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Sources: Peter Thiel has played a lead role in bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Florida judge upholds $140.1 M verdict against Gawker, Nick Denton, and AJ Daulerio; Gawker to appeal — A state court judge in Florida upheld a jury verdict of $140.1 million in damages against Gawker Media, CEO Nick Denton and former editor in chief A.J. Daulerio.
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Hollywood Reporter, Newser, The Wrap, Advocate, Business Insider, Tampa Bay Times, @mmasnick, Death and Taxes, WTOP and Media Law Prof Blog
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Thiel's backing of Hogan suit against Gawker shows the heavy price media companies face, heightened by Trump's litigious, anti-media stance — Reports that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel secretly bankrolled Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media represent the latest twist …
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Forbes, @marklittlenews, Vanity Fair, Recode and Fast Company
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
The New York Times announces it will offer buyout packages to newsroom and business department employees at the end of the month — The New York Times will offer voluntary buyout packages to members of the newsroom and several business departments at the end of the month, the company announced on Wednesday.
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Alex Spence / Politico:
Washington Post targets Europe with expanded Global Opinions section, additional regions to be added in coming months — The Washington Post, resurgent under the ownership of Amazon's Jeff Bezos, is expanding in Europe as part of a drive for more readers outside its home market.
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Washington Post and @rafat
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Business Insider launches website for lifestyle vertical Insider after 10 months distributing content exclusively on social media platforms — Content designed to be distributed on social media platforms gets its own Web destination — In the fast-changing world of digital publishing, occasionally something old becomes new again.
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INSIDER, Business Insider, Business Insider, FishbowlNY, @niemanlab and Talking Biz News
Mark Scott / New York Times:
EU proposes new rules to protect minors, combat hate speech, and mandate that video streaming services have 20% European content — How do you say “House of Cards” in French? Under new European proposals, you may soon find out. — That's because European officials announced on Wednesday …
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Poynter:
Investor Towle & Co urges Tribune Publishing to strike a deal with Gannett at a price above $15 per share, slams deal with Nant Capital — A second big-dollar investor in Tribune Publishing is calling on the newspaper company to cut a deal with Gannett, just two days …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Denverite is the first in a line of new city news sites from a startup backed by longtime media execs — Here's a new stab at local news: A new media company founded by Gordon Crovitz, the former publisher of The Wall Street Journal; Kevin Ryan, the founder of Business Insider; and Jim Friedlich …
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Politico, @dnvrite, @lauraelizdavis and Poynter
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Spotify's Discover Weekly reaches 40 million users and 5 billion tracks streamed — Every Monday morning, a freshly created selection of around 30 tracks arrives for each of Spotify's more than 100 million users. The offering is called Discover Weekly, and it has cracked the code …
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TechCrunch, news.spotify.com, The Week, Fast Company, hypebot, Engadget, Tech Insider and Music Ally
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Over 400 writers including Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Amy Tan, and Cheryl Strayed release online letter opposing Trump — Donald J. Trump has been working to mend fences with many of his detractors, but among literary luminaries it is looking like it will be a tough sell.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Azerbaijan orders release of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Khadija Ismayilova on suspended sentence — Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has ordered that RFE/RL journalist Khadija Ismayilova be released from custody after reducing her prison term from 7 1/2 years in custody to a suspended term of 3 1/2 years.
Mike Minotti / VentureBeat:
Interview with Turner Sports executive VP Craig Barry on Eleague's goals, approach, and partnership with Twitch — One of the biggest names in cable television is getting into esports, and it think it can do a better job than current leagues. — Turner's Eleague, which will feature Counter-Strike …
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VentureBeat and Forbes
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Industry observers and some staff believe BuzzFeed will eventually curtail news to focus on more profitable video and entertainment — Early last year, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote a blog post titled “Why BuzzFeed Does News,” a battle cry for journalism that had the unintended effect of unnerving some members of the news division.
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Newsmax and The Interrobang
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