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UVA fraternity Phi Kappa Psi sues Rolling Stone for $25M for “A Rape on Campus” story — U-Va. fraternity files $25 million lawsuit against Rolling Stone — The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity chapter at the University of Virginia filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against Rolling Stone magazine …
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CNNMoney, Mediaite, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, The New York Observer, Hollywood Reporter, Poynter and iMediaEthics


Nate Silver accuses Vox of recycling Wikipedia entries — FiveThirtyEight.com boss Nate Silver is a superlative interviewee. He speaks passionately about his history in data journalism, his voyage from online poker whiz to independent blogger to New York Times breakout star to ESPN mainstay.
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@sethamandel and Mediaite


ESPN President John Skipper takes responsibility for closing Grantland, says he didn't grasp bond between Bill Simmons and staff — Exclusive: ESPN President John Skipper on His Decision to Shutter Grantland — From the outset of its Bill Simmons-backed launch in 2011 …
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The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Business Insider, @michele_norris, @jayrosen_nyu, @craigcalcaterra, @ckrewson, The Wrap, FishbowlNY, Mashable, @moorehn, @tcarmody, @film_girl, @film_girl, @mathewi, @samhempel, @nycjim and @jayshams


Referral traffic from Facebook to its top 30 publishers fell 32% between January and October — Facebook's traffic to top publishers fell 32 percent since January — While Facebook makes headlines for cooking up new initiatives with publishers, the actual traffic it's sending those publishers has fallen sharply.
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@gaberivera, Fortune, Medium, @lauraolin and mUmBRELLA

Politico Europe plans to double in size in 2016, announces new London bureau — POLITICO Europe announces expansion plans for 2016 — POLITICO Europe this morning announced plans to double in size in 2016, starting with two significant hires. — Francesco Guerrera has been named Chief …
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Digiday, @guerreraf72, @raju, @kaminskimk, FishbowlNY and @jeffjarvis


Study of European newspapers shows that photo of drowned child led to only a brief shift in reporting of refugee crisis before sympathy dwindled again — Images of drowned boy made only a fleeting change to refugee reporting — Newspapers in western Europe became significantly …
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European Journalism …, @astroehlein and @onthemedia


ESPN's new public editor Jim Brady speaks on role, Grantland and more — Following an 11-month vacancy of its ombudsman position, ESPN last week named longtime digital journalist Jim Brady to be the company's public editor. Brady follows Robert Lipstye in the position …
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@richarddeitsch


Snapchat says it now has 6B daily video views, up from 4B in September, and 2B in May — Snapchat triples video traffic as it closes the gap with Facebook — Snapchat is closing the gap with Facebook in the social networks' battle for scale in video. The number of videos viewed …
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, VatorNews, Digiday, Fortune, @blathnaidhealy, The Next Web, Engadget, AdExchanger, Business Insider, The Verge, Business Pundit and VentureBeat


China grants visas to two New York Times journalists as paper works with Chinese authorities to have other reporters granted entry — New York Times visa gridlock in China loosens a bit — The New York Times is working with Chinese authorities to resolve a diplomatic impasse that prevented …


Major streaming media players reviewed: new Apple TV is best for iOS users, Amazon's Fire TV has the best interface and streaming quality — The ultimate, 10,000-word review of streaming media players: Apple TV vs. Roku 4 vs. Fire TV vs. Chromecast — Television is in flux, right down to what that word even means.
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@evanatmedium, @davidbauer, @kevin2kelly and The Next Web


Vox.com hires Matthew Vree, head of programming at PBS Digital Studios, as executive producer of video — Vox.com Hires Matthew Vree From PBS as Part of Video Expansion — Vox.com has hired Matthew Vree as executive producer of video, who joins the digital-news upstart from PBS Digital Studios, where he headed programming.
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FishbowlNY and The Wrap


Al Jazeera America's general counsel David W. Harleston appears to be unlicensed; network suspends him — General Counsel for Al Jazeera America Appears to Be Unlicensed — David W. Harleston, an executive who serves as general counsel for the media company Al Jazeera America, has had a busy year.
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USA Today, @gabrielmalor, Poynter and Wall Street Journal