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Nick Denton / Gawker:
Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent — Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag …
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Will Oremus / Slate:
Peter Thiel's secret war against Gawker proves Silicon Valley needs a Valleywag to hold its powerful accountable — Peter Thiel's misguided, secret war against Gawker Media proves it. — Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member who co-founded PayPal and Palantir …
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Barry Meier / New York Times:
Legal experts discuss third-party litigation funding, previous examples involving media, and legal obligations of the lawyers involved — The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has put the future of Gawker Media into doubt by secretly funding a successful lawsuit that threatens to undermine the media company's finances.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
As Facebook courts publishers, the company and some of its directors decline to comment on board member Peter Thiel's funding of lawsuit against Gawker
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Gawker Media is exploring strategic options, including potential sale
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Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:
Facebook expands Audience Network reach beyond just its users — to everyone — All people on Audience Network mobile sites and apps can now be targeted using familiar Facebook parameters. — Two years ago Facebook launched the Facebook Audience Network as part of an effort to expand …
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to shut down FBX, its ad exchange that lets third party companies purchase ads for desktop as company shifts focus toward mobile — Social network focusing on its own ad network and mobile ad inventory — Facebook is planning to shut down its ad exchange, FBX …
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Pew Research Center:
Pew: 62% of US adults get news on social media; 66% of Facebook, 23% of Instagram, 21% of YouTube, 19% of LinkedIn users get news there — A majority of U.S. adults - 62% - get news on social media, and 18% do so often, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center …
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SBNation:
SB Nation releases Vox Media review of Daniel Holtzclaw profile and vows to work on building and valuing staff diversity, among other changes — At SBNation.com, our goal is to produce thoughtful, informative, entertaining and high-quality sports coverage.
Kevin Eck / TVSpy:
Nexstar to sell five stations to meet FCC requirements for merger with Media General — In what it's calling a first step towards getting approval for its proposed merger with Media General, Nexstar Broadcasting says it's selling five stations to three different ownership groups.
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Lee Glendinning / Guardian:
Guardian takes down 13 articles and removes unverifiable information from others after checking freelancer Joseph Mayton's work, will review processes — After sources quoted in several stories denied speaking with a freelance reporter, Joseph Mayton, the Guardian has fact-checked all of his stories.
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Politico:
Inside the decline of digital media pioneer Salon.com, from changes in political coverage to financial failures — How a digital trailblazer and progressive powerhouse lost its way. — A Facebook page dedicated to celebrating the 20th anniversary of digital media pioneer Salon is functioning as a crowdsourced eulogy.
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Holly Byrnes / NEWS.com.au:
60 Minutes Australia producer fired over Lebanon child kidnapping story that landed children's mother and television crew in jail — Holly ByrnesNews Corp Australia Network — 60 MINUTES producer Stephen Rice has been sacked over the program's botched child snatch scandal in Beirut …
David Prestipino / WA Today:
Seven West Media to buy News Corp's Australian properties, The Sunday Times and PerthNow — The sale of The Sunday Times and PerthNow website to rival Seven West Media is almost complete. — Seven West Media CEO and managing director Tim Worner confirmed the company that owns The West Australian …
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