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The authors behind popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge have been unmasked, as well as details of its internal workings, by a disgruntled ex-writer — Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog — The veil is lifted on a secretive website.
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Rovi buys TiVo for $1.1B in cash and stock, at $10.70 a share, will rebrand as TiVo — Rovi Buys TiVo for $1.1 Billion — Entertainment technology company Rovi has purchased original DVR service TiVo for $1.1 billion, or $10.70 per share. — “Rovi's acquisition of TiVo …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Huffington Post editor spiked April 6 story pitch about sleeping Uber driver due to parnership with Uber on “drowsy driving” campaign, later apologizes — Huffington Post killed story pitch critical of Uber — Uber yesterday announced that Huffington Post Editor …
Rupert Neate / Guardian:
New York Times CEO Mark Thompson sued in US district court on claim of ageist, racist, and sexist hiring practices — New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices — Paper denies ‘unjustified’ claims that CEO Mark Thompson introduced culture that favors 'young …
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Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
Journalist Julia Ioffe, who wrote a profile of Melania Trump for GQ, receives antisemitic abuse online — Journalist who profiled Melania Trump hit with barrage of antisemitic abuse — Julia Ioffe has received disturbing calls and online abuse since profiling Donald Trump's wife for GQ …
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: FB, Twitter, Instagram are discouraging publishers from promoting their Snapchat accounts — Twitter and Facebook want publishers and brands to stop promoting their Snapchat accounts — No more free Snapchat rides for publishers and brands on Twitter and Facebook.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In apparent move to boost visibility, Twitter switches its App Store category from Social Networking to News, where it ranks No. 1 — Twitter aims to boost its visibility by switching from ‘Social Networking’ to ‘News’ on the App Store — Following yet another quarter of sluggish user growth …
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Max Willens / International Business Times:
Publishers should move from ad sales based on impressions to time spent but doing so would require shifts in sales infrastructure and introducing new standards — What's Really Killing Digital Media: The Tyranny Of The Impression — All happy media companies are alike …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘American Idol’ Producer Core Media Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy … Core Media Group, home of 19 Entertainment's “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” was expected to file Thursday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York. — Core was part of the joint venture …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources: about 40 are being laid off at Glenn Beck's The Blaze, including 20 in New York — 40 Layoffs As Glenn Beck's ‘Blaze’ Empire Continues Its Decline and Fall — Sources estimate that 20 ‘Blaze’ employees will lose their jobs in New York, a dozen in Washington, five in Ohio …
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Variety:
Comcast buys DreamWorks Animation for $3.8B in cash, $41 a share; total equity value of deal, including debt, is $4.1B — NBCUniversal to Acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion … NBCUniversal has set a deal to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion in cash.
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snowden revelations, study finds — Internet traffic to Wikipedia pages summarizing knowledge about terror groups and their tools plunged nearly 30 percent after revelations of widespread Web monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency …
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Greg Avery / Denver Business Journal:
The Denver Post aims to cut another 26 newsroom jobs, nearly 20%, the second round of buyouts in 12 months — More buyouts hit Denver Post newsroom — The Denver Post wants to cut another 26 jobs, or nearly 20 percent, from its newsroom staff in the daily newspaper's second round of buyouts in the past 12 months.
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