Mediagazer: Las Vegas Review-Journal taps Providence Journal executive editor Dave Butler to help establish guidelines on covering newspaper's owner (Joe Pompeo/Politico)

8:50 PM ET, January 4, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Las Vegas Review-Journal staff told to ease up on coverage of new owner — Now that Sheldon Adelson's family owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal, how should the newspaper handle stories that involve Adelson? — Or to ask the question another way: How can and should the paper cover itself?

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Joe Pompeo / Politico:

Las Vegas Review-Journal taps Providence Journal executive editor Dave Butler to help establish guidelines on covering newspaper's owner — Review-Journal brass brings in Dave Butler to guide newsroom — New Media Investment Group, the company that continues to manage the Las Vegas Review-Journal …

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Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Michael Schroeder, manager of News + Media Capital Group LLC, which bought the Las Vegas Review Journal, has been removed from position — Controversial ‘manager’ of Review-Journal parent company removed from job — The Connecticut newspaper publisher at the center of a national media-ethics firestorm …

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ESPN's The Undefeated will launch in 2016 — ESPN — After a series of setbacks that included the outsing of founding editor Jason Whitlock, ESPN's site focusing on the intersection of race and sports is primed for a launch in 2016. — That's according to Kevin Merida …

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Time Warner's Turner indicates it will bring native ads to TV, replacing some 15-60 second ad spots with longer-form content — Time Warner's Turner Seeks To Replace Some TV Ads With New Kinds of Content — If it looks like a TV show and acts like a TV show, will viewers forget it's really a new kind of TV commercial?

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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Wired is expanding its online coverage, adding Transportation vertical and renaming Entertainment as Culture — Wired Expands Online Coverage — Wired is growing its online world with the addition of a Transportation vertical and the expansion of its Entertainment vertical.

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

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