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Wall Street Journal:
U.K.'s Daily Mail Explores Bid for Yahoo Backed by Private Equity — Potential bid could take one of two forms, sources say — The parent company of the Daily Mail, the British newspaper and global tabloid website, is in talks with several private-equity firms about a possible bid for Yahoo Inc. …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
No garbage fires here: Medium advances its quest to gentrify the world of Internet publishing — WordPress, to steal a phrase from Marie Kondo, does not spark joy. When I log in, I see a series of modules that I never use and 11 plugins that need updating. — Medium wants to free us from this unsightly digital mess.
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Guardian, @websummithq and @rafat
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Inside the 30 year relationship between Viacom's Sumner Redstone and CEO Philip Dauman as Dauman faces accusations of covering up mogul's health problems — The Relationship That Helped Sumner Redstone Build Viacom Now Adds to Its Problems — After 30 years at Sumner Redstone's side …
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@tomgara, @keachhagey, @keachhagey, Fortune, Variety, The Wrap and Deadline
Guardian:
The Guardian's top 10 most abused writers, ranked by comments on the newspaper's website: eight women, two black men — The dark side of Guardian comments — Hear from three of those writers, explore the data and help us host better conversations online
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Guardian, @karenkho, @amaditalks, @jburnmurdoch and @kathviner
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Guardian series The Web We Want analyzes online abuse, including at its own site, as the news organization reviews its policies and community standards — The Guardian's “Web We Want” series will analyze abuse on the paper's own site — As most people — and most women on Twitter …
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Guardian, @dawnhfoster, @rydermc, @matthewwells, @alexhern, @jonathanshainin, Guardian, @jesslynnrose and @niemanlab
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Spirited Media, owner of Philadelphia-based local news site Billy Penn, is considering Baltimore, Chicago, or Pittsburgh for its expansion — Billy Penn owner Spirited Media narrows search for second city — Spirited Media, which owns and operates the Philadelphia-based local news site Billy Penn …
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Poynter, Street Fight, @benmullin, @ckrewson and @raju
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
NBC-owned Breaking News launches news alerts in Slack, personalized by topic, plans to offer a chat bot in Facebook Messenger — You can now get personalized Breaking News alerts on Slack — Personalization is one of the central features of the Breaking News app.
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Re/code, @jaredbkeller, @scottnover, medium.com, @pkafka, @sclary and @ylichterman
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
New data suggests Facebook struggling to police fake news sites one year after announced crackdown — In Its Fight Against Fake News, Facebook Found A Resilient Foe — You might expect Allen Montgomery to be deferential toward Facebook, given that the $300 billion company is both his biggest nemesis and financial lifeline.
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@doree and @shanselman
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Panama Papers show WikiLeaks-ization of mainstream journalism: restrained conventional journalism merging with blogger, hacker, and activist journalism — Panama Papers Leak Signals a Shift in Mainstream Journalism — WASHINGTON — Four years passed between The New York Times's …
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Guardian, @thatmightbepaul, @froomkin, @biellacoleman, @samarajiva, @thatmightbepaul, @jayrosen_nyu, Forbes and Nieman Reports
Les Neuhaus / New York Times:
Judge grants media organizations' motion to release dozens of sealed documents relating to Gawker-Hulk Hogan trial — Judge Orders Release of Gawker-Hulk Hogan Trial Documents — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A judge agreed on Monday to release a trove of previously sealed documents related …
Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
As NPR's audience grows older and competition grows, the nonprofit struggles with how to evolve quickly and balance news and podcast-style storytelling — The Fight for the Future of NPR — One day in May 2015, Eric Nuzum stood before a gathering of influential NPR trustees and board members …
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@raju, @fmanjoo, @davewiner and @leoncrawl
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Q&A with RIAA head Cary Sherman about YouTube and why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act needs updating to help creative industries — Here's why the music labels are furious at YouTube. Again. — Jefta Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images — You've heard this song before: The music industry is mad at YouTube.
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@mpaa, @shawnps00, @brendan_klink, @waltmossberg, @timcushing, Consumerist and @flohmann