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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium says it's laying off 50 employees, about a third of its staff, and closing its NY and DC offices, as it refocuses on a “less proven” means to pay writers — We've decided to make some major changes at Medium. — I'll start with the hard part: As of today …
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Politico:
At least five publishing partners say they had no advance notice Medium would stop selling its native ad unit “Promoted Stories” — On Wednesday, Medium co-founder Evan Williams announced in a blog post that the publishing platform would abandon its strategy to sell native advertising …
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kottke.org, Fortune, VentureBeat, @craigsilverman, @harrysiegel, @asanwal, @tayhatmaker, @petersterne and @petersterne
M.G. Siegler / Medium:
Medium strayed toward the easy but broken legacy publishing model, and is now refocusing on exploring the correct model for the future — As is often the case, there's quite a bit of nuance... Publishing, as we know it, is broken. More specifically, publishing on the internet is broken.
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AVC, @zeynep, @shaunnalmurphy, @sarahwarn, @davezatz, @gadyepstein, @rossgrady and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Tucker Carlson will succeed Megyn Kelly in 9PM slot on Fox, with Martha MacCallum, co-anchor of America's Newsroom, succeeding Carlson at 7PM — Fox News has named Tucker Carlson the new host of its 9 p.m. program, succeeding Megyn Kelly, who is departing the cable news channel for NBC.
New York Times:
Apple removed news apps made by The New York Times from its App Store in China, complying with what it vaguely described as a request from Chinese authorities — Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month.
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Chicago Sun Times:
Sean Spicer says Trump's tweets are the first thing he checks every morning because they drive the news cycle — Sign-Up for our News & Politics Newsletter — Sean Spicer, a Republican strategist tapped to be President-elect Donald Trump's press secretary, confirmed a widely held notion …
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Chicago Tribune, @jesselehrich, @nataliewsj, @samjcharles, @timjhanrahan, @seungminkim, Mashable and The Week
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Twitter begins showing blue checks for verified users on main timeline as well as on individual profiles — Twitter just made it a little easier to determine which users have that little blue tick. — Beginning today, the social network is identifying verified users in additional places across its platform.
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@twitterfornews
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
BuzzFeed's customizable Tasty recipe book, printed on demand, sells more than 100K copies in less than two months, with sales ranging between $2.4M and $3.9M — ‘Tasty’ recipe book sells more than 100,000 copies in 2 months — 170 million online views for video on how to make sliders
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Nieman Lab, @heldermarinho, @johngapper, @ranimolla, @publisherslunch, @margarita, @georgebowden, @jasonbretwells, @myurow, @abeaujon and @akinoyedele
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast Buys Video-Metadata Startup Watchwith — Comcast has acquired Watchwith, a startup that has built a “deep metadata” video platform that tracks info down to the scene level. — Terms of the deal, which closed last month, were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Watchwith had raised …
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Multichannel News, Light Reading and Press Association
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Q&A with nine graduates on why they chose journalism, what they read, and why they're optimistic — Since today's college journalism students have been in school, the forecasts for their futures has been filled with words like “layoffs,” “cutbacks,” “buyouts” and “freelance.”
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@no1jenn, @prowag, @sagespeaks1, @journaloga and @msucomartsci
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Represented by Charles Harder, Shiva Ayyadurai files $15M libel suit against Techdirt founder Mike Masnick over articles doubting claim to have invented e-mail — This is the latest case from attorney Charles Harder, who previously represented Hulk Hogan against Gawker.
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New York Magazine, @robaeprice, @tomgara, @rmac18, @ashleyfeinberg, @billmcgev, @bafeldman, @max_read and @eriqgardner
Jenni Sargent / First Draft News:
First Draft adds 40 partners to its international news verification network, including AP, ABC News, BBC, Bloomberg, Dataminr, and The Guardian — In September, First Draft launched a global Partner Network of newsrooms, fact-checkers, human rights organizations and technology platforms. The goal?
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