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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
A week with reporters covering Trump: protests, lack of press aides, insults, banishment of media, and trying not to become inured to lies — A Week on the Trail With the “Disgusting Reporters” Covering Donald Trump — What it's like to write about a candidate who hates you.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Hogan's $140M Gawker verdict raises questions about privacy, exploitation of already unpopular news media, and chilling effects on newsrooms — Why Hulk Hogan's $115 Million Gawker Verdict Is a Signpost for the Future — Emboldened public figures, using sharper tactics …
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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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Trump fails to give specifics about how he would change libel laws in Washington Post interview after his earlier calls for “opening up” libel laws — Donald Trump has no earthly idea what he'd do about libel laws — As this blog has noted before, Donald Trump has reveled …
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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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Bloomberg Business:
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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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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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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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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MinOnline, Media Wire Daily, @jeremymbarr and Ad Age
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
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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