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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton files for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection; in tweet, he says his colleagues will be “freed” from Thiel's “vendetta” — Denton's bankruptcy comes as a result of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Joshua Topolsky, co-founder of The Verge, raises $5M for new publication The Outline in round led by RRE Ventures, which will cover power, culture, the future — The Outline, backed by $5 million, will cover power, culture and ‘the future’ — Joshua Topolsky is ready for his next act, and he's setting out to fix digital media.
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Sources: Hillary Clinton to address joint National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists convention on Friday — On Friday, Clinton will address NABJ and NAHJ, multiple sources confirm to BuzzFeed News. — Hillary Clinton will address …
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
How Atlas Obscura is building the “Nice Vice” with a nascent travel business, a potential TV show and a book due in September — One day in 2014, soon after David Plotz left his job as editor of the online magazine Slate, he took his then 13-year-old daughter, Noa, on a bike ride through Anacostia.
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Following Vice's lead, digital publishers like Ozy are signing TV deals — Vox Media Says Production Process For Curbed Show Is Going Smoothly — It's no longer a question of “if,” it's a question of “when.” Digital publishers like Vox Media, BuzzFeed, Thrillist Media Group …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News serves up 28 Million Facebook Live video streams during political conventions — Network's news division delivered total of 74-plus hours on social service, but it carried no ads — ABC News is touting huge reach beyond the TV from its deal with Facebook, delivering …
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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
YouTube party conventions statistics: 9M live viewers, averaging 25 minutes; RNC viewed 4.5M times, DNC, 4.6M; 217K peak for Trump, 250K for Clinton
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
54% of CNN International's revenue now comes from branded content ad deals, a boost driven by new advanced data monitoring service AIM — CNN International has been on a mission to evolve its digital commercial offering. The goal is to move away from banner ads and click-based reporting …
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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Donald Trump's comments on DNC hack suggest he will abuse surveillance powers if elected, a situation Edward Snowden predicted — Donald Trump shocked a lot of people on Wednesday when he suggested (maybe sarcastically, maybe not?) that he hopes Russia is hacking the emails of Hillary Clinton …
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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
Conservative TV host Glenn Beck files a lawsuit in Texas against former TheBlaze CEO Chris Balfe, accusing him of fraud and breach of contract — Conservative television and radio host Glenn Beck has filed a lawsuit in Texas against the man who used to run his entertainment and news network …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
How journalists can stay impartial, give American voters the information they need in the lead-up to the presidential election — As the newly nominated presidential candidates plunge into the last 100 days of the campaign, news organizations might pause before they do the same.
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Ruth Margalit / New York Times:
How Benjamin Netanyahu tries to control broadcast, print and online news in Israel, creating an atmosphere of intimidation in newsrooms — In its annual report released this spring, Freedom House, an American democracy advocacy organization, downgraded Israel's freedom of the press ranking from “free” to “partly free.”
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
UK govt closes loophole which allows users to watch BBC iPlayer without paying TV license fee, costing BBC £150M a year, comes into effect on Sept 1 — Government pushed through plan to close ‘iPlayer loophole’, which costs the BBC about £150m a year
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