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Transcript of interview with Isaac Lee, Univision's chief news officer, on the decision to delete posts from Gawker Media's archive — Last month, the media conglomerate Univision agreed to acquire Gizmodo and five other sites from Gawker Media for $135 million.
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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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Gawker Media's editorial union condemns in “strongest possible terms” Univision's deletion of posts targeted by lawsuits, saying it sets an “alarming precedent”
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Time Inc. appoints Rich Battista as CEO, Joe Ripp moves to Executive Chairman role — The former executive vp will replace Joe Ripp, who remains executive chairman. — Time Inc. said Tuesday that it has promoted Rich Battista to the posts of president and CEO, effective immediately.
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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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Source: Twitter won't count media attachments such as polls, gifs, photos, quoted tweets, and videos toward the 140 character tweet limit beginning September 19 — The company is changing the way it counts 140 characters — Twitter is about to make a big change to the way that tweets work, The Verge can report.
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Beacon Reader, a journalism crowdfunding platform, will close October 31 after three years — One of journalism's most prominent crowdfunding platforms announced Monday that it's shutting down after a three-year run. — In an email to the platform's users Monday evening with the subject line …
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Q&A with WaPo reporter David Fahrenthold on his doggedly transparent coverage of Donald Trump's charitable donations, which is aided by a pen-and-paper approach — Washington Post politics reporter David Fahrenthold is trying to find evidence of Donald Trump's charitable donations, but he's running out of paper.
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Google-backed First Draft launches new coalition network, which aims to help improve social media newsgathering, with partners like Facebook, NYT — Channel 4 News, Telegraph, New York Times, Washington Post and BuzzFeed have also signed up to network organised through Google-backed First Draft
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Eyeo, company behind Adblock Plus, launches an ad exchange to help marketers display “acceptable ads” to users; Google and AppNexus are partners — Eyeo, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it's launching an online advertising service …
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Defy Media, Digital Studio Behind Smosh, Raises $70 Million and Eyes Shows on Traditional TV — Defy Media, the studio whose brands include the popular Smosh comedy team, has closed a $70 million Series B round of funding led by institutional investor Wellington Management Co.


ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight's Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver gave a private presentation on elections and polling data to GOP donors, officials, and strategists — Nate Silver, the ESPN journalist behind the FiveThirtyEight website, gave a presentation on the 2016 battleground map to a group …


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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