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Jack Dorsey says product VP Kevin Weil, media VP Katie Stanton, engineering VP Alex Roetter, and HR VP Skip Schipper have “chosen to leave” Twitter — Was really hoping to talk to Twitter employees about this later this week, but want to set the record straight now: http://twitter.com/...
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Sources: Top choice for Twitter CMO role is American Express marketing VP Leslie Berland — Amex Marketing Executive Tops Twitter CMO List — It's a woman. She is from a major brand company. The hire will report directly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. — So far, that is the person …


Twitter's Nathan Hubbard Will Take Over Interim Media Job Amid Executive Changes — We're still sifting through the rubble of yesterday's mass exodus from Twitter in which a number of high-ranking executives announced they were leaving, but a few new roles are already starting to take shape.
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Re/code, Variety, Business Insider and Forbes


Mizzou professor Melissa Click, who called for “some muscle” to block student reporter covering protest, charged with third degree assault — Mizzou Media Professor Melissa Click Charged With Siccing ‘Muscle’ On Reporter — The University of Missouri media professor who drew scorn for siccing …


Spotify to roll out video to all Android users this week, iOS users next week, in US, UK, Germany and Sweden; content partners include BBC, Fusion — Spotify Ready to Introduce Video Product — Content from BBC, Maker Studios, ESPN will soon be added to popular music app
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FishbowlNY, Mashable, Consumerist, Fortune, RAIN News, AppleInsider, Light Reading, Variety, BGR, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Tech Times, App Advice, Phandroid, @pkafka, The Verge and TIME


Guardian to cut costs by 20%, or just over £50M, in bid to break even within three years — Guardian News & Media to cut costs by 20% — Publisher of the Guardian and Observer aims to break even within three years and launches a new strategy focusing on future growth
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Profile of Alexander Klöpping, co-founder of paywall startup Blendle, as company prepares to launch in U.S — The Dutch tech whiz who could save journalism — Alexander Klöpping is taking his vision for a journalistic iTunes to the US. — UTRECHT, The Netherlands …
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The Next Web, @macloo, @estheraddley, @raju, @ianbirrell, @alexgspence, @alexgspence, @rafat and @nicola_slawson


Rogers Media to cut workforce 4%: 200 TV, radio, publishing and admin jobs — TORONTO - It was another bleak day for Canadian news outlets on Monday as Rogers Media moved to trim its workforce by four per cent — or 200 jobs — while the Guelph Mercury said it would stop publishing …


In interview, Quartz publisher Jay Lauf refuses to talk about site's potential sale — Quartz Publisher Doesn't Want to Discuss Sale — In an interview with Nieman Lab, Quartz publisher Jay Lauf discussed a variety of subjects, from plans for an app to adblocking.
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Q&A with Quartz Publisher Jay Lauf about the forthcoming app, adblocking, potential sale, and more
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AdExchanger and @dangillmor


AOL expands its ‘One’ platform to include tools that help publishers sell to advertisers — AOL has developed an offering that gives publishers a way to monetize their work without having to use tools from multiple companies. Called One by AOL: Publishers, it consolidates the company's portfolio …
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Ad Age, AdExchanger, Business Insider and TechCrunch


Facebook's Sports Stadium, billed as a hub for chats, stats and commentary, is hard to find and lacks user participation, for now — Facebook needs more friends in its new Sports Stadium — Not only is it hard to find Sports Stadium on Facebook's iPhone app, but it may be lonely once you do.
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@chicagoinno, @pvomps, John Ourand, SportTechie, Chicago Inno and Tech Times


As more news gets distributed on native and social platforms, publishers should weigh how they respond to the shift in control of free speech — Censorship in the social media age — 1965 FBI monograph on Nation of Islam (Wikimedia Commons) — Nearly half a million people had already seen …
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@columbia, @whatthebit and @raju


Posting sports highlights helped Bleacher Report reach 28.6M Instagram views in December — Bleacher Report did 29 million video views on Instagram in a month — The distributed content model has helped Bleacher Report collect a lot of views on Facebook. Now, it's helping the publisher see growth on Instagram.
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@jamiemottram and @whatthebit