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Sources: Peter Thiel has played a lead role in bankrolling Hulk Hogan's lawsuits against Gawker Media — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Over 400 writers including Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Amy Tan, and Cheryl Strayed release online letter opposing Trump — Donald J. Trump has been working to mend fences with many of his detractors, but among literary luminaries it is looking like it will be a tough sell.
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Literary Hub, iPetitions, Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, EW.com, BuzzFeed, San Francisco Chronicle, Mashable, The Huffington Post, New York Magazine, The Week, @cshirky, @dzancbooks, @buzzfeedbooks, @sarah_smarsh, @cherylstrayed, Jezebel, @pronounced_ing, The Awl. — Medium, Mediaite, @clarajeffery, @fmanjoo and Guardian
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Industry observers and some staff believe BuzzFeed will eventually curtail news to focus on more profitable video and entertainment — Early last year, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote a blog post titled “Why BuzzFeed Does News,” a battle cry for journalism that had the unintended effect of unnerving some members of the news division.
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Todd Sherman / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter won't count photos, videos, @names in replies toward 140 characters “in the coming months”, will allow self-retweets, touts improved onboarding metrics — Over the past decade, the Tweet has evolved from a simple 140-character text message to a rich canvas …
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Mark Scott / New York Times:
EU proposes new rules to protect minors, combat hate speech, and mandate that video streaming services have 20% European content — How do you say “House of Cards” in French? Under new European proposals, you may soon find out. — That's because European officials announced on Wednesday …
New York Times:
ELeague debuts on Turner's TBS on Friday night, targeting the large, young, mostly male audience of esports and adding announcers, player interviews — The world of competitive video game sports has moved to the mainstream without much help from television. More than ever, though, television wants to get into the action.
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Mike Minotti / VentureBeat:
Interview with Turner Sports executive VP Craig Barry on Eleague's goals, approach, and partnership with Twitch
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
In internal email late Tuesday, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman reassures employees, reiterates intent to sell part of Paramount — Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman sent an email late Tuesday to all employees seeking to reassure them about the state of the company. The email, obtained exclusively by Variety …
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Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, New York Post and The Wrap
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Source: Josh Tyrangiel promoted at Vice Media to oversee company's entire news division; 15 digital producers, writers and editors laid off — Josh Tyrangiel is being promoted at Vice Media to oversee the company's entire news division, as part of a reorganization that will see around 15 …
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CNNMoney, Variety, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, International Business Times, Business Insider, Phys.org, The Huffington Post, Recode, The Drum, Folio, Mediaite, Guardian, Poynter, The Wrap, @harrietsalem, @jamesobrien_, @hilarybeaumont, @dylanbyers, TVNewser, @glcarlstrom, @dylanbyers, @aidankerrpol, @petersterne, @owen_g, @youngvulgarian, @sarahkendzior and @sommervillebbc
Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Waterstones outsources its e-books business to Rakuten's Kobo, effective June 14 — Waterstones is to stop selling e-books from its website and instead divert customers to Kobo's reading platform for digital sales. — The chain book store will begin informing customers of the change …
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TechCrunch, Bookseller News, Engadget, Talking New Media and Featured Articles
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Amazon's Comixology launching subscription service for digital comics selections from major indie presses at $5.99/month, not including Marvel or DC comics — Comixology is launching a subscription service that will offer readers “thousands” of digital comics for $5.99 a month.
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Comic Book Resources, /Film, Publishers Weekly, Tech Insider, Birth.Movies.Death, Polygon, EW.com and Forbes
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Many senior Daily Telegraph staff members fired, including deputy editor Liz Hunt — String of senior staff cuts follow announcement that publisher is seeking to reduce costs — The Telegraph has started a round of targeted cuts of senior newsroom staff including deputy editor Liz Hunt …
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Spence on Media, Financial Times, Crikey, @dgisserious, @lovedaym, Talking New Media, @marksweney and @iandouglas
Brian Rohan / Associated Press:
Egypt deports French journalist amid crackdown on the media — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt deported a French journalist without explanation on Wednesday, the reporter and his newspaper said, the latest move in an ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression and the media.
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Agence France-Presse and en.europeonline-magazine.eu
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Multimedia storytelling platform Shorthand launches out of beta — Shorthand launched in beta in 2013 and has been used by news organisations such as BBC, The Guardian and The Telegraph — Shorthand, a platform that allows publishers to create multimedia stories hosted on their own websites …
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