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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: Gawker will retool as a politics site, about 10 people will lose jobs in Gawker Media revamp, and licensing of Kinja CMS will be shelved — Gawker Is Said to Retool as Politics Site — Gawker.com, a site that pioneered the knowing and sarcastic tone that has come to define web journalism …
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John Herrman / The Awl:
Memo from Gawker Exec Editor John Cook: Gawker will focus on 2016 campaign, some staffers will leave, Valleywag, Defamer, The Vane, Flight Club, more will fold — Accounts Disabled … From inside Gawker: “We're finding out who got laid off by looking at the list of disabled Slack accounts.
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Gawker Media's New COO Is Josh Albertson, Co-Founder of Curbed — Josh Albertson, co-founder of Vox Media-owned* Curbed, is joining Gawker Media as its new COO. He replaces Scott Kidder, who was part of Gawker for the last decade. Albertson confirmed the news to Re/code.
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Re/code, The Wrap and Fast Company
Patrick Kulp / Mashable:
Edward Snowden says it's your ‘duty’ to install ad blockers — Edward Snowden's embrace of the free flow of information apparently doesn't apply to online ads. — In an interview with The Intercept, the government surveillance whistleblower gave some advice on how average citizens can shield their privacy online.
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The Intercept, Washington Post, @matthijs85, Poynter and @jackmarshall
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tipsy browser extension helps users donate to favorite news sites by recording the time spent and splitting the money accordingly — Tipsy, a simple Chrome extension, bets on readers who want to pay a little for the content they consume — If you could set up recurring donations …
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian thinks customized ads can stem ad blocking — As ad blocking in the U.K. continues to gain traction, The Guardian is eyeing how to create more customized ad experiences that are good enough to combat it. — The details are still being hammered out, but the aim is to provide …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Fusion CEO Isaac Lee will also be chief news and digital officer of Univision — Fusion CEO Isaac Lee is taking on an additional role — he'll be the chief news and digital officer (a newly created position) at Univision, the top media company serving Hispanics in the United States.
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Variety, Broadcasting & Cable and FishbowlNY
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The need to restage scenes for filming virtual reality means the medium may not be appropriate for some journalistic purposes — The Tricky Terrain of Virtual Reality — The arrival of a small cardboard box with last Sunday's Times represented, in its unobtrusive way, a collision of cultures.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Bauer Media suspends publication of men's magazines FHM and ZOO, says men's media habits have moved towards mobile and social — FHM and Zoo magazines to suspend publication — Bauer Media to halt print and digital editions at end of year, saying 'men's media habits have moved towards mobile and social'
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Telegraph, Engadget, Bauer Media, FHM, @drpetra, Mashable, ZOO, @themediatweets, @chrismsutcliffe, Telegraph, @jonrussell and The Independent
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Remembering war photographer Dickey Chapelle, the first female American correspondent killed in combat, 50 years after her death — Remembering ‘fearless’ war photographer Dickey Chapelle — TERRY KOPER STOOD OFF TO THE SIDE, a few feet from the grave, scribbling in his notebook …
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nexstar acquires assets of four West Virginia TV stations for $130M — Nexstar Agrees to Buy Four W. Va. Stations — Pays $130M in deal it calls accretive — Nexstar Broadcasting said it agreed to acquire the assets of four stations in West Virginia for $130 million from West Virginia Media Holdings.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
TiVo CEO Tom Rogers to Step Down — TiVo CEO Tom Rogers will depart as chief exec in early 2016 after nearly 11 years, the DVR company announced. — Rogers will relinquish the CEO role effective Jan. 31, 2016, which is the end of TiVo's fiscal year, after which he will continue to serve …
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