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11:35 AM ET, June 12, 2016

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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker Media files for Chapter 11 triggering auction, will continue operating and fight the Hogan verdict; source says Ziff Davis opens with $90-$100M bid  —  Company files for Chapter 11 to protect assets from seizure by Hulk Hogan  —  Gawker Media parent company Gawker Media Group …
Discussion: @nicknotned, Heat Street, Forbes, New York Post, New York Times, Recode, @maxfrumes, Recode, New York Times, Guardian, Politico, Slate, Forbes, Gawker, CNBC, Bloomberg, Adweek, Nieman Lab, The Federalist, USA Today, CBS News, FishbowlNY, The Verge, @dansinker, Newser, Wired, Gawker, @felixsalmon, @adambanksdotcom, @sarahjeong, Reuters, Washington Post, Poynter, Hollywood Reporter, @felixsalmon, @nicknotned, @mattdpearce, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, New York Post, Bloomberg, Mediaite, NPR, TechCrunch, The Drum, @manigandham, Digital Trends, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, @adrianchen, Zero Hedge, Business Insider, @dangillmor, The Hill, The Next Web, @arikia, @benmullin, @davidfolkenflik, @waxpancake, @penenberg, Fortune, Deadspin, @joemfbrown, @balajis, ThinkProgress, Recode, USA Today, Fast Company, Hit & Run, @nyguild, VatorNews, Vanity Fair, Consumerist, CNBC, Engadget, @pkafka, The New York Observer, Boing Boing, @petersterne, Ad Age, VentureBeat, The Huffington Post, Variety, @davidfolkenflik, Ars Technica, @marklotto, @deadspin, @dannyodwyer, @rafat, CBS New York, @kreichard, @sara_randazzo, @natesilver538, The Week, LawNewz, Washington Post, @jackmirkinson, Techdirt, globalnews.ca, @jaspjackson, @thejoesmith, @jackmirkinson, @pkafka, @pattymo, @ryanlcooper, @johnfugelsang, @jbouie, @emmaroller, Bloomberg, @mathewi, WRGB, @newyorker, @niemanlab, @yayitsrob, @ryanlcooper, @kelseymsutton, @pkafka, @dankennedy_nu, Guardian, New York Magazine, @burninalivefl, @laurenduca, RT, @espiers, MacDailyNews, Media Wire Daily, Deadline, Newsy, iMediaEthics, The Newspaper Guild, RedState and Mother Jones
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Denton may try to buy back Gawker.com, if he wins Hogan appeal  —  At the end of the Gawker Media bankruptcy process, Gawker founder Nick Denton will have surrendered control of all of his websites.  —  But there's a chance he will wind up regaining control of the blog where it all began, Gawker.com.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker requests injunctive relief prohibiting Hogan and others from taking more legal action against it and Denton without bankruptcy court approval  —  Court papers say it's likely that Nick Denton will be filing for personal bankruptcy and that Hogan becoming Gawker's owner would be “inequitable.”
Dan Kennedy / Nieman Lab:
A deep look at digital and business strategies of The Washington Post under Jeff Bezos: a focus on scale, tech, and experimentation  —  Editor's note: Nieman Lab contributor and Northeastern University professor Dan Kennedy has spent the past semester as a Joan Shorenstein Fellow …
Julia Love / Reuters:
Sources: Amazon to launch $9.99/mo standalone streaming music service late summer/early fall  —  Amazon.com Inc is preparing to launch a standalone music streaming subscription service, placing it squarely in competition with rival offerings from Apple Inc and Spotify, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Jason Wilson / VentureBeat:
Twitch's 100 million viewers watched 800 million hours of esports in the last 10 months  —  If you're uncertain why companies like ESPN and Activision have been making big acquisitions and investments in esports, here's a good answer: because more than 100 million viewers spend lots of time …
Discussion: @jcenters, PollstarPro and ESPN
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Washington Post is dabbling in translations to reach a growing non-English speaking audience  —  The Washington Post was preparing to publish an editorial on the Obama administration's move, in December of 2014, to restore ties with Cuba, when executive editor Marty Baron asked about a Spanish translation.
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Norman Pearlstine in Talks to Step Down as Chief Content Officer of Time Inc.  —  The venerable journalist is expected to move on to a consulting role.  —  Norman Pearlstine, the chief content officer of Time Inc., is negotiating his exit from the role, multiple sources have confirmed.
Discussion: Media Wire Daily and Ad Age
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on the future of TV, monetization, and growth  —  Photo: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street Journal  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.— Susan Wojcicki holds a unique place in the history of the technology industry.  These days she plays a key role in the future of media and entertainment, too.
Discussion: Business Insider
Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK:
The past, present, and future of open access academic publishing and why it isn't as ubiquitous as it ought to be  —  Digitisation and the Internet ought to mean we have all of this at our fingertips: so why don't we? (credit: Diliff)  —  In 1836, Anthony Panizzi, who later became principal librarian …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
New York Times published an op-ed under the byline of a foreign official who apparently never agreed to it  —  The New York Times has sparked an international incident by publishing an op-ed article under the byline of a foreign official who never agreed to it, according to his supporters.
Discussion: iMediaEthics and @jayrosen_nyu
 
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Andy / TorrentFreak:
Canadian court issues temporary injunction banning the sales of some Android-based set-top boxes with piracy software pending a full trial
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
NAA is getting ready to accept digital-only sites as members
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
New York AG Schneiderman tells Charter to speed up Time Warner Cable's “abysmal” internet service following company's rebranding of TWC/Charter as Spectrum
Kim McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
Axel Springer buys 93% of market researcher EMarketer for $242M
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
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