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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Pandora shares fall more than 30% after company reports quarterly loss of $85M — Pandora investors are losing faith in its ability to compete — Long before there was a Spotify or an Apple Music, there was Pandora. One of the earliest streaming music services, it was founded in 2000 …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
More articles are shared via text than Twitter, email, or Facebook in BuzzFeed's News app — You're probably underestimating how much your articles are being shared via text message — Last fall, in our Predictions for 2015 package, Jamie Mottram of Gannett predicted we'd see an increase in SMS sharing.
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Adam Popescu / The Verge:
Medium's next phase will be facilitating connections between writers and brands, CEO Ev Williams says — Ev Williams on Medium's future, his new venture fund, and listening to his gut — Ev Williams has said that Medium is a platform, not a publisher. Despite its title and apparent initial focus …
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Financial Times, @glecharles and The Next Web
Columbia Journalism Review:
BuzzFeed's plans for native political ads and conflicting consumer perceptions may lead to confusion, potentially misleading readers — Do BuzzFeed's native political ads cross a line? — A major player in the explosion of online native ads, BuzzFeed is perhaps the most prominent outlet yet …
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@cjr, the Econsultancy blog, @lhorwich, @joelcifer and @cjr
BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed News Reporter Assaulted At Rally Of Jewish Extremists In Paris — “I know who you are, I'll tell them that you're here.” — BuzzFeed Rédactrice en chef, France — Protestors assaulted a BuzzFeed News reporter in Paris Thursday at a rally organized by the Jewish Defense League …
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Guardian, The Wrap, Gawker, @mlcalderone and Poynter
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
A solo Bill Simmons nets 4 million podcast downloads in less than a month — Bill Simmons' podcast may no longer have the promotional muscle of ESPN behind it, but that doesn't mean Simmons is struggling now that he's on his own. — Simmons debuted his new podcast, “The Bill Simmons Show” on October 1 and has since been on a tear.
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@thefix and @bmccandless
Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:
Investor group led by Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh secures control of studio in bankruptcy hearing — Kavanaugh-Led Group Clinches Control of Relativity — Hollywood studio now separate entity from TV business, which was sold to senior lenders — Investors led by Relativity Media LLC's founder …
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PR Newswire, New York Post, Deadline, Variety, Variety, bizjournals, The Wrap, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Variety
First Look Media:
First Look Media's litigation fund donates $75K to Mother Jones to help offset $650K in unreimbursed legal fees from VanderSloot lawsuit — First Look Media Grants $74,999 to Mother Jones in the Fight for a Free Press — Today, First Look Media's Press Freedom Litigation Fund announces …
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Mother Jones, @jeremymbarr and @ggreenwald
Véronique Hyland / New York Magazine:
Kate Lanphear Will Step Down As Maxim EIC — Kate Lanphear's bold experiment at Maxim sounds like it has run its course. The T and ELLE vet and O.G. street-style star is stepping down from her editor-in-chief position, per a release from the magazine. Lanphear has been in the job …
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MediaPost, FishbowlNY, New York Post, WWD, Wall Street Journal, Fashionista, Racked, Jezebel and Politico
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Lena Dunham's Lenny is the first celebrity-run site that might threaten traditional media outlets as the Internet increasingly displaces the middleman press — Lena Dunham and Lenny: Self-Publishing Celebrities as News Competition — Few would doubt Lena Dunham has many awards coming …
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London Evening Standard, ELLE and @awallenstein
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Q&A with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff on valuations, acquisitions, and partnerships with large media corporations — Media People: Vox Media's Jim Bankoff — Jim Bankoff, chairman and chief executive officer of Vox Media, isn't exactly a typical start-up ceo.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fired Los Angeles Times publisher Austin Beutner urges local ownership of newspapers but says he's not involved in ongoing talks to buy paper — Fired Los Angeles Times publisher urges local ownership — Austin Beutner, the Los Angeles Times publisher who was recently fired by Tribune Publishing …
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Chicago Tribune, 89.3 KPCC, LA Observed, @daviduberti, @daviduberti, @brianstelter, Politico, FishbowlNY and @lemonverbena_