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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115M in compensatory damages from Gawker, finds Denton and Daulerio personally liable; Gawker hints at appeal — $115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan sex-tape lawsuit could wipe out Gawker — Hogan's lawyer: Gawker editor was “playing God” with my client's privacy.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nick Denton had expected he would need to appeal Hogan case, has begun preparing case — Florida Jury Hands Hulk Hogan a $115 Million Victory in the Gawker Sex Tape Trial — Round one in the Hulk Hogan/Gawker sex tape trial goes to the wrestler: A Florida jury found decisively in his favor …
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Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Unsealed records in Hogan sex-tape case suggest witnesses may have lied — ST. PETERSBURG — Court records unsealed Friday in former wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker contradict his sworn deposition in the case and that of several other key witnesses.
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Recap of major testimony in Hulk Hogan-Gawker lawsuit as closing arguments are set to begin — Gawkward Answers — The second week of the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial has seen the defendants - New York gossip blog, Gawker - attempt to justify publishing uncensored footage of Hulk Hogan having sex.
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Staffers at networks wrestle with Trump's unprecedented press restrictions and TV's role in his rise — How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will — Staffers across the major networks have reservations about their role in Trump's rise. — Staffers at the five major television networks …
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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Viacom and comScore reach multi-year cross-platform measurement deal — Viacom Inks Big Cross-Platform Deal With comScore — Making good on its effort to push for more non-Nielsen based advertising deals, Viacom has made an agreement with up-and-coming media measurement firm comScore, in an extensive multi-year cross-platform deal.
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Amir Efrati / The Information:
Sources: with only 10% to 15% of Tumblr's advertising inventory used, Yahoo is considering letting Facebook sell ads within the Tumblr mobile app — Yahoo, Facebook in Ad Partnership Talks Over Tumblr — Yahoo is considering letting Facebook sell ads within the Tumblr mobile app …
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Maxwell Williams / GOOD Magazine:
The Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed on working with strong personalities, government, transparency, and accountability — Betsy Reed — The editor putting big business and government under the microscope — In a bustling restaurant overlooking Union Square, Betsy Reed looks up cautiously.
Associated Press:
Analysis: requests for public records under Freedom of Information Act to Obama administration last year returned censored files or nothing 77% of the time — US gov't sets record for failures to find files when asked — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration set a record for the number …
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Mike Ananny / Nieman Lab:
Next NYT public editor should be an expert in boundaries of journalism, politics of platforms, ethics of algorithms — It's time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times — The public editor is meant to mediate between newsrooms and audiences, but where exactly are newsrooms and audiences today?
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NBC and MSNBC sign, then un-sign former Obama communications adviser Stephanie Cutter over conflicts related to her political advocacy work — NBC News/MSNBC sign, then un-sign Stephanie Cutter over conflicts — This morning, Politico Playbook's Mike Allen reported two somewhat uncomfortable developments right alongside each other:
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Mariah Stewart / The Huffington Post:
Videographer Mary Moore convicted of failure to comply with police order in Ferguson, gets suspended sentence — Journalist Seized During Ferguson Protest Is Convicted — Videographer Mary Moore is among more than two dozen news professionals arrested covering protests since the police killing of teenager Michael Brown.
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