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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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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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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
Amid Andrews trial, female sports reporters open up about safety
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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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Guardian, Tow Center and @whatthebit
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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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Natasha Onwuemezi / The Bookseller:
Journalists from BuzzFeed, GQ, and the Mirror join Index on Censorship campaign condemning seizure of Turkish newspaper Zaman — Pullman condemns seizure of Turkish newspaper — Authors including Philip Pullman and Tom Holland, and journalists from Buzzfeed, GQ and the Mirror have joined Index …
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Turkish court appoints trustees to manage Cihan, another opposition-linked news agency — Turkey Appoints Trustees to Opposition-Linked News Agency — ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court has ordered a news agency linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top foe placed under the management of trustees …
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Reuters, Hurriyet Daily News, Cyprus Mail, AhlulBayt News Agency and Guardian
Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
Turkey's Zaman vows to continue as opposition newspaper in German exile
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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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John Reynolds / Press Gazette:
UK newspaper The Sun appoints Gordon Smart as deputy editor — Gordon Smart returns to England to be The Sun's deputy editor — John Reynolds's blog - — Gordon Smart, editor of The Scottish Sun, is returning to England to become The Sun's deputy editor.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Millennial news site Mic acquires Hyper, mobile app which aggregates video content into magazine format — Mic Acquires Mobile Video App Hyper — Millennial-focused Web publisher looks to curate top video content each day — Many digital media companies are focused on distributing content …
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@jacobdhorowitz and @michaelbolden
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Former Sun editor David Dinsmore convicted after story led to identification of Adam Johnson sexual offence victim — The Sun has been found to have broken the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act after inadvertently identifying the victim of a sexual offence. — Former editor David Dinsmore …
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UK - The Huffington Post, The Independent, Guardian, The Northern Echo, @domponsford, nechronicle and iMediaEthics
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
The New York Times Begins Testing Ad Blocking Approaches — Some Visitors With Ad Blockers Are Asked to Either Whitelist the Times or Subscribe — Viewability and Verification in the Age of Programmatic — The New York Times on Monday began testing out “various approaches” to combatting the rise of ad-blocking technology.
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Sources: Snapchat is targeting $300M to $350M in revenue in 2016, compared to $50M in revenue Snapchat projected for 2015 — Snapchat Thinks It Will Generate at Least $300 Million in Revenue This Year — Investors are buying into Snapchat's massive $16 billion valuation because its business is growing significantly.
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@shaig, VatorNews, Business Insider and Los Angeles Business …
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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