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Derek Mead / Motherboard:
Vice Media's Motherboard is switching off comments, adds letters to the editor section — We're Replacing Comments with Something Better — As a kid, whenever I'd get some BMX or car magazine in the mail, I'd always dive in first to the letters to the editor.
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Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Reddit launching Upvoted.com, a news site with a small editorial team that curates stories from Reddit, with no voting or comments — No comments allowed on Reddit's new news site ‘Upvoted’ — Reddit's got problems. It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.
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Los Angeles Times:
Lionsgate and Starz in advanced merger talks, sources say — Movie and television studio Lionsgate cemented its mini-major status in Hollywood with “The Hunger Games,” and now its appetite is being tested. — The Santa Monica studio is in advanced talks to merge with movie channel Starz …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
DailyMail.com North America CEO Jon Steinberg to step down at end of 2015, as company focuses on organic growth rather than acquisitions and new partnerships — DailyMail.com's North America Chief Is Out — Jon Steinberg will step down at the end of the year after 18 months on the job
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Yuras Karmanau / Associated Press:
Belarusian media claim gov't attack on their websites — MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian independent media outlets on Monday accused the government of blocking their websites less than a week before presidential elections, describing it as an attack against free press.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
RedState Names Leon Wolf Managing Editor As Erick Erickson Prepares Exit — NEW YORK — RedState named Leon Wolf as its new managing editor Monday as longtime editor Erick Erickson transitions out of his role leading the influential conservative news and opinion site.
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Los Angeles Times:
Bankruptcy judge backs Relativity Media plan to sell TV assets to creditors — A bankruptcy judge Monday gave preliminary approval to a plan to sell the television assets of Relativity Media to a group of secured creditors while the company's flamboyant founder, Ryan Kavanaugh, tries to reorganize the rest of Relativity.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AwesomenessTV partners with Endemol for international expansion, will launch channels in at least five overseas markets including the UK and France — AwesomenessTV Pacts With Endemol Shine for International Expansion — Teen-focused digital media company AwesomenessTV is coming …
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Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
Two-thirds of micropayments paywall startup Blendle's users are under 35 — Blendle Is Up To Something Big — The Dutch micropayment platform for articles is taking off in spectacular fashion. Its foray into the German market delivers another proof of publishers' interest in the kind of business model Blendle embodies.
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J.M. Porup / Motherboard:
Security experts express concern about Reporta, IWMF's new safety app for journalists, citing lack of HTTPS by default on website, other issues — This New ‘Secure’ App for Journalists May Not Be Secure At All — When I started working as a journalist in Colombia in 2006 …
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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins says company is still searching for an original series hit, isn't planning international expansion for now — Hulu CEO ‘Looking’ at New Markets, Holding Off Expansion for Now — Hulu's CEO still searching for a defining hit like ‘Sopranos’ — Hopkins says ‘South Park,’ ‘Mad Men’ changed companies
Dean Baquet / New York Times:
New York Times announces it has 2.1M subscribers across print and digital; more subs now than at any other time during its 164-year history — The New York Times Reaches a Milestone, Thanks to Our Readers — When the Supreme Court issued its historic rulings this year on same-sex marriage …
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