Mediagazer: Sources share the inside story of the Lerer family's The Dodo, with low morale, meddling family members as editors, and purchased Facebook traffic (Sam Biddle/Gawker)

4:40 PM ET, November 11, 2015

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Facebook launches Notify, an iOS app that sends notifications for news and other timely content, with 70 media partners, including CNN, NYT, Hulu, and Techmeme — Here's Notify, Facebook's New Twitter-Like App for Following Publishers — Facebook is already dominating peoples' phone time …

Sam Biddle / Gawker:

Sources share the inside story of the Lerer family's The Dodo, with low morale, meddling family members as editors, and purchased Facebook traffic — How an Animal Lover Turned Her Father's Investment Into The Dodo, a Money-Burning Website With a Miserable Staff

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KC Ifeanyi / Fast Company:

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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:

HarperCollin's HarperOne division starts digital-first fiction imprint, HarperLegend, manuscripts can be submitted online today — HarperOne Starts Digital-First Fiction Imprint — HarperCollins's HarperOne division has launched a new digital-first imprint, HarperLegend.

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Tom Odula / Associated Press:

Kenyan newspaper editor questioned and released over source on security spending — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A leading Kenyan newspaper said Tuesday its parliamentary editor was taken in for questioning and then released over a story on how the security ministry spent $3.8 million in a day.

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Ilaria Maria Sala / Guardian:

Four Hong Kong publishers known for books critical of Chinese regime missing — Rights groups raise alarm for Gui Haiming, last seen travelling to Thailand, Lu Bo and Zhang Zhiping, who headed to China, and missing Lin Rongji — A group of Hong Kong booksellers specialising …

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Andrew Russell / Time Warner Cable Untangled:

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Tyler Kingkade / The Huffington Post:

University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click apologizes for her behavior after watching video of herself — Mizzou Prof Issues Apology For Confrontation With Reporters — A viral video shows her attempting to physically prevent journalists from accessing activists.