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Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Reddit to launch voting and comment free news site Upvoted with editorial team curating/creating content that will be added to Reddit forum for voting, 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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Jessi Hempel / Wired:
Behind Steve Huffman's return to Reddit as CEO following the moderator revolt and Ellen Pao's departure — Inside Reddit's Plan to Recover From Its Epic Meltdown — It began on the Thursday night that much of Reddit—the eleventh biggest site on the American Internet …
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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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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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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror explores plan to stop readers using ad-blocking software — Dominic Ponsford's blog - — Trinity Mirror is reportedly exploring ways of banning its website readers from using ad-blocking software on iPhones and iPads. — The move, by the biggest publisher of regional newspapers …
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Jared Newman / Fast Company:
Roku announces Roku 4 with 4K, voice search, and remote locator, and OS 7 with bookmarking and universal search; pre-order now, available Oct. for $130 — Roku Is Solving The Most Frustrating Thing About Streaming TV Boxes — Tell me if this sounds familiar: You're browsing around on a Roku …
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
The Economist deputy editor Tom Standage on mobile, bundled subscriptions, and why display ads are unsustainable as a business model — Print is ‘just another device’ at The Economist — The weekly publication turned 172 years old in September. Deputy editor Tom Standage explains …
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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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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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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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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