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ANOTHER ONE

G/O Media Sells Off Gizmodo

The sale will keep the tech website’s entire staff intact, G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller wrote in a company-wide memo obtained by The Daily Beast.

Justin Baragona

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PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN

Messenger Execs Sue Failed Startup for Reneging Big Payouts

Each exec seeks at least $150K payouts they say CEO Finkelstein promised them when they signed onto his doomed media startup.

Justin Baragona

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Confider #97 - Messenger Collapse, Rolling Stone Changes

Everyone loves it, til they're in it.

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‘FYRE FESTIVAL OF MEDIA’

Finkelstein’s ‘Brooding’ in Florida After Messenger Collapse

Ex-staffers say an HR guidebook promised them severance but the boss left them high and dry.

Justin Baragona

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Confider #96 Top Messenger Exec Accused of Homophobic Slur

Everyone loves it. Until they’re in it.

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OLD PALS

Katie Roiphe Hired Scandal-Tainted Editor at NYU: Source

The university’s new class by Lorin Stein—who stepped down from The Paris Review after admitting to misconduct—was abruptly cancelled.

Corbin Bolies

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Top Messenger Executive Accused of Homophobic Slur

Sources with direct knowledge of the incident say a leader at the site used a disturbing insult to describe editor-in-chief Dan Wakeford.

Justin Baragona

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CONFIDER

Confider #95: Ben Shapiro Tries and Fails to Rap

Plus Fox News is freaking out about Taylor Swift and anti-migrant panic consumes The American Conservative.

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Confider #94: Where in the World is Caitlyn Jenner?

Plus, inside the L.A. Times’ death spiral.

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SORRY NOT SORRY

Jason Whitlock Quietly Deletes Antisemitic Interview Promo

But TheBlaze host said he didn’t regret inviting the guest, who spewed vile conspiracy theories, on his show.

Justin Baragona

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BRINGING THE HEAT

NYT Correspondent Nixes Eyebrow-Raising Climate Change Post

David Gelles touted remarks he made at a dinner in Davos about climate change—but some of his colleagues questioned whether he violated the newspaper’s ethics guidelines.

Lachlan Cartwright

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