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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115M in compensatory damages from Gawker, finds Denton and Daulerio personally liable; Gawker hints at appeal — $115 million verdict in Hulk Hogan sex-tape lawsuit could wipe out Gawker — Hogan's lawyer: Gawker editor was “playing God” with my client's privacy.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Nick Denton had expected he would need to appeal Hogan case, has begun preparing case — Florida Jury Hands Hulk Hogan a $115 Million Victory in the Gawker Sex Tape Trial — Round one in the Hulk Hogan/Gawker sex tape trial goes to the wrestler: A Florida jury found decisively in his favor …
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Legal experts see damages award for Hulk Hogan likely to be reduced, and say verdict will have limited effect on press freedoms even if it survives appeal — Legal Experts See Little Effect on News Media From Hulk Hogan Verdict — Legal scholars were as startled as anyone by the scale …
Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Unsealed records in Hogan sex-tape case suggest witnesses may have lied
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Beau Yarbrough / L.A. Daily News:
Orange County Register owner will ask bankruptcy judge to OK sale to Digital First Media for $52.3M after Tribune was blocked from bid — Attorney: Freedom Communications to sell to Digital First Media — Freedom Communications, the owner of the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
New site The Thrust aims to publish interactive and data-driven stories that don't fit elsewhere — Have an interactive, data-driven story that doesn't fit at your news outlet? The Thrust wants to know — In 15 states across the U.S. and 9 countries around the world …
The Guardian:
British journalist John Cantlie, held hostage since 2012, appears in newly released ISIS video seemingly from Mosul, Iraq; he was last seen in Feb. 2015 video — British journalist John Cantlie appears in new Isis video — Clip purporting to show photographer held since 2012 has appeared online …
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Stephen Glover / Prospect:
The Guardian's costs soared under Alan Rusbridger, leaving the newspaper vulnerable despite resources of the Scott Trust — Who guards the Guardian? — Let's agree that the Guardian is a great newspaper whose survival should concern us all. It may sometimes be pompous and self-regarding …
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Chatfuel lets publishers — and anyone — build bots for messaging apps — Chat bots are one of the hottest tech topics of the year. Inspired by trends from Asia, messaging apps like Telegram and Kik have adopted bots — automated accounts from third partners like publishers and brands …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Financial Times launches Lantern, a newsroom analytics tool to make audience data accessible to journalists — The FT is launching a new analytics tool to make metrics more understandable for its newsroom — The Financial Times on Thursday launched a new newsroom analytics tool that's meant …
Maxwell Williams / GOOD Magazine:
The Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed on working with strong personalities, government, transparency, and accountability — Betsy Reed — The editor putting big business and government under the microscope — In a bustling restaurant overlooking Union Square, Betsy Reed looks up cautiously.
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Viacom and comScore reach multi-year cross-platform measurement deal — Viacom Inks Big Cross-Platform Deal With comScore — Making good on its effort to push for more non-Nielsen based advertising deals, Viacom has made an agreement with up-and-coming media measurement firm comScore, in an extensive multi-year cross-platform deal.
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Honduran journalist and director of Radio Globo and Globo TV sentenced to 10 years in prison for defamation — Honduran journalist sentenced to 10 years in prison for defamation — Honduran authorities should drop all criminal charges against journalist David Romero Ellner, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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