to buy the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union Tribune, saying the offer was solicited by Tribune Publishing Co. Chairman Eddy Hartenstein.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
News Executive Patricia Fili-Krushel Leaving NBC Universal — “We said maybe it's time we part ways.” — Shares — As Brian Williams returns from embellishment exile and David Gregory speaks out, another central character in the NBC News drama is exiting the stage: former NBC News Chairwoman Patricia Fili-Krushel.
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Fox Says It Won't Interfere With National Geographic's Editorial Content — Susan Goldberg is optimistic about the blockbuster deal 21st Century Fox and National Geographic announced this morning—Fox will pay $725 million for 73 percent of a new for-profit entity that will unite …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
21st Century Fox to take majority control of National Geographic in $725M deal, Declan Moore named CEO
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Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
The Washington Post Has Begun Blocking The Ad Blockers — Another skirmish in web media's forever war. — Washington Post / Via washingtonpost.com — It starts with a gentle nudge and ends with a hard block and a demand for cash. The Washington Post has begun intermittently redirecting desktop users …
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Jeremy Barr / Politico:
CEO Guy Vidra won't say whether New Republic is profitable, talks about staff turnover and content marketing as its business model — Guy Vidra says he underestimated the ‘fear’ factor at New Republic — A lot has happened in the space of less than a year, when Guy Vidra joined joined The New Republic …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
What Apple's announcements could mean for news organizations: video apps, new Touch interface, iPads for reporting, faster launch time for Watch news apps — Apple announces an app platform for Apple TV, potentially big for news outlets investing in video — It's early September …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
In August the New York Times ran 14 articles on Sanders, 54 on Clinton, 63 on Trump, and didn't ignore Sanders but was sometimes dismissive — Has The Times Dismissed Bernie Sanders? — For The Times, Bernie Sanders's entry into the presidential race was almost a nonevent.
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Poynter, American Press Institute, @jayrosen_nyu, @lisang and Mediaite
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer acknowledges Facebook's power to affect his company, eyes Snapchat Discover for future growth, denies plans to sell to Viacom or others — Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer Explains the Power of Facebook's ‘Dials’ - (Video) — It's a good thing Ben Lerer has two businesses …
Associated Press:
No charge for journalist China held for online posts in 2013 — BEIJING (AP) — Beijing prosecutors have decided not to indict a Chinese journalist detained more than two years ago during an aggressive government campaign to crack down on online rumors and rein in China's social media.
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Leslie Moonves on battling Netflix, the coming original-content bubble, and 20 years at CBS — When CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves arrived at the company 20 years ago this summer, Clueless and Braveheart were burning up the box office, the “Macarena” virus was just taking hold in dance clubs …
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Multichannel News, @koblin and The Wrap
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
BMI to announce $1B+ revenue for 12 months ending in June, up almost 4% YoY on digital music growth — BMI to Announce It Surpassed $1 Billion in Revenue — The music industry may be struggling to make money in the streaming age, but one part of the business has been growing consistently: payments to songwriters.
Guardian:
More should be done for vital projects that create support for independent, local journalism — Brighter journalism relies on investing in networks that serve communities — We should be doing more for unsexy but vital projects that help create structural support for independent local journalism
Blathnaid Healy / Mashable:
Germany's ‘Bild’ ran an edition without a single photo after Aylan Kurdi backlash — German newspaper Bild wanted to make a point about the backlash it received for printing the photos of a drowned Syrian child last week — so on Tuesday its website and printed edition were published without a single news image.
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