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Pete Cashmore / LinkedIn Pulse:
Mashable announces layoffs, departures of Chief Content Officer Jim Roberts and Chief Revenue Officer Seth Rogin as site increases emphasis on video — Today I Sent This Note to The Mashable Team — Last week we announced a funding round to put Mashable on — more platforms, including television.
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Mashable replaces execs in reorganization, editorial coverage to focus on tech, web culture, entertainment, and business; world news and politics lose verticals — Mashable Hires a New CRO and New Chief Content Officer — Ed Wise Replaces Seth Rogin as CRO, Greg Gittrich Replaces Jim Roberts as Chief Content Officer
Hadas Gold / Politico:
About 30 Mashable staffers were laid off, including the whole politics desk, most of the global news desk, and around half of editorial video team — Politics, news and editorial video slashed in Mashable restructuring — Mashable's restructuring on Thursday hit its news desk …
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The New York Times Company:
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet responds to story about Gay Talese, calling story flawed and Times staffer Nikole Hannah-Jones treated unfairly — Dean Baquet Responds To “Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer” — NYT executive editor Dean Baquet responds to “Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer”:
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Sridhar Pappu / New York Times:
Gay Talese ends up with a dim view of social media after a Twitter storm followed his struggle to name an inspiring female writer during a talk — Gay Talese Goes Through the Twitter Wringer — On Friday, April 1, the 84-year-old writer Gay Talese made his way from New York to Boston …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon plans to bid for Yahoo's core business next week; AT&T Inc. and Comcast won't bid, Google considering bid, and Time Inc. still evaluating — Verizon to Proceed With Yahoo Bid, Google Weighs Offer — Verizon Communications Inc. plans to make a first-round bid …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo's sale “book”, circulated among prospective buyers, reveals expected 2016 revenue dropping 15%, earnings by 20% — Secrets of the Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveal Financial Meltdown and Big Bet on Mobile Voice Search — According to some pages from the “book” …
Michelle Castillo / CNBC:
Yahoo's head of media, Martha Nelson, says the company is building on strengths in sports and finance verticals
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New York Times, Tech Trader Daily and Fortune
Kareem Shaheen / Guardian:
Australian reporter Tara Brown and 60 Minutes TV crew detained in Beirut while filming story about Australian children taken to Lebanon by father — Australian TV crew wanted to show kidnapping as ‘a good thing’: Beirut police — Tara Brown and Nine Network staff from 60 Minutes were working …
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Serajul Quadir / Reuters:
Liberal Bangladeshi blogger and law student Nazimuddin Samad killed by machete-wielding attackers in Dhaka — Liberal Bangladeshi blogger killed by machete-wielding attackers — Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said on Thursday …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Framework of Settlement Is Said to Be Reached in Sumner Redstone Competency Case — The framework of a settlement has been reached in the salacious legal battle over the mental competency of the ailing media mogul Sumner M. Redstone, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Al Roker launches Roker Media live streaming content and ad network, programming deals inked with several social influencers — Al Roker Looks to Lead a Live Video Revolution — Famed TV weatherman aims to nurture a new crop of creators focused on live streaming
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Tubefilter, @alroker, VideoInk, NASDAQ.com, Business Wire and VideoNuze Analysis
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Audible launches Channels section in its app in beta, streaming short-form audio including New York Times articles, episodes of PRI's The World and Charlie Rose — Audible, long known only for audiobooks, is branching out into podcasts — and news — If you've been reading Hot Pod …
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