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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.
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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 …
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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Washington Post, @whatthebit, Vanity Fair and ABC News
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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 …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Denton may try to buy back Gawker.com, if he wins Hogan appeal
Sources: Denton may try to buy back Gawker.com, if he wins Hogan appeal
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Heat Street, @brianstelter and Editor & Publisher
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, Broadcasting & Cable, FishbowlNY and Hollywood Reporter
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 …
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@leevikokko, @michaelbhaskar, @marcwalder, @venkatananth, @sanjiva and @sulliview
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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.
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@jdseidel, @sleavenworth and @johnhajek_lang
James Warren / Poynter:
Harper's Magazine Publisher Rick MacArthur on blogging, paywalls, his editor shakeup, and the future of journalism — Rick MacArthur is an acerbic, slightly rumpled born-to-the-manor renegade who remains publisher of Harper's Magazine long after saving it from extinction upon taking …
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@felicitycarter, @pelstrom, @jbenton, @clarajeffery and @jayrosen_nyu
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Tribune blocks 42 stations on DISH in retransmission dispute said to focus on WGN America, which 7M DISH subscribers received before the blackout — Dish blames demands for higher fees for WGN America — Tribunes Media's TV stations were blacked out to Dish Networks subscribers Sunday evening …
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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Shari Redstone's rise in the fight for control of her father's $40B media empire — No longer at odds with Sumner Redstone, her influence grows at his $40 billion media empire, which includes Viacom and CBS. — Beginning last fall, when visitors came to meet the ailing media mogul Sumner Redstone …
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@jbflint and @preetatweets
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nameless.tv platform brings communal viewing to online TV, allowing viewers to interact with each other as shows air — Nameless.tv is bringing some of the communal feeling of watching regular TV — you know, the sense that people are watching along with you - to the experience of streaming online videos.
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.