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Max Read / New York Magazine:
Former Gawker EIC Max Read reflects on who really caused Gawker's demise, pointing to Nick Denton, A.J. Daulerio, Peter Thiel, himself, and others — Or was it Nick Denton? Hulk Hogan? Peter Thiel? Or the internet? — It feels a bit strange to say this now, but in the spring of 2014 …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Univision exec Isaac Lee addresses Gawker Media staff in New York; Nick Denton gets $16,666/month for two-year non-compete and non-solicitation agreement — Univision executive Isaac Lee was in New York on Friday to address employees at Gawker Media, the digital media company that Univision agreed …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Gawker staffers Pareene, Nolan, Feinberg, and Sargent are moving to Deadspin; Trotter, Galperina, and Hongo go to Gizmodo, while others join Jezebel — If there is a silver lining for writers and editors at Gawker Media's flagship site, which will cease operations next week, it's that, for now, they still have jobs.
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Matt Drange / Forbes:
Former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio condemns Peter Thiel for funding lawyers to chase his “meager assets” — A.J. Daulerio, the ex-Gawker editor who wrote the 2012 story that originally included an excerpt of the Hulk Hogan sex tape he and his employer were successfully sued over, lashed out at Peter Thiel on Thursday.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Two Ailes assistants left Fox News this week, and contract hasn't been renewed for private eye and on-air contributor Bo Dietl — The Fox News housecleaning continues. — Two more executives closely associated with ex-chairman Roger Ailes, Brigette Boyle and Nikole King, left the network this week.
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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.
Sandra Upson / Backchannel:
After releasing emails from Turkish political party AKP containing malware, WikiLeaks says it will continue not redacting archives for “accuracy” — It's alarmingly easy to visit WikiLeaks' email database from Turkish political party AKP and come away infected with malicious code.
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Pandora nears licensing deals with major record companies for on-demand streaming; $10 per month would give subscribers unlimited access to tracks — The internet radio service is aiming to start offering new paid tiers as soon as next month — Pandora Media Inc. is aiming …
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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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Hollywood Reporter:
Staff email: Tom Dooley will serve as Viacom interim president/CEO through Sept. 30; Dauman to be non-executive chairman until Sept. 13; board adding 5 members — The media giant sent an email to employees asking for patience as the board puts the finishing touches on a deal …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Samsung to Close Milk Music on September 22 — Samsung is finally pulling the plug on its Milk Music streaming service: The company started to notify users of Milk Music Friday that it will shut down the service on September 22. Samsung told existing users to instead switch to Slacker, which has been powering Milk since its launch.
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Mike Janssen / Current:
Inside a workshop at Matt Waite's Drone Journalism Lab and how journalists are weighing privacy, free speech, tech, and regulations — How fitting that our flight to Lincoln, Neb., to attend the Drone Journalism Bootcamp was diverted to Kansas City due to a thunderstorm.
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