Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Buy Photo Copies of the Rutland Herald on a newsstand in Middlebury, Saturday(Photo: CORY DAWSON/FREE PRESS)Buy Photo RUTLAND – A mix of apathy and melancholy struck people Saturday in Rutland as they reacted to news that the Rutland Herald and its sister paper, the Times Argus are in financial straits. • Employees, from reporters to…
As Gawker founder Nick Denton navigates his company’s looming sale, both his and his firm’s assets are protected from Hulk Hogan’s reach by bankruptcy. Now, Hogan is looking to collect the more than $140 million he was awarded in his invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker earlier this year, and only one man is left…
Athletes (not featured in the Daily Beast article) at the Olympics.Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images On Thursday morning, the Daily Beast published an exceedingly gross and bizarre article by a straight, married male writer who lured in gay Olympians through hookup apps for no particular purpose. The entire piece is an astoundingly creepy exercise in Grindr-baiting,…
Walt Mossberg is a legend. I mean it—he’s someone I’ve tried to emulate for most of my professional career. He’s made a great living testing gadgets, hanging out with influential technologists, and giving everyday people advice on how to better use their consumer electronics. But lately, it seems like Mossberg’s love affair with tech is…
Updated Aug. 11, 2016 8:36 a.m. ET Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the Huffington Post 11 years ago and built it into one of the largest digital media outlets in the U.S., says she will be leaving the company in the coming weeks to focus on a soon-to-launch startup dedicated to issues of health and wellness….
As venture capitalists exercise more caution and place fewer bets, they’re leaving media startups behind. Venture funding to media-tech companies slid for the third consecutive quarter to $91.7 million, the lowest amount since mid-2013, according to data from industry researcher CB Insights. Investment activity followed a similar trend, declining to the fewest number of deals…
Arianna Huffington, the cofounder and namesake of The Huffington Post, will be stepping down today. Arianna will be focusing on new Thrive site (lifestyle, wellness, sleep) as she steps down at HuffPost: pic.twitter.com/c1ROu95gmK — Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) August 11, 2016 Reports indicate that there is a HuffPo staff meeting expected for 11 a.m. Thursday. In…
Aug. 9, 2016 5:59 p.m. ET It seems almost everything involving Gawker finds its way into a courtroom nowadays. A blowout bash to celebrate the company’s “14 years of independent journalism” ahead of a bankruptcy auction next week became the subject of debate in court on Tuesday. Lawyers for Gawker’s creditors said they felt the…
Popular online ad-blocking software Adblock Plus will soon include a feature allowing users to pay websites for content, which could help those sites recoup some revenue from visitors who choose to avoid ads. Thanks to a partnership with Sweden-based content-funding startup Flattr, Adblock Plus users will be given an option to specify how much money…
First Look Media has decided to discontinue funding of Reported.ly, a social media reporting and verification outfit. This has led the organization to announce it will suspend operations on Aug. 31. Besides Reported.ly’s editor Andy Carvin, four more staffers are affected by this decision and will be leaving First Look Media at the end of…