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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
Time Inc. appoints Rich Battista as CEO, Joe Ripp moves to Executive Chairman role
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FishbowlNY, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, @jeremymbarr and New York Times
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
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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Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:
Deadspin writes a post that includes content of two posts it was forced to delete in Univision deal, using court documents as sources — Univision's decision as part of their acquisition of Gawker Media to take down six posts that were the subject of pending litigation, including three Deadspin posts …
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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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@mathewi, @eamonn, @oliverdarcy and Gizmodo
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
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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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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Business Insider, Engadget, @mgsiegler, Music Business Worldwide and Gizmodo
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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YouTube Creator Blog, PCMag UK, TechCrunch, Variety, @johngreen, @kullatheworld and Mashable
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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Bearing Arms, Mediaite, CNNMoney, The Wrap and @gabrielmalor
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Presidential debate moderators must keep control, assert truth in real time, ask follow-up questions, and more — Whatever you may think of Donald Trump's politics, fitness for office and character, you have to admit he's a genius communicator, especially on television.
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Columbia Journalism Review, The Atlantic, @laura_nelson, www.wnyc.org, @sulliview and @mantzarlis
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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Mediaite, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Huffington Post and TVNewser
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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Rolling Stone, @shelly_peiken and @gerardfoxlawyer
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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@pkafka, @mattdpearce, @markjacob16, @petersterne, @librab103 and @ap
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer Alan Murray says he will probably continue to edit Fortune magazine until mid-2017, juggling the two roles in the meantime — On July 13, Time Inc. announced that Fortune editor Alan Murray would succeed Norman Pearlstine as the company's chief content officer …
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