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Politico:
Sources: layoffs at HuffPost Live amid pivot to refocus on shareable video and long-form documentaries — A big pivot for HuffPost Video — The Huffington Post is consolidating its video operations across the site in a strategic pivot that will effectively see the end of HuffPost Live …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Ad Age, TVNewser, @danielmarans, @tmcgev, @joepompeo and @antderosa
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC launches review of news arm, saying it can't ‘afford to do everything’ — James Harding tells staff they face a ‘defining’ year in deciding how news should be delivered over next decade — The head of BBC News has launched a review to reshape the operation for the next decade …
Discussion:
TVNewser, BBC Blogs and @aboutthebbc
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Maxim to name owner Sardar Biglari editor in chief — Maxim publisher Sardar Biglari will be officially named editor in chief of the men's magazine, POLITICO Media has learned. In addition, fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon will be named to a senior creative position.
Discussion:
Jezebel, Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, Fashionista, @chavielieber, @alexweprin, @davecbenoit, @petersterne and Racked
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
ProPublica becomes first major news site on the dark web, running as a hidden service on the Tor network, offering stronger privacy than SSL to readers — PROPUBLICA LAUNCHES THE DARK WEB'S FIRST MAJOR NEWS SITE — The so-called dark web, for all its notoriety as a haven for criminals and drug dealers …
Discussion:
Engadget, Guardian, Newser, New York Magazine, TechWorm, bookforum.com, The Verge, The Next WebThe Next Web, The Drum and @juliaangwin
New York Post:
Sources: activist investor Corvex Management weighs forcing a sale of Time Warner or spinoff of HBO; stock's up despite broader market tumble — Time Warner shareholders could force sale or spinoff of HBO — Is Time Warner ready for round two? — Activist shareholders are circling …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Business Insider, Media Wire Daily, Benzinga, The Wrap, @pkafka and @richbtig
Biz Carson / Business Insider:
Chernin Group takes 51% stake in Barstool Sports site at a valuation of $10-$15M, staff will move from Boston to New York — Barstool Sports just got bought at a $10 million to $15 million valuation, and its founder is ‘kinda rich now’ — It's one thing to get acquired.
Discussion:
Re/code, FishbowlNY, Fortune, Boston Globe, Metro, Metro, The Inquisitr News, Larry Brown Sports, Medium, @kenli729, BetaBoston, Awful Announcing, Larry Brown Sports, Variety, Barstool Sports, @mathewi, Universal Hub, @alexckaufman, @nkulw, @tanyasic, @sdkstl, @stoolpresidente and @stoolpresidente
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Exclusive: NFL to live-stream all London games, in talks with Apple, Google - sources — The National Football League is planning to live-stream all three games scheduled to be played in London next season, and Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc subsidiary Google are among the technology companies …
Discussion:
VentureBeat, TechCrunch, USA Today, The Verge, MacRumors and The Next WebThe Next Web
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Sources: Yahoo's programmatic ad program generates mostly fraudulent traffic, ad management system is broken — Inside Yahoo's troubled advertising business — Between a sinking stock, an embattled CEO and restless investors demanding that the company be dismantled, these are not great days for Internet pioneer Yahoo.
Discussion:
@rafat, @mathewi and AdExchanger
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Tow: automated journalism has limits like stilted writing and dependence on topics with structured data, but also potential to increase speed, scale, accuracy — All your insights are belong to us: A new Tow Center report outlines the state of automated journalism
Discussion:
@dmitryshishkin, @averyholton, TOWCenter and TOWCenter
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes asked 2.1M visitors using ad blockers to turn them off to access site; 42.4% did — Inside Forbes: From ‘Original Sin’ To Ad Blockers — And What The Future Holds — It was my first day of class as a first-time Skype instructor, so I got right to it: “How many of you pay for content?”
Discussion:
The Content Standard, Techdirt, Engadget, Adweek, @killyourfm, @getify, Talking New Media, The Digital Reader and Memex 1.1
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Condé Nast's Brides magazine offers reader consultation with editors and digital look book for up to $12,500 — Condé Nast's Brides Offers ‘Private Access’ to Clients — Condé Nast's Brides has developed a new experiential service for readers in search …
Discussion:
Jezebel
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press to cut more newsroom jobs after tough 2015 — Jeremy Clifford, recently appointed Johnston's first group editor-in-chief, has written to staff to inform them of the news — Johnston Press has announced a fresh set of job losses as the company looks to restructure …
Discussion:
Press Gazette, Talking New Media and HoldTheFrontPage
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Let's End the False War Between Free Speech and Hate Speech — As I write this, the lizard part of my brain is trying to predict exactly how much nasty blowback I am going to get online for what I am about to say. — Will I be called a controlling bitch on Twitter?
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