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7:30 AM ET, November 18, 2015

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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.
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.
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
BBC:
BBC sets out plans to deliver £150 million savings  —  The BBC is today setting out details of how we plan to save £150 million to address a shortfall in funding identified earlier this year.  —  The shortfall has arisen because as more people use BBC iPlayer …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Condé Nast found guilty of contempt of court over prejudicial phone-hacking trial article written by Michael Wolff for British GQ  —  GQ publisher in contempt of court with phone-hacking article  —  Condé Nast published magazine article that risked prejudice to trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, judges rule
Discussion: ITV and BT.com
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Rdio had more than $190M in secured debt and about $30M of unsecured debt when it filed for bankruptcy, was losing $2M per month  —  Rdio Was Losing $2 Million Each Month Before Bankruptcy  —  The streaming company owes about $220 million to creditors.  —  On Monday, Rdio declared Chapter …
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 …
Discussion: @sub8u, @bhorowitz, @startupkant and @0xy0
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 …
Discussion: AdExchanger and mUmBRELLA
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 …
Luke Westaway / CNET:
Sky unveils Sky Q 4K ready set-top-box and service for premium subscribers with live and on-demand content, touch remote, available early 2016  —  New interface and Sky Q Touch Remote  —  With Sky Q, Sky has given its TV interface a sorely needed lick of paint.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican leaks probe: one journalist refuses to answer questions, second refuses to appear for questioning; both cite Italian law protecting reporters  —  Reporter appears for Vatican summons, but refuses to answer  —  3 photos  —  VATICAN CITY (AP) — An Italian journalist …
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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Mahita Gajanan / Guardian:
New York Review of Books archive acquired by New York Public Library
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Former Engadget editor Marc Perton joins IBT Media as editorial director of company's tech verticals, will oversee creation of new tech-centric sites
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Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Nexstar acquires assets of four West Virginia TV stations for $130M
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Fusion CEO Isaac Lee will also be chief news and digital officer of Univision