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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 and @oliverdarcy
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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 — Last month, the media conglomerate Univision agreed to acquire Gizmodo and five other sites from Gawker Media for $135 million.
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Gizmodo:
Gawker Media's editorial union condemns in “strongest possible terms” Univision's deletion of posts targeted by lawsuits, saying it sets an “alarming precedent”
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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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
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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FishbowlNY and New York Times
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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.
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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The Verge, Fast Company, Adweek, VentureBeat, Mashable, Adblock Plus and …, New York Magazine, @perlberg, @jason_kint, Gizmodo, @profcarroll and AdExchanger
Wall Street Journal:
Jay-Z's music streaing 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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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sources: Amazon and Pandora are set to introduce new versions of their music streaming services in the coming weeks, for as little as $5/month
Sources: Amazon and Pandora are set to introduce new versions of their music streaming services in the coming weeks, for as little as $5/month
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Business Wire, CNNMoney, The Verge, Forbes, Android Authority, The Drum, Vocativ, SlashGear, VentureBeat and Fortune
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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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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, TVNewser, Washington Post, Business Insider, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post and SPLICETODAY.com
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
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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Washington Post, www.wnyc.org, The Week, @nycjim, Business Insider, Mashable, Mother Jones and Guardian
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
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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First Draft News, Journalism.co.uk, @euronews, @jcstearns, @emhub, @craigsilverman and @raju
Chris Welch / The Verge:
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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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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