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ESPN President John Skipper has resigned, citing a substance addiction; George Bodenheimer is taking over as acting chairman of the company — John Skipper resigned as president of ESPN and co-chairman of the Disney Media Networks on Monday. — George Bodenheimer, ESPN's president …
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Twitter's new policies on violence, abuse, and hateful conduct do not apply to military or govt entities, appearing to provide a loophole for Trump's tweets — Policies now extend to hateful imagery and to conduct both on platform and off — Twitter says it will now begin enforcing …
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Mary Louise Kelly to succeed Robert Siegel as co-host of All Things Considered as of January 17; Kelly McEvers resigns as co-host to focus on Embedded podcast — Mary Louise Kelly succeeds Robert Siegel; Kelly McEvers steps down to host ‘Embedded’ full-time
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Washington City Paper says staff salaries will be cut by 40% starting January 1 as owner struggles to find a buyer; staff expect pay to fall below $30K a year — Staff expect their pay to drop below $30,000 a year, which a source describes as “unlivable.” — Employees of Washington City Paper …
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Facebook's Explore Feed test led to a 52% drop in interactions for Slovakian mainstream news sites, but only a 29% drop for disinformation sites — Five things we learned when Facebook's Explore Feed destroyed our organic reach. — Two months ago, Facebook launched major “reach-killing” …
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Facebook clamps down on “engagement bait”, or requests for Likes/shares, by demoting them in the News Feed; publishers will see diminished reach within weeks
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Leaked documents: before sale Mashable lost $4.2M in three months through September, was set to miss revenue targets, and relied heavily on digital advertising — - Mashable was in deep trouble financially before it sold for far below its one-time valuation of $US250 million, according to documents reviewed by Business Insider.


Bloomberg launches TicToc, a 24-hour news channel only on Twitter that combines live video, reported segments, and a curated Twitter stream — For for the first time in several years, we can say without irony that Twitter appears to have a slight wind at its back.


Former Myanmar Times reporter details the censorship that ruined the paper during his 15 months there — The following is a piece by RJ Vogt excerpted from McSweeney's Issue 51. In light of the distressing recent arrests of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar …
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The Atlantic to launch a metered paywall in January, which will let readers access 10 free articles per month — By putting up a metered paywall in January, the Atlantic joins a raft of publications that are launching paid products online — Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore …


Profiles of three current and one former volunteer moderator of KnowYourMeme, a Brooklyn-based website explaining the internet's inside jokes — Social networks produce inside jokes at a relentless pace. The best, worst, stupidest and funniest of those jokes become memes, and either you get them or you don't.


Condé Nast representative confirms more layoffs are coming to the company but would not confirm the exact number — The rumor mill is churning furiously regarding the future of Condé Nast in light of two magazine consolidations this year. — Recently, Hearst Magazines swallowed …
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43% of national news posted on Facebook by members of Congress were links to outlets shared mostly by one party; Dems 2x as likely to share news after election — Partisan and ideological divides shape which news outlets legislators share links to on Facebook — Methodological note
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