Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:55 AM ET, January 26, 2016

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
@jack:
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/...
RELATED:
Re/code:
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.
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
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 …
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
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 …
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
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
RELATED:
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
As The Guardian cuts £50M, it plans to build on its membership program  —  How do you cut costs by 20 percent?  The Guardian is about to find out: The U.K. paper announced Monday that, with operating costs growing more than twice as fast as revenues, it plans to cut those costs by 20 percent …
Discussion: Guardian, Guido Fawkes and @niemanlab
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
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
Politico:
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 …
David Lieberman / Deadline:
Relativity Media says it has $100M+ in commitments from current and new investors needed to exit bankruptcy  —  Relativity Says It Has Financing It Needs To Exit From Bankruptcy  —  Relativity Media says that it has more than $100 million in commitments from current and new investors …
The Canadian Press:
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 …
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
200 Wikipedia editors call for removal of new foundation trustee, Arnnon Geshuri, due to his connection to anti-poaching case involving tech firms  —  Wikipedia editors revolt, vote “no confidence” in newest board member  —  As a Google HR exec, Arnnon Geshuri fired a recruiter who dared to call Apple.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 2:55 AM ET, January 26, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Distributed news: The Vox way of getting stories out to 6 social platforms
Discussion: @elanazak
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
AOL expands its ‘One’ platform to include tools that help publishers sell to advertisers
Discussion: Ad Age, AdExchanger and TechCrunch
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
In interview, Quartz publisher Jay Lauf refuses to talk about site's potential sale
 Earlier Picks: 
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Howard University is using TruthBeTold.news, its site devoted to dispelling myths about African-Americans, as a tool to teach students fact-checking
Discussion: @eugene_scott
James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Dose Media's Emerson Spartz on viral content, old media, and partnership with Tribune Media
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Posting sports highlights helped Bleacher Report reach 28.6M Instagram views in December
Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal:
Judge reverses order that required 100+ sources to reveal contact with Bloomberg reporters in Molycorp bankruptcy case, says a more tailored approach is needed
 

 
From Techmeme:

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces internal reorganizations, including an AI-focused Platforms and Devices group overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, and more, led by Rick Osterloh

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol and 19 countries make 37 arrests and disrupt phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost in a year-long operation with help from Microsoft, Intel, and others
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page