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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Gawker.com announces it will shut down next week, after nearly 14 years of operation — After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media's six other websites …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In memo, Gawker's Nick Denton says he will not join Univision and is getting out of news and gossip business — Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker.com, toasted the website Thursday in a memo to staff in the wake of the announcement that the site is closing before Univision takes possession of its parent company.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Gawker.com incubated writers who wrote with fearlessness and style, influencing broader web — If this is your first day reading an article on the web: Hello and welcome. If it isn't, you should be aware that much of what you've read on the web to this point has been shaped by the style …
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Univision:
Univision formally announces Gawker Media acquisition for $135M, will not operate Gawker.com — Acquisition of Digital Assets will Reinforce UCI's Digital Strategy and is Expected to Increase Fusion Media Group's Digital Reach to Nearly 75 Million Uniques, Building on Recent Investments in FUSION …
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Ken White / Popehat:
Gawker's fate shows the US legal system is receptive to abuse that suppresses speech, and not just from vengeful billionaires — Gawker has occasionally provided quality journalism and entertainment. That doesn't stop me from despising its amoral and repulsive ethos.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
The New York Times will retire its NYT Now app starting the week of August 29; at its peak in May 2015, the app had 334K total unique users — In early 2014, The New York Times introduced an app called NYT Now that would provide a curated list of stories — for a lower price …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Viacom-Redstone battle ends with CEO Philippe Dauman stepping down with $72M severance package and COO Tom Dooley serving as interim CEO — COO Tom Dooley to take over as interim chief executive officer — Media company's directors have pressed the combatants for deal
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Twitter says it has suspended 235K accounts since February for promoting terrorism, bringing total to 360K since mid-2015 — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts that promoted terrorism over the last six months, as part of a continuing effort to keep people from using …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN announces CNN AIR, a drone reporting unit with two full-time drone operators gathering news for CNN, Turner, and Time Warner — Following 15 months of testing, CNN today announced it is launching CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting, or CNN AIR for short. — The CNN AIR team …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Gretchen Carlson is close to settling sexual harassment case against Roger Ailes, but she should go to court to keep issues she exposed in the public eye — For Gretchen Carlson, a big settlement in her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes might be the best outcome personally.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter rolls out quality filter setting to all, letting users filter “lower-quality content” from notifications, but it may not stop targeted non-spam abuse — The changes come one week after a BuzzFeed News investigation into Twitter's decade-long failure to stop abuse.
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Mother Jones:
Prison investigation by Mother Jones staff writer Shane Bauer took over 18 months and cost about $350K; banner ads that ran on the article brought in $5K — This June, we published a big story—Shane Bauer's account of his four-month stint as a guard in a private prison.
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New York Times:
Trump hires Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen Bannon to lead campaign in shakeup — LAS VEGAS — Donald J. Trump has shaken up his presidential campaign for the second time in two months, hiring a top executive from the conservative website Breitbart News and promoting a senior adviser …
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