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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
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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” …
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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 — Beirut arrests Australian mother and TV crew on kidnapping suspicion — Tara Brown and Nine Network staff were working on story …
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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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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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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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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
How NPR created a 10K strong Facebook group that now operates day-to-day with almost no NPR involvement — NPR built a private personal finance Facebook group that now has more than 10,000 members — Facebook for most publishers is distribution-first, community-second.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers say Facebook's Suggested Videos program helps bring in new viewers but ad revenue is small — Publishers Say Jury Is Still Out on Facebook's Suggested Videos Product — Suggested Videos helps pull in new viewers for some, but ad revenue so far is tiny