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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Jim Kirk, former publisher of The Chicago Sun-Times, to be named EIC of the LA Times, to replace Lewis D'Vorkin, who will become Tronc's chief content officer — In an attempt to calm rising newsroom tensions at The Los Angeles Times, the paper was expected to name Jim Kirk …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
New York attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman opens investigation into Devumi, the company that sells millions of fake followers to celebs, journalists, others — The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, on Saturday opened an investigation into a company that sold millions …
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How Devumi uses its 3.5M+ automated Twitter accounts, sometimes based on stolen social identities, to sell followers and retweets to 200K+ customers — Everyone wants to be popular online. — Some even pay for it. — Inside social media's black market.
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Eric Lichtblau / New Yorker:
An interview with historian Gar Alperovitz, the previously anonymous mastermind behind Daniel Ellsberg's leak of the Pentagon Papers to the press — Speaking publicly for the first time, a historian reveals the crucial role he and a small band of others played in helping Daniel Ellsberg leak the documents to journalists.
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Profile of Graydon Carter, who recalls fond memories and shares tricks of the trade as editor of Vanity Fair for 25 years — The author recounts the key to his longevity, and some of his greatest hits along the way. — All good things—certainly in my case this month—eventually come to an end.
Philip Eil / Columbia Journalism Review:
As alt-weeklies die out, communities lose them as local media ombudsmen, career entry spots for diverse writers, and platforms for strong voices — Alt-weekly boxes circa 2012. Adoephoto, via Flickr — THE OREGON-BASED ALT-WEEKLY Willamette Week recently published a piece explaining why its 2002 article, “RUBBISH!
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal cable network Bravo is near a deal for a two-season drama based on LA Times podcast Dirty John; sister network Oxygen greenlights companion series — Fellow NBCUniversal-owned cable network Oxygen has also greenlighted a companion unscripted series exploring the real-life crimes of “Dirty” John Meehan.
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TV Tattle
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Source: on Tuesday, the BBC will publish PwC's audit of its top stars salaries and unveil a set of proposals designed to tackle its gender pay gap — Broadcaster to publish audit and proposals following calls from women to overhaul pay structure — The BBC will admit this week …
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Press Gazette
Steve Greene / IndieWire:
La La Land director Damien Chazelle signs deal with Apple to write and direct new series, will partner with La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger — Here's to the content providers who dream. — Less than a year after becoming the youngest Best Director winner in Oscars history …
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@indiewire
John Koblin / New York Times:
Interview with Reese Witherspoon on her production company Hello Sunshine, which has sold three projects to Apple, a third of Apple's TV purchases to date — From Oscar-winning actress to Emmy-winning producer: After taking charge of her career, she makes deals with HBO and Apple.
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TV Tattle and Refinery29
Max Willens / Digiday:
HuffPost's Head of Product Julia Beizer joins Bloomberg Media as its first chief product officer, overseeing its desktop and mobile site and more — Bloomberg Media wants to build stronger bonds with its audience across devices in 2018, so it's hired its first digital head of product in Julia Beizer …
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@lpolgreen and @raju
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
GroupM's Rob Norman on Google and Facebook's digital ad duopoly, Facebook's News Feed changes, Disney's opportunity with Hulu if 21st Century Fox deal closes — Rob Norman was greeted with a social media flood of well-wishes and compliments from marketing executives at major brands …
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