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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Speaking at Code Conference, Jeff Bezos says public figures like Thiel need to learn to deal with media criticism — Speaking today at the Code Conference, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke out against Peter Thiel's crusade against Gawker Media. Bezos who was perhaps speaking more as the owner …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Inside The New York Times' power struggles, speculation about who will succeed Dean Banquet as executive editor, and forthcoming cuts — It's been two years since Dean Baquet vaulted over Jill Abramson to claim the top editorial job, but the prospect of deeper change is still stirring at the 164-year-old Times.
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Courtney Weaver / Financial Times:
Trump deflects questions about his promised $6M donation to veterans groups by berating media at press conference, calling one reporter a “sleaze” to his face — In the world of Donald Trump, it was campaigning 101. — Faced with scrutiny over whether he had delivered …
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John M. Donnelly / National Press Club:
National Press Club president alarmed by Trump's attitude toward First Amendment, says any US candidate attacking press is “campaigning in wrong country” — The National Press Club president expressed alarm on Tuesday about Donald Trump's dangerous attitude toward the First Amendment.
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Geoff Edgers / Washington Post:
Bill Simmons launches The Ringer, a new site covering culture, sports, and technology — Grantland. The editor tries not to even utter its name. The football writer, eager to embrace his new gig at Sports Illustrated, admits he feels like a guy who can't stop talking about his old girlfriend.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Fox Will Fund TheSkimm's Move Into Video With $8 Million Round — TheSkimm runs daily newsletter with users topping 3.5 milllion — Founders' discussions with Fox CEO James Murdoch led to accord — 21st Century Fox Inc. led an $8 million investment in theSkimm, owner …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Profile of Discourse Media, a bootstrapped Canadian firm producing journalism through collaborations with other media and academic researchers — Discourse Media does a bit of everything. — The two-and-a-half year old Vancouver-based organization, for instance, collaborates …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Athletic, Chicago's $10/mth subscription sports site, hopes exclusive content and local fans will help it become a sustainable business — If you're trying to start a local subscription-based sports site, it helps if your local teams are actually playing well.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Gawker.com's traffic drops 37% in April from previous month to 7.6M, the lowest its been in at least 3 years, according to comScore — Caveat emptor, Gawker gawkers: Any company considering buying the controversial digital publisher should know that its namesake site has hit some serious traffic lows.
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Interview with Roku CEO Anthony Wood on competitors, specifically Google, licensing its tech and OS to TV makers, and how the company makes money — Roku has built most of its reputation on making high-quality “streaming boxes” that plug into your TV to let you watch apps like Netflix.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
131-year-old East Hampton Star endures as online competition from sites like Vox, Facebook increases, and startup Whalebone Media move in — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — When the leaves return to the trees outside David Rattray's office window at The East Hampton Star, it means only one thing: “The beginning of the mayhem.”
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Facebook, Google, Twitter promise to review most requests to remove hate speech within 24 hours, as European Commission unveils guidelines to halt its spread — Together with the European Commission, they unveil a new code of conduct designed to avoid the “spread of illegal hate speech.”
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