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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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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Nick Denton memo lists plans for 7 Gawker properties, including more video, Gizmodo overhaul, Jezebel expanded focus, joining Apple News starting with Deadspin — Gawker cuts seven staffers as it goes all politics — Gawker Media cut seven full-time staffers Tuesday as part of a strategic rebranding.
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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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Chris Dixon / Medium:
What media firms can learn from the PC video game industry's embrace of freemium models, remixes, mods, and crowdsourcing — Lessons from the PC video game industry — The future of media is here—it's just not evenly distributed — The success or failure of tech and media products depends …
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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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Joe Drape / New York Times:
Source: Yahoo added to fantasy sports sites inquiry as New York attorney general issues subpoena to company — End Sought to Fantasy Sites in New York; Yahoo Is Said to Be Added to Inquiry — The New York State attorney general sought an injunction in state court on Tuesday to prohibit …
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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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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
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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David Lieberman / Deadline:
TiVo's Tom Rogers Gives Up CEO Job, But Will Stay As Chairman — This is a big change for TiVo, whose stock price has declined nearly 34% over the last 12 months. The company says that CEO Tom Rogers will give up the top job at the end of January, but remain as the non-executive Chairman.
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