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9:40 AM ET, June 13, 2016

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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 …
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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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 …
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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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.
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.
Discussion: CBS Corporation and The Wrap
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.
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 …
Discussion: @jbflint and @preetatweets
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.
 
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Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
Q&A with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on the future of TV, monetization, and growth
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
New York Times published an op-ed under the byline of a foreign official who apparently never agreed to it
Discussion: iMediaEthics and @jayrosen_nyu
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Twitch's 100 million viewers watched 800 million hours of esports in the last 10 months
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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
Discussion: Federal Court
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Norman Pearlstine in Talks to Step Down as Chief Content Officer of Time Inc.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, Media Wire Daily and Ad Age
 

 
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Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
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