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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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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Meeker's charts show decline of ad money spent on print from 25% in 2011 to 16% in 2015 and increase on mobile from 1% to 12% in same period — It's an annual moment of print realism here at Nieman Lab: The posting of the attention/advertising slide from Mary Meeker's state-of-the-Internet slide deck.
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Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Meeker's annual web trends report: slower internet user growth; US mobile ad growth accelerating, dominated by Facebook and Google; more voice and image search — The Kleiner Perkins partner's new predictions. — Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins and a longtime tech industry analyst …
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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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Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Sheryl Sandberg says Peter Thiel will remain on Facebook's board and that Facebook had no knowledge of his actions against Gawker — Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, said today on stage at Vox Media's Code Conference that Peter Thiel would remain on the company's board …
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Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Bloomberg hires Mark Gurman to cover consumer electronics starting this summer — Gurman graduated college last month. — Over the last few years, Mark Gurman has made a name for himself as the go-to guy for Apple product scoops. And now he's taking his talents to Bloomberg.
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vanity Fair launches the first of its new verticals, The Hive, focused on business, politics, and tech — When Vanity Fair looks at powerbrokers, it finds them in New York, Washington, D.C., and, increasingly, Silicon Valley. — The publication on June 1 is rolling out the Hive …
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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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
State Department admits deleting a tough Fox News question about secret talks with Iran in 2013 press briefing video — Now here's an interesting evolution: When the State Department was first pressed on why a tough question from Fox News correspondent James Rosen was missing from a Dec. 2 …
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Sources: 300-400 film and TV staffers take buyouts at 21st Century Fox, which has no immediate layoff plans; the buyout offers were sent to 15+ year veterans — Between 300 and 400 film and television staffers have taken voluntary buyouts at 21st Century Fox, Variety has learned.
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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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