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Chris Hughes / Medium:
The New Republic owner and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is putting the magazine up for sale, says he underestimated challenges of transitioning to digital — The New Republic's Next Chapter — I sent the letter below to the The New Republic staff this morning on the next chapter for our institution.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
After staff walkout, The New Republic's web traffic dropped by 50% according to comScore — New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale — Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model — The New Republic …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Loyalists to The New Republic react harshly to Chris Hughes's plans to sell the magazine
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Keith Stuart / Guardian:
David Bowie was one of the first artists to predict how the Internet would change music, acted on it with his own ISP BowieNet, digital music initiatives — BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet — Always a step ahead of the curve, he spotted the potential …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner talks about how the magazine handled the planning and editing of Sean Penn's interview with El Chapo — How Rolling Stone Handled Ramifications of El Chapo Exclusive — Several months ago, Jann Wenner, a founder of Rolling Stone magazine, received a call from the actor Sean Penn.
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Janet Ong / Bloomberg Business:
Sean Penn Under Investigation for ‘El Chapo’ Interview, ABC Says — Actor Sean Penn is under investigation for a Rolling Stone magazine interview with drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, ABC News reported, citing unidentified people in the Mexican government. — Kate del Castillo …
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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Sean Penn's editors should have prepped him better, worked closer while editing, and never agreed to prior review of the article by the source — The problem with Rolling Stone's El Chapo interview isn't Sean Penn. It's his editors. — If you're an editor about to send a famous …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
The El Chapo interview with Sean Penn, giving the subject final approval, is similar to concessions some business and tech publications make for access
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John Legere / T-Mobile Issues & Insights Blog:
T-Mobile CEO John Legere apologizes to EFF in an open letter, says company absolutely supports net neutrality, and Binge On is beneficial to consumers — Open Letter to Consumers about Binge On — Wow. What a week it has been out there about Binge On!
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
House votes to strengthen government records law — WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved legislation Monday making it easier to obtain government records, as a new congressional report concluded that the freedom of information process under the Obama administration is broken and in need of serious change.
Wall Street Journal:
Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers — Apple News App Is Off to a Rocky Start — There's one glitch: Neither publishers nor the company know how many people are reading
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Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:
SoundCloud raises €32 million in debt funding with an option for additional loans — According to Swedish technology news site DiGITAL, Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised 300 million Swedish krona (a little more than €32 million, or about $35 million) in debt funding.
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Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
The New York Times is already making money from virtual reality, says CEO Mark Thompson — The New York Times Will Make Money with Virtual Reality in 2016, Mark Thompson — LAS VEGAS — It's no Oculus Rift, and it costs about 40 times less - but Google's cardboard virtual reality headset …
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Dan Adams / Boston Globe:
For the second Sunday, thousands of Boston Globe subscribers did not receive the paper due to a shortage of drivers after a switch to a new delivery vendor — Globe home delivery woes persist — For the second consecutive Sunday, thousands of Boston Globe subscribers did not get their papers …
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