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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Bustle Digital Group, which had planned to relaunch Gawker in September, has laid off Gawker's staff and postponed the relaunch — A planned relaunch of snarky news and gossip web site Gawker is on hold indefinitely, The Post has learned. — Bustle Digital Group, which owns Gawker …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Deadspin, owned by G/O Media, is planning a story on company CEO Jim Spanfeller; Spanfeller reacts publicly with plans for an outside editor to review the story — A friendly piece of advice for whomever ends up buying the former Gawker Media sites: Don't try to tell them what to write.
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Jon Marcus / Nieman Reports:
A look at the debate behind the journalistic practice of strategic silence when it comes to naming shooters, addressing lies, and covering extremist ideologies — Journalists often withhold details of mass shooters and suicides to discourage copycats. Should that “strategic silence” …
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@mathewi and @niemanreports
Greg Dool / Folio:
London-based Future acquires online publisher and B2B newsletter specialist SmartBrief for $45M and up to $20M in deferred payments — Future plc has reached an agreement to acquire online publisher and B2B newsletter specialist SmartBrief, the London-based firm announced Monday …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Journalists John Heilemann and John Battelle launch The Recount, a politics-focused media outlet, which will feature short videos summarizing the news — New York (CNN Business)Journalists John Heilemann and John Battelle have launched a new politics-focused media outlet ahead of the 2020 elections.
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@jbenton, @buzzfeedben, @dangillmor, @oliverdarcy, Medium and The Wrap
Jodi Jacobson / Rewire.News:
Nonprofit publication Rewire.News to restructure due to funding shortfalls, laying off five employees, and the EIC is stepping down in the fall — Rewire.News is restructuring in an attempt to maintain our capacity for long-term sustainability, including making painful cuts in staff. — TRENDING
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Black journalists, weighed down by the psychological and emotional toll of Trump's racism, push media to cover race in politics head-on — The Associated Press earlier this year shifted a national race and ethnicity reporter to its 2020 election team, an acknowledgment that race has become …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T will rebrand DirecTV Now as AT&T TV Now, as it plans to test AT&T TV, a new and separate streaming TV service, in select markets — Say goodbye to the “DirecTV Now” name. — Later this summer, AT&T will retire the name of the over-the-top TV service, first launched in December 2016 …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different; CNN won't air any rallies live, as it did repeatedly for Trump in 2016 — “Side shot! Side shot! Side shot!” — It's Mueller Day in Washington, and the man calling out instructions in the darkened control room …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Streaming service BritBox focuses on older audiences with its content as 60% of its 650K subscribers are 45+, which has helped keep churn low, says president — Traditional TV has clung to older audiences as younger viewers increasingly switch to streaming.
Kristina Monllos / Digiday:
In a new era of political polarization, ad agencies like Ogilvy, which remains committed to its CBP contract, face internal turmoil over controversial clients — The internal turmoil at Ogilvy over its contract with the Customs and Border Protection has meant new questions for agencies …
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
A review of industry-wide data and accounts from the NYT, LAT, the Guardian, and weathercasters suggest that audience interest in climate coverage is rising — For years, conventional wisdom has held that climate coverage is not especially good for business.
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