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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In newsroom memo, Philip Corbett, NYT associate managing editor for standards, cautions staff against posting opinions on social media in wake of Orlando attack — Philip Corbett, the associate managing editor for standards at The New York Times, reminded the newsroom on Monday that …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Reporting on Orlando horror shows how audience demographics and preferences drive commentary, opinion presented on TV — Call it news event as Rorschach test. — It was only about 10:50 a.m. on Sunday, and very little was known about exactly what had happened in Orlando …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Inside the Orlando Sentinel newsroom on a tragic day, through the eyes of a journalist who also covered the Aurora theater shooting — ORLANDO, Fla. — A text woke Charles Minshew up early Sunday morning. — “Horrible news out of Orlando,” a friend from grad school texted at 6:46 a.m.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Heather Dietrick, Gawker Media president and general counsel, describes how the prospect of liens held by Hulk Hogan prompted the bankruptcy decision — Heather Dietrick, Gawker Media's president and general counsel, has always been close to her 90-year-old grandfather …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Gawker's Sam Biddle is joining The Intercept in July to cover Silicon Valley — Sam Biddle, the Gawker Media writer who earned plaudits and drew ire for skewering Silicon Valley powerbrokers and Gamergate supporters as editor of Valleywag, is joining The Intercept, he announced on Twitter Monday.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Dish's Sling TV launches on Apple TV; Fox Sports Go coming later this summer; more than 6K apps on tvOS now, says Apple SVP Eddie Cue at WWDC — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 — Dish's Sling TV is finally expanding to Apple TV: The online TV subscription service launched …
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Recode, Forbes, Home Media Magazine, Fast Company, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Variety, Music Industry Blog, Broadcasting & Cable, Pocket-lint, @xpangler and Fortune
Bloomberg:
Sources: FanDuel and DraftKings are in merger talks as both face legal battles — DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc., the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, are in talks about a merger, according to people familiar with the situation. Investors in DraftKings and FanDuel …
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Forbes, Business Insider and Deadspin
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat inserts ads between stories, introduces other changes in prep for IPO — Snapchat is ready to make the big bucks that could let it go public thanks to a slew of important updates to its ads offering. They'll give advertisers the spotlight, buying flexibility, return on investment opportunities …
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Adweek, Digiday, Vanity Fair, Fortune and The Next Web
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Jim Lanzone Named Chief Digital Officer for CBS Corp. — CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone has been promoted to the newly created post of chief digital officer for CBS Corp. The boost for Lanzone, who will remain CEO of CBS Interactive, recognizes the importance of coordinating digital strategies across various CBS divisions.
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CBS Corporation, The Wrap, @btaylor, Hollywood Reporter, Broadcasting & Cable, TVNewser and FishbowlNY
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
ESPN President John Skipper says he fired Bill Simmons over his lack of respect for the company and fellow staffers — LOS ANGELES — Corporate media giants always want what's cool and edgy until what's cool and edgy threatens the status quo that keeps the billions flooding in.
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The Wrap, The Big Lead, @bro_pair, USA Today, Deadspin, Hollywood Reporter, @thr, @thr and @claytravis
Husain Sumra / MacRumors:
Apple News gets a redesign with sections such as trending topics, adds subscriptions and breaking news notifications; has 60M monthly readers, 2K publishers — Today at its WWDC keynote, Apple announced a redesigned version of Apple News, which the company says has 60 million monthly active users and over 2,000 publications.
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Nieman Lab, Forbes, Fast Company and Fast Company
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Scripps, known for local TV and radio brands, finds new strategies to reach digital audiences, through its businesses like Midroll Media and Cracked.com — Scripps is 135 years old, and in that period it's reinvented itself plenty of times. The Cincinnati media company started out in the 1800s …