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Ezra Klein's “Project X” launching soon as “Vox”, will serve as Vox Media's general news site — Nine Questions About Vox — What is Vox? Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission is simple: Explain the news.
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Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
If Ezra Klein's Vox can be the Wirecutter of news, it'll be a must-read for me
If Ezra Klein's Vox can be the Wirecutter of news, it'll be a must-read for me
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Felix Salmon:
Satoshi: Why Newsweek isn't convincing … I had a 2-hour phone conversation with Leah McGrath Goodman yesterday. Goodman wrote the now-notorious Newsweek cover story about Dorian Nakamoto, which purported to out him as the inventor of bitcoin. At this point, it's pretty obvious that the world …
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Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
New York Public Radio Receives Grant for $10 Million — New York Public Radio will announce on Monday that it has received a $10 million grant from the Jerome L. Greene Foundation, which it says is the largest single gift ever made to a public radio station.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Gawker's John Cook Joins First Look Media — First Look Media, the independent news organization created by Pierre Omidyar, has poached Gawker editor John Cook, Gawker staffers were informed today. Cook is First Look's latest high profile addition in recent months.
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
ESPN to combine FiveThirtyEight, Grantland and ESPN Films into new unit — ESPN is bringing together its FiveThirtyEight, Grantland and ESPN Films franchises under one umbrella. — The new unit, dubbed “Exit 31” (a reference to the exit off of Interstate 84 in Bristol, Connecticut where ESPN is based) …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
ESPN's Bill Simmons on ESPN's Nate Silver, Being a Boss and Building His Site — At South by Southwest this weekend, ESPN's Bill Simmons, who runs his own Grantland site, appeared onstage with ESPN's Nate Silver, who is launching his own FiveThirtyEight. — You'll be hearing a lot …
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FishbowlNY and @laurengoode
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News — CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources familiar with her departure told POLITICO on Monday.
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Wall Street Journal Adopts Native Ads, Tactic Its Editor Has Said Can Lead to Faustian Pacts — The nation's top newspapers are carefully embracing native advertising despite reservations from some in the editorial ranks. The New York Times rolled out its own native ad units in January.
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Dow Jones, FishbowlNY, Forbes and Capital New York, Thanks:@msebastian
Molly Wood / New York Times:
Cartoon Network plans free mobile “micro-network” to deliver original 15-second content pieces — Cartoon Network Aims at Devices With Its ‘Micro-Network’ Launch — Cartoon Network will release an app later this year that will deliver original 15-second content bites …
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Couric's Yahoo show takes shape — Katie Couric's Yahoo program is finally beginning to take shape. — In January, Couric released a test show in which she interviewed former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. On Friday, Couric will debut another interview, this time with former …
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TVNewser, Capital New York and The Huffington Post
David Carr / New York Times:
Barely Keeping Up in TV's New Golden Age — Not long ago, a friend at work told me I absolutely, positively must watch “Broad City” on Comedy Central, saying it was a slacker-infused hilarity. — My reaction? Oh no, not another one. — The vast wasteland of television has been replaced …
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Matt McFarland / Washington Post:
Edward Snowden: 'They're setting fire to the future of the Internet' — Monday morning Edward Snowden advocated for better online security measures, speaking via Google Hangout as part of an American Civil Liberties Union panel with analysts Chris Soghoian and Ben Wizner at SXSW in Austin.
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