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Michael R. Bloomberg / BloombergView.com:
Michael Bloomberg says he won't enter presidential race because he can't win and running could lead to a victory by Donald Trump or Ted Cruz — The Risk I Will Not Take — Americans today face a profound challenge to preserve our common values and national promise.
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Emily Bell / Columbia Journalism Review:
We need more debate about publishing's future as ad blocking cuts revenues and distribution moves to social platforms owned by a few companies — Facebook is eating the world — Something really dramatic is happening to our media landscape, the public sphere, and our journalism industry …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Facebook announces a WordPress plugin that lets publishers easily create Instant Articles — As Facebook prepares to roll out Instant Articles to all publishers next month, the company said Monday that it's partnering with WordPress.com's parent Automattic to release an Instant Article WordPress plugin.
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Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Fox reporter Erin Andrews awarded $55M in suit against hotel owners and stalker after being secretly recorded nude at hotel — Jurors award Erin Andrews $55M in suit over nude video — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Hulk Hogan's lawyer says Gawker posted sex tape to ‘harm’ him — That was the message from Hogan's attorney Shane Vogt to jurors on Monday, as Hogan's $100 million civil trial against Gawker Media kicked off in St. Petersburg, Florida. — Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, will testify later in the day.
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Virginia first state to legalize daily fantasy sports, firms to pay $50K reg fee, undergo two audits/year, impose policies to ensure players are 18 years+ — Virginia becomes first state to formally legalize daily fantasy sports — Virginia today signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act …
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Virginian-Pilot, TechCrunch, The Next Web and Engadget
George Slefo / Ad Age:
IAB creates guide for publishers to combat ad blocking, worked with publishers including Gawker and BuzzFeed to find practical tactics — IAB Creates Guide for Publishers to Combat Ad Blocking — Organization Describes Six Tactics Including Paying the Ad Blockers
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Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
Turkey's Zaman vows to continue as opposition newspaper in German exile — Turkey's top-selling newspaper Zaman plans to continue publishing as an opposition daily in Germany after it was taken over by the state in its home country, the editor-in-chief of Zaman Almanya (Zaman Germany) said on Monday.
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The Huffington Post, Washington Post, New York Times, RT, Guardian and Deadline
Claudia Grisales / Austin American-Statesman:
Condé Nast to open Austin digital media office in July, plans to employ about 50 in first year — Publishing giant Condé Nast to open Austin office, employ 50 — Publishing giant Condé Nast, which owns more than a dozen major titles such as Vogue, Vanity Fair …
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MediaPost, Austin Business Journal, @max_read and WWD
Logan Hill / Backchannel:
Snapchat's Discover feels like a lab where media firms experiment with short-form entertainment meant to be modified and shared — The New Media is Made of Memes — After months watching Snapchat's irresistible Discover stories, I am everything but informed
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
ComScore Stock Nosedives 34 Percent Following Annual Report Delay — ComScore has delayed the filing of its annual report — Form 10-K — due to “potential accounting matters,” the company said on Monday. As a result, the stock has plummeted about 34 percent today.
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Fortune, Variety and Multichannel News
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Spy Magazine co-founders, Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, two reporters who covered Trump closely in 1980s, discuss the candidate — Decades Later, ‘Spy’ Magazine Founders Continue To Torment Trump — Listen to the Story — Soon after its launch in 1986 …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCU veteran Alison Moore joins SoundCloud as chief revenue officer — SoundCloud Appoints NBCUniversal Veteran to Executive Role — A month after reporting wide losses, music streaming startup SoundCloud is bringing in an experienced television executive to oversee its moneymaking businesses.
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