Mediagazer: The NYT's Sports account sent a tweet critical of the paper's Public Editor Liz Spayd, in response to her column about sports coverage (Lindsey Adler/Deadspin)

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The Trace:

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
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Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:

The NYT's Sports account sent a tweet critical of the paper's Public Editor Liz Spayd, in response to her column about sports coverage — New York Times public editor Liz Spayd wrote an exceptionally stupid column this weekend criticizing the newspaper's sports section.

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Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:

Forbes, New York Times, and other publishers abandon or scale back on Facebook's Instant Articles due to lack of monetization — Facebook's Instant Article push is in danger of fizzling. — Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages, with major partners …

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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Fusion's Editor-at-Large Alexis Madrigal is rejoining The Atlantic where he will cover tech, science, business, and trade — Alexis Madrigal is rejoining the staff of The Atlantic, where he'll write about technology, science, business, and trade. — Madrigal was the technology editor …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Altice USA, owner of Cablevision, files for IPO to raise up to $100M — Altice USA, formed from the acquisition of cable operators Cablevision Systems and Suddenlink Communications, has filed for an initial public offering. — In the SEC filing Tuesday, Altice USA indicated that it plans …

Bloomberg:

Sources: Comcast plans to debut an online video service offering hit shows from its NBCUniversal TV networks in the next 12 to 18 months — Service said to include NBC programs, perhaps SyFy, Bravo, USA — Regulatory restrictions hamstring cable giant until next year

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