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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
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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 …
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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
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 …
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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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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.
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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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