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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Medium says it raised $57M in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, at a $400M valuation according to sources — Ev Williams's Medium Raises $57 Million for the ‘Best Stories and Ideas on the Internet’ — Medium, the publishing platform hatched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams …
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Business Insider, @pkafka, TechCrunch, Fortune, @pmarca, The Next Web, VentureBeat, @producthunt and @mccarthyryanj
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
Ta-Nehisi Coates is among 24 recipients of genius grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation — ‘Geniuses’ Revealed — The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates is among this year's 24 recipients of “genius” grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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@tanehisicoates, New York Times, @justinwolfers, @antderosa and @mathewi
Sam Biddle / Gawker:
App Store removes app with push notifications for drone strikes due to “excessively crude or objectionable content” — Apple: Drone Strikes Are Offensive, Farts and Poop Are Cool — Apple has for many years attempted to project its incoherent definition of decency onto iPhone users, typically when it comes to sex.
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@earino, @damjanski, @headhntr, @ryantate and WebProNews
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Content Next study: fraudulent traffic is 2.8% at member sites like Conde Nast, ESPN, Vox Media, CBS, NBCUniversal, NYT, vs. 11% on wider Web — Big Publishers' Fraud Rate is 2.8%, Wider Web's is 11%, Studies Say — Online media companies aim to distance themselves from ad fraud
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Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin says mobile devices are used mainly as search tools, are not suitable replacements for newspapers — Trib Publishing's Griffin plays digital catch-up … For a man leading a digital revolution, Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin is surprisingly sanguine about the enduring value of newspapers.
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Re/code, Yahoo! Finance, @pkafka, @sarahw, LA Observed, @mathewi, @kevinroose and @rustyk5
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
The Daily News Layoffs and Digital Shift May Signal the Tabloid Era's End — When it was over and the feature page was gone, dozens of reporters had been fired and the morning assignment editor was shown the door only minutes after handing out the morning's first assignments, The Daily News …
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The Awl, SPLICETODAY.com, The Wrap, Adweek, @nycjamescobb, @jonlemire, @jayrosen_nyu, @lauradimon and @juliamanhattan
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Over 200 Financial Times journalists sign a letter calling for Nikkei to formalize guarantee of editorial independence — Financial Times staff back call for Nikkei guarantee of independence — More than 200 journalists sign letter asking paper's new owners to meet senior staff and NUJ representatives to discuss concerns
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Talking Biz News
Erik Pedersen / Deadline:
PBS Dominates News & Documentary Emmys; CBS Leads Broadcast Nets — PBS dominated the 36th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, which were doled out tonight at at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall in Manhattan. The pubcaster lapped the field with 17 trophies, nearly doubling runner-up CBS' nine.
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CBS News, Variety, CBC News and @dicktofel
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon's go90 Mobile Video Service Signs Up Publicis in Exclusive Ad Deal — Nearly $50 million, yearlong pact includes an exclusive three-month window — Verizon Communications ' new mobile content service go90 is only just starting to lure users after kicking off a beta test a few weeks ago.
Discussion:
Ad Age and Multichannel News
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
BuzzFeed news app to launch interview series with Presidential candidates at US colleges, will share video clips via Snapchat instead of TV — BuzzFeed college tour to feature Hillary Clinton — BuzzFeed is launching an interview series with 2016 presidential candidates …
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American Press Institute
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Variety:
Trevor Noah Vows to ‘Continue the War on Bull—’ in ‘Daily Show’ Opening — Trevor Noah spent his first four minutes as host of “The Daily Show” paying tribute to his predecessor Jon Stewart and acknowledging the debate that ensued over who should succeed Stewart at the helm of the Comedy Central franchise.
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The Wrap, CNNMoney, The Wrap, EW.com and Washington Post
Ad Age:
Reader's Digest Association changes name to Trusted Media Brands to reflect its ownership of 52 websites — Reader's Digest Association Drops Reader's Digest From the Company Name — Bonnie Kintzer was running her own marketing agency in 2013 when she got a call from her old boss …
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Folio, FishbowlNY, @benmullin and Media Wire Daily
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Pocket FM portable transmitter spreads FM signal over 6 km radius for people in crisis areas — This portable FM transmitter brings information to people in crisis — “When there is no existing infrastructure that is stable for any kind of media, we thought, let's come back to good old radio …
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