Mediagazer: Facebook rolls out new code to nullify adblock workaround introduced by Adblock Plus (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

12:50 PM ET, August 12, 2016

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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:

Sources: up to seven bidders expected at Gawker's bankruptcy auction next week, including Univision — Gawker's bankruptcy auction could be as crowded as its farewell party on Wednesday evening — but without the beer and pizza. — As many as seven suitors are expected to attend …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @anthony, @claireatki and @justinjm1

Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:

The last party before Gawker Media's bankruptcy sale felt like a giddy wake, with speeches by a still-defiant Nick Denton — Since its beginning in 2002, Gawker has been a veritable schadenfreude machine, taking delight in deflating the egos of New York's cultural elite, among other, perhaps less worthy, targets.

Discussion: @hunterw, W Magazine, @micahsingleton, @michaeldavsmith, @mathewi, @espiers, @tomscocca, @weareyourfek, @noahvjohnson, @shaneferro, The –30– and New York Magazine

Matt Drange / Forbes:
Ex-Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio faces potential bankruptcy as he and Hulk Hogan's lawyers tussle over access to his assets

Discussion: Reynolds Center, LawNewz, @janinegibson, @rmac18, @clairemcneill, @ryanlcooper, @ggreenwald, @joshuahersh, Fortune, @ratterofficial, @anildash, @mattdrange, @petersterne, @glasgowkjh, @reznicklgp and @max_read

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook rolls out new code to nullify adblock workaround introduced by Adblock Plus — Adblock Plus launched a workaround to Facebook's ad block bypass today that ham-handedly removes posts from friends and Pages, not just ads, according to a statement provided by Facebook to TechCrunch.

Lucia Moses / Digiday:

New York Times buys marketing agency Fake Love, which specializes in virtual and augmented reality, in a push to build up its in-house ad services — For the second time this year, The New York Times is acquiring a marketing agency. This time, it's buying Fake Love, an agency that specializes …

Discussion: Adweek, Ad Age, NetNewsCheck Latest, Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY

The Daily Beast:

The Daily Beast removes post about the use of Grindr at Olympics after complaints it outed gay athletes, says “we were wrong” — One athlete poses in his full Canadian team kit. Others post their Olympic bedspreads as their profile pictures. They're ready to date—even your distinctly non-Olympian correspondent.

Max Willens / Digiday:

How CNN's social apps producer Masuma Ahuja experiments with Line, Kik, and Facebook Messenger to cover the Olympics — Masuma Ahuja's feet may be on the ground in Rio de Janeiro, but she has to be in several places at once for CNN. As the social apps producer in charge of the news publisher's Line …

Discussion: @niemanlab and @digiday

Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:

The Olympics puts the joint Snapchat venture between old-school NBC and viral content publisher Buzzfeed to the test — Digital media company has athletes destroying watermelons — NBC's coverage of the Olympics carries a certain amount of gravitas, from the pomp of the opening ceremony …

Discussion: @wsj, @perlberg, @dannygroner and @kerrymflynn

Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
TV ratings for Olympics on NBC down nearly 20% from London games as media viewing habits change

Discussion: Adweek, USA Today, Variety, Awful Announcing, The Wrap, Adweek and The Week

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Donald Trump's war with the media has given Hillary Clinton cover not to create a press pool for her campaign, bucking tradition — As Trump wars with the media, Clinton moves just as slowly to allow reporters full coverage, bucking tradition. — Think Donald Trump is the only candidate sidelining the press?

Roger Yu / USA Today:

FCC votes to retain rules limiting cross-ownership of newspapers, radio, and TV stations in the same market, despite complaints that restrictions are outdated — The Federal Communications Commission has voted to keep in place its rules that prohibit media companies from owning newspapers …

Discussion: Law360, Morning Consult, The Hill, TVNewsCheck.com and Reuters

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Analyst: US pay-TV operators lose 757K subs in Q2, and 1.29M subscribers over past 12 months — The pay-television biz kept up a slow pace of descent as U.S. cable, satellite and telco TV operators shed a collective 757,000 subscribers in the second quarter, according to Wall Street analyst Craig Moffett …

Stuff.co.nz:

Court rules Sky TV can't prevent New Zealand's Fairfax from using Olympics video excerpts — “Obviously we're delighted,” Fairfax group executive editor Sinead Boucher said. — Sky TV has lost its bid for an interim injunction against Fairfax Media regarding the use of its Olympic Games footage.

Discussion: @sineadboucher, National Business Review and Stuff.co.nz

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Turner and Scripps Networks announce $45M investment in Refinery29, sources say at $500M valuation — Like we told you! — Dear Recode readers: Remember a month ago, when I told you that Time Warner's Turner unit had invested in Refinery29, the digital publisher focused on millennial women?

Discussion: Digiday, The Drum, Editor & Publisher, @pkafka and Adweek, Thanks:@ravichandrans25

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Sources: in 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive replies to President Obama during a Q&A session — In 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to President Barack Obama during a Q&A session, sources tell BuzzFeed News.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Mary Sue, USA Today, @gaberivera, Gizmodo, The Verge, @sarahcuda and @richardgrenell

The Twitter Blog:
Twitter says BuzzFeed story contains “inaccuracies in the details” and “unfair portrayals” without offering specifics, pledges to continue making Twitter safer

Discussion: Business Insider, VentureBeat, CNNMoney, Fortune, @johnpaczkowski and @amandahess