Mediagazer: Gapers Block, a 12-year-old Chicago local news and culture blog, on hiatus from Jan. 1, faced hurdles competing with Facebook, Twitter, and adapting to mobile (Jackie Spinner/Columbia Journalism Review)

6:20 PM ET, December 22, 2015

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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:

Gapers Block, a 12-year-old Chicago local news and culture blog, on hiatus from Jan. 1, faced hurdles competing with Facebook, Twitter, and adapting to mobile — One of Chicago's original bloggers discusses why he's signing off — AP file photo of the Chicago skyline at night.

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How Crain personalizes its city-based email newsletters using software and human editors — Crain, known for its business weeklies, is diving into newsletters based on who and where readers are — Email newsletters are highly personal: Landing directly in our inboxes …

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Cable TV cord cutters now 15% of US population, with “cord nevers” at 9%; 42% of cord cutters don't have broadband at home — 42 percent of cord-cutters don't even subscribe to home broadband — Fed up with your cable TV? Tired of paying for an expensive satellite package you barely use?

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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

Frontline is diving deeper into VR with $580,000 from the Knight Foundation — Virtual reality in journalism is definitely not going away anytime soon — not with news organizations like The New York Times building and prominently promoting new VR projects (including some created as sponsored content) …

Discussion: Business Insider, @frontlinepbs and New York Times

Kevin Nguyen / The Awl:

As Rdio shuts down, a look back at its appeal to an audience of “snobby album purists” and focus on exclusivity, minimalism — Burying Rdio, the Music App for Annoying Men — Last month, the streaming music service Rdio filed for bankruptcy and announced that its assets were being purchased by Pandora.

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CBS CEO Moonves Said in Line to Be Chairman After Redstone — Deal with Shari Redstone limits possible succession battle — Judge rejects ex-girlfriend's demand to interview 92-year-old — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves would become chairman of the broadcaster upon …

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