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An editor for ‘The Verge’ took a job with Apple — and didn’t tell his employer

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An editor for The Verge took a job with Apple — but didn’t tell his employer. 

Chris Ziegler, a founding editor at the tech-focused digital media publication, began working for Apple in July 2016. Ziegler did not tell The Verge, where he had been a deputy editor, and continued to be employed by the website, according to Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel, who posted a note to The Verge on Friday afternoon.

Patel said that the website had become aware of Ziegler’s dual employment and investigated whether he had been involved in any coverage of his new employer. Strangely, Patel said that the website had not heard from Ziegler in August or September. Read more…

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Netflix’s growth is slowing — and investors are fleeing

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Netflix is still growing, but not as fast as it once was. 

The streaming service added only 1.7 million members in the second quarter of 2016, nearly 1 million fewer than expectations. 

During the same period last year, Netflix added 3.3 million members. 

“We are growing, but not as fast as we would like or have been,” CEO Reed Hastings wrote in a letter to shareholders Monday. “Disrupting a big market can be bumpy, but the opportunity ahead is as big as ever and we continue to improve every aspect of our business.” Read more…

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