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Jay Carney / Medium:
New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud — What The New York Times Didn't Tell You — “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
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Dean Baquet / Medium:
NYT Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to Jay Carney's post, says that the former Amazon employee he said left over allegations of fraud disputes the claim — Dean Baquet Responds To Jay Carney's Medium Post — In response to your posting on Medium this morning, I want to reiterate …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Amazon's PR response against The New York Times turns into a war of words on Medium as Amazon discredits a former employee — Amazon's weak attack on the New York Times — Jay Carney, senior vice president for global corporate affairs at Amazon, has written a piece on Medium blasting …
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Marty Baron / Washington Post:
Kevin Merida steps down as Washington Post Managing Editor, joins ESPN as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated — Kevin Merida to step down as managing editor of The Washington Post — Executive Editor Martin Baron sent the following announcement to staff:
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Profile of Cory Haik, executive director of emerging news products at the Washington Post — Meet the woman who's driving digital experimentation at The Washington Post — Lunch has arrived at a West Village restaurant, but before Cory Haik digs in, she does something a 20-year-old might do …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
The women in the van: the overwhelmingly female press corps covering Clinton's campaign for presidency — The women in the van — Hillary Clinton attracts a rarity on the campaign trail — an overwhelmingly female press corps.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M — Time Inc. Buys Hello Giggles — Website operator focuses on pop culture, beauty, lifestyle topics of interest to younger women — Seeking to broaden its appeal to younger women …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Media Network get $1.3M from Knight to speed up digital adoption in newsrooms — Knight is giving $1.3 million to help 3 legacy newsrooms ‘speed up digital adoption’ — Temple University's School of Media and Communication will work …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Martin Sorrell on newspaper digital ad slowdown: ‘paywalls are the way to go’ — WPP chief says publishers cannot rely solely on digital advertising, adding that his marketing services group is re-evaluating its spend on Google and Facebook — Sir Martin Sorrell has said that the slowdown …
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James Andrew Miller / Vanity Fair:
Sources: After Bill Simmons' departure, chaos, climate of fear, and uncertain future at Grantland — Can ESPN Solve Its Grantland Problem? — Months after ousting founder Bill Simmons, a staff exodus may have begun at the once-buzzy sports-and-culture site.
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead says local newspapers have not been enthusiastic about BBC's scheme to fund 100 local journalists — BBC Trust chair: ‘not a huge appetite’ from press for local journalists plan — Rona Fairhead says there is no evidence the BBC has crowded out local media …
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Gawker Media's president of advertising and partnerships, Andrew Gorenstein, is leaving; Michael Kuntz is promoted to SVP of global sales and partnerships — Gawker Media Ads Boss Andrew Gorenstein Is Out — It was just a few months ago when two of Gawker Media's top editorial employees resigned …