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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed withdraws from SXSW after two panels related to gaming and online harassment were cancelled due to threats of violence — BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels — BuzzFeed plans to withdraw its participation from the South by Southwest Interactive festival …
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously — After the organizers of the SXSW conference canceled an anti-harassment panel due to alleged Gamergate-related “threats of violence,” Vox Media is reevaluating its participation in the SXSW conference.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Lena Dunham teams up with Hearst Magazines to monetize Lenny Letter — Before “Girls” creator Lena Dunham became the latest celebrity to launch a newsletter, she hinted that it would eventually be accompanied by some form of advertising. — Nearly a month after the debut of Lenny Letter …
James Vincent / The Verge:
European Parliament rejects amendments protecting net neutrality — The EU has rejected legal amendments that would firmly protect the concept of net neutrality in Europe. The European Parliament voted in favor of the new regulation which proponents says establish an internet …
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Julia Reda, Ars Technica UK, EU Press Room, Medium, BBC, Guardian, TechCrunch, Gizmodo UK, DSLreports, Techdirt and Wired.co.uk
New York Times Company:
The New York Times Company Names Nick Rockwell Chief Technology Officer — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company today announced that Nick Rockwell has been named chief technology officer, effective November 16. Mr. Rockwell will be responsible for all technology operations …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Comcast revenue jumps 11% to $18.7B, broadcast television revenue and cable network revenue up 11.3% and 7% respectively — Comcast Revenue Jumps 11% to $18.7 Billion — Comcast, the cable and entertainment conglomerate, reported an 11 percent increase in revenue to nearly $18.7 billion during …
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R. Blake Paterson / The Crimson:
Harvard gets two new student-run online publications, The Tab and Once Daily, a site publishing one must-read story a day — Students Launch Two New Online Publications — As editors of traditional news outlets nationwide debate industry “disruption” and new web outlets crop up every day …
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Erik Sass / MediaPost:
McClatchy reports Q3 revenue of $258.1M, down 7% YoY, with falling ad and circulation sales — McClatchy Newspaper Revs Down Again, Digital Ads Up — Third-quarter results from McClatchy Co. — publisher of the Miami Herald and the Sacramento Bee among other newspapers …
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in a few weeks — Google Brings Podcasting to Play Music, Swinging at Apple's Dominance — From their earliest days, podcasts were linked closely to Apple. Their very name came from an Apple product: iPod.
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@mhbergen, Official Android Blog, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Android Police, 9to5Google, @mlieber, The Next Web, The Verge and Engadget
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
A behind the scenes look in the WDBJ newsroom on the day two staff members, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were fatally shot — The day that changed WDBJ — The August murders of two Virginia journalists shocked the country, in part because viewers saw the shootings happen on live television.
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@jmsummers, @carolinelinton, @arashmadani, @jamiestelter, @brianstelter and TVSpy
Hadas Gold / Politico:
National Journal to shed 25 percent of staff in shift to subscription model — <p>National Journal is cutting its staff by 25 percent mostly through buyouts and will return to a subscriber only model, National Journal owner Atlantic Media announced on Tuesday.
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Washington Post, Media Wire Daily, FishbowlDC, Poynter, @emmaroller, @hadas_gold and @ericmgarcia
Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
How a reporter at a Chicago niche nonprofit uncovered a corruption story that prompted a federal investigation and was missed by bigger news outlets — How This Reporter Uncovered A Corruption Scandal Everyone Missed — Sarah Karp asked other journalists to follow up on her work, but they didn't take her up on it.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Q3 earnings: profits of $0.10/share against $0.05/share expected, 320M MAUs including Fast Followers, a 4M gain; stock down over 10% on lower guidance — Twitter Expects Lower Sales Current Quarter as User Growth Stagnates — Twitter reassured investors earlier this month that its Q3 financials would be on target.
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