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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.
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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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Smithsonian Networks launches standalone streaming service for web, Apple TV, and Roku for $4 per month, featuring different content than cable channel or apps — Smithsonian Networks Launches Subscription-Video Service on Apple TV, Roku — Smithsonian Networks launched …
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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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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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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
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Univision Launches Streaming Service for $5.99 a Month — Spanish language network's streaming service debuts as company pursues IPO — Univision Communications Inc. is launching a $5.99-a-month streaming service dubbed “Univision Now” that will allow consumers to stream …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How Mashable is memorializing those who died in the Paris attacks with a Twitter account, @ParisVictims — “In 140 characters, a life”: How Mashable is using Twitter to commemorate the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks — News of the terrorist attacks in Paris broke late Friday afternoon …
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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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube Kids app launches in UK and Ireland for child-friendly videos — Android and iOS app will feature local channels including Stampy, Morph and Little Baby Bum, funded by ‘family friendly’ advertisements — YouTube is launching its YouTube Kids app in the UK and Ireland …
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Pocket-lint, The Verge, Digital Trends, Telegraph, VentureBeat, City A.M., 9to5Google and Android Central
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Rajiv Pant named top technology officer at Tribune Publishing — Rajiv Pant, the former New York Times chief technology officer who departed the newspaper for a startup earlier this year, has been appointed chief product, technology and user experience officer at Tribune Publishing, the company announced this morning.
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