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Bloomberg:
The authors behind popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge have been unmasked by a disgruntled ex-employee, who also unveils details of its internal workings — Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog — The veil is lifted on a secretive website.
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Zero Hedge authors reply to Bloomberg article unmasking them by aiming to discredit the source, their ex-employee — The Full Story Behind Bloomberg's Attempt To “Unmask” Zero Hedge — Over the years, Zero Hedge has proven to be a magnet for media attention.
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Business Insider, @scottnations and @johngapper
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Snapchat strikes a non-exclusive deal with NBC to show Olympics highlights in US via live stories and Discover channel curated by BuzzFeed — Snapchat Scores Unprecedented Deal With NBC to Showcase Olympics — Companies to share revenue from ads paired with content
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Vanity Fair, @sarahfrier, @alexjamesfitz, The Next Web, @petersontee, Mashable and Bloomberg
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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Business Wire, Business Insider, Forbes, Broadcasting & Cable, Ad Age, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Variety, Business Insider, @hblodget, @hblodget and Fortune
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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@laurennmcc, @digiphile, Fox News, @bencjacobs, @markmackinnon, @mcfaul, @yaffaesque, @hannahjwaters, The Week and Fortune
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.
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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
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ValueWalk, MacRumors, Strategy Consulting, mUmBRELLA, Digiday, Engadget, Fast Company, Mashable, The Verge, @martinsfp, @matthewbennett, Marketing Land and @ethanklapper
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Sources: Business Insider faces editorial staff turnover and low newsroom morale, with some blaming relentless management pressure to generate more traffic — Here's what Business Insider employees just said about why people are leaving — As 2015 drew to a close, it felt as though the year …
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@rafat, @itstheannmarie, @thestalwart, @jose_pagliery, @ckrewson, @lahlahlindsey and @ml_boardman
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 …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Google Tests Feature That Lets Media Companies, Marketers Publish Directly to Search Results — HBO's ‘Silicon Valley’ put a spotlight on the new feature this week by posting ‘news’ stories to Google — Google is experimenting with a new feature that allows marketers, media companies …
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Nieman Lab, @mikeisaac, Search Engine Land and @dangillmor
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
How The Center for Investigative Reporting is trying to build and control its own audio platform though investigative journalism and its Reveal podcast — The Center for Investigative Reporting bets it can change audio journalism—and itself — In 2014, The Center for Investigative Reporting found itself …
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@cjr, @derekwillis, @cjr and @cjr
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 …
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@jason_pontin
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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@moorehn, @nycjim, @jasonabbruzzese, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, @alexweprin, @johnriverstoo, TheBlaze.com and TVNewser
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 …
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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