Mediagazer: Time Warner leads $12M Series B round for You.i TV, a Canadian firm that helps TV brands build video apps for various devices (Georg Szalai/Hollywood Reporter)

7:55 PM ET, September 13, 2016

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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Source: Gawker staff in discussions about staging a walk-out, after Univision deletes posts at the center of legal disputes; other forms of action were debated — Gawker is no more, but Gawker Media—including Deadspin, Jezebel, etc.—is now under Univision ownership.

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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Transcript of interview with Isaac Lee, Univision's chief news officer, on the decision to delete posts from Gawker Media's archive

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Joe Ripp says he decided to step down as CEO of Time Inc. after a recent “health incident” — Time Inc. is suddenly changing CEOs. — Rich Battista, the head of the magazine publisher's U.S. titles, is taking over for Joe Ripp, “effective immediately,” according to a statement from the company.

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Inc. appoints Rich Battista as CEO, Joe Ripp moves to Executive Chairman role

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Wall Street Journal:

Jay-Z's music streaming service Tidal posted a loss of $28M in 2015, compared to $10M in 2014 — Cash burn shows the challenge the music-streaming service faces in competing with rivals Spotify and Apple Music — STOCKHOLM—In the year rap mogul Jay-Z took control of Tidal …

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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:

YouTube launches beta of Community, which lets creators share photos, text, more into Subscriptions feed; subs can opt-in to new post notifications — Text, still images, and GIFs are now part of the mix that the service gives creators to keep their fans engaged.

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Time Warner leads $12M Series B round for You.i TV, a Canadian firm that helps TV brands build video apps for various devices — “Delivering video directly to consumers is becoming vital to the media industry, and offering a compelling user interface and app experience is an important piece …

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

Virginia Citizens Defense League, other gun rights advocates file defamation suit against Katie Couric, filmmakers over “misleading” edit in documentary — Gun rights advocates don't enjoy being falsely depicted as dimwits who can't answer the most basic of questions about their No. 1 public policy issue.

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Ben Sisario / New York Times:

Songwriters of North America sues US Justice Department, saying it overstepped authority in last month's royalties ruling — When Michelle Lewis, a Los Angeles songwriter, gets her quarterly royalty statements from Ascap, she receives a stark reminder of how songs are valued in the digital age.

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Peter Kafka / Recode:

How News Corp's Storyful became the agent for the creator of video of Clinton at 9/11 event, charging news orgs “a couple hundred thousand” for rights so far — If you want to show the 20-second clip, you need to pay Storyful, News Corp's viral video agency.

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The Post:

Ohio University decides to return $500K donation from Roger Ailes, remove name from student newsroom, in wake of sexual harassment allegations — Roger Ailes' name will be removed from a WOUB newsroom, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced Monday during a Faculty Senate meeting.

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