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On Twitter's 10th anniversary, Jack Dorsey talks about its past, current changes, and future — The Future of Twitter: Q&A with Jack Dorsey — An in-depth conversation on 10 years of tweeting, the importance of live media, and “the puddle.” — Last year, amid a cratering stock price …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
VICE's February traffic plunges 17.4%, to 49.1M unique visitors, compared to 59.5M in January — Vice Media Traffic Plummets, Underscoring Risky Web Strategy — Vice Media has come into the month of March looking more like a lamb than the proverbial lion.
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Medium spins off publication Matter as Matter Studios, which aims to be HBO for digital storytellers, funded by Ev Williams, led by Mark Lotto and Hillary Frey — Medium spins off Matter into new company owned by Ev Williams — The self-publishing service and social network Medium …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Gawker defense lays out financials: assets of $83M, gross revenue of $48.7M last year; Denton's net worth is $121M; Daulerio's $27K in student debt disclosed — Gawker Asks for Leniency as Jury Deliberates Adding to $115M Judgment in Hulk Hogan Sex Tape Trial
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Jury awards Hulk Hogan $25M in punitive damages: $15M from Gawker, $10M from Denton, and $100K from Daulerio — Hulk Hogan Trial: Gawker's Nick Denton Slammed With $10M Punitive Damages Verdict — Gawker told the jury that it was worth $83 million and the verdict is “debilitating.”
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Politico, Los Angeles Times, @thr, @tomkludt and Techdirt
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media — Did you catch the Trump-Kelly bout Friday night? What a show. — It had Donald J. Trump, The Likely Republican Presidential Nominee, throwing the first punch (of that day) at the star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by composing …
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Chris Krewson / Billy Penn:
Gannett takes minority stake in owner of Philadelphia's Billy Penn, Spirited Media, to fund more staff and expansion to other cities — Gannett, nation's largest newspaper company, invests in Billy Penn parent — The nation's largest newspaper company is placing a bet on Billy Penn.
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Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:
The New Republic shuts down content marketing arm, Novel; number of staff departing from company on April 1, including chief revenue officer Kayvan Salmanpour — New Republic Pulls the Plug on Novel — Hamilton Fish, who recently joined New Republic as publisher and editorial director …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal's E! cable network launches daily talk show on Facebook Live, “Live from E!”, shot using iPhone 6s Plus — E! Launches Live Talk Show on Facebook (EXCLUSIVE) — Facebook is getting a daily live talk show from NBCUniversal's E! cable network …
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Sébastien Cevey / inso:
Software engineer Sébastien Cevey leaves the Guardian to join Google for a “publishing-related product” — On leaving the Guardian: dreams of digital journalism — After I joined the Guardian 4 years ago, and as I gradually learned how journalism was done …
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@niemanlab, @macloo, @patrickhamann and @moorehn
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Best-selling author James Patterson to launch Bookshots, short novels that can be read in a single sitting — James Patterson Has a Big Plan for Small Books — People already read James Patterson's books — and in staggering numbers. Last year, he and his team of writers had 36 books land on the New York Times best-seller list.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon partners with Comcast to sell Xfinity bundles, quietly launches Amazon Cable Store — Amazon.com Starts Selling Comcast Xfinity TV, Internet Service — Amazon.com is now selling a range of Comcast Xfinity bundles, as the cable giant seeks to get its cable TV …
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Angela Doland / Ad Age:
GroupM: 49.7% of total ad spend in China will go toward the Internet this year, up 30% year-over-year; 31% of worldwide ad spend will go toward the Internet — Half of China's Ad Spending Will Go Toward the Internet This Year, GroupM Says — The Flipside: Spending on TV is Expected to Drop 4.5% in 2016