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Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett Co. offers to buy Tribune Publishing, owner of LA Times, for $815M, at $12.25 a share, will assume $390M of Tribune's outstanding debt — Gannett offers $815 million to buy Tribune Publishing — Gannett Co., which owns USA TODAY and more than 100 other media properties across the country …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Gannett says Tribune Publishing rejected its offer but Tribune says it's reviewing offer — Gannett offers $815 million to buy Los Angeles Times and Tribune — Gannett wants to buy fellow newspaper owner Tribune Publishing. — On Monday, Gannett went public with a bid, saying its initially private entreaties had been rebuffed.
John Herrman / New York Times:
Vox Media is launching a gadget blog, Circuit Breaker, on Monday, primarily as a Facebook page, with a section on The Verge's website as well — Vox Media Tries Something Old on Something New — Vox Media, the ambitious online news start-up that runs Vox, a politics site; SB Nation …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Inspired by “independent YouTubers,” wary of cable, Vox.com takes its explainer mission to video — Last fall, Vox.com published a video on Syria's civil war to its YouTube channel, where it's ended up with nearly 2.5 million views. Vox editor-in-chief Ezra Klein also posted it to his Facebook page …
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Sources: New York Times talking with unions about staff cuts of “a couple of hundred people” in late 2016, may radically downsize or close Paris office — New York Times plans to cut hundreds of jobs later this year — MORE FROM: — The New York Times Co. is preparing …
Reuters:
Dutch journalist Ebru Umar detained, then released but forbidden to leave Turkey after tweets and column in Metro newspaper critical of Erdogan — Dutch journalist who criticized Erdogan held in Turkey: official — A prominent Dutch journalist has been detained by Turkish police while on holiday …
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Jim Romenesko:
Bay Area News Group laying off 11 copy desk staffers; Managing Editor cautions “we will be eliminating a layer of valuable editing” — Bay Area News Group memo: ‘We will be eliminating a layer of valuable editing’ — Bay Area News Group is laying off 11 copy desk staffers …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Kelly Ripa to Return to ‘Live,’ Ending a Standoff With ABC — Kelly Ripa's standoff against ABC will end next week. — Ms. Ripa informed the staff of her morning show, “Live With Kelly and Michael,” on Friday night that she would return Tuesday, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Toosheh lets Iranians use their ubiquitous satellite TV dishes to download videos, cirumventing the nation's slow, expensive, censored internet — The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Internet — Reza, a 20-something mechanical engineer working …
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Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Outgoing Australian Broadcasting Company chief Mark Scott reflects on his decade at the helm, his battles with News Corp, importance of an independent ABC, more — Outgoing ABC chief Mark Scott takes parting shot at Murdoch empire — In a wide-ranging interview, the outgoing managing director reflects …
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Andrew Green / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ugandan social media shutdowns threaten press as journalists rely on it for news distribution and gathering — Is social media the newest front in Uganda's war with the press? — KAMPALA, UGANDA—The night before Uganda's February 18 presidential vote, David Tumusiime went to bed …
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David Kravets / Ars Technica:
Lawsuit accuses PACER, a federally run system providing access to court documents, of overcharging the public — Lawsuit accuses PACER of milking the public for cash in exchange for access — Lawsuit says PACER revenue increased to $145M after 2012 price hike to $0.10/page.
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