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Jane L. Levere / New York Times:
Airbnb launches Pineapple, a quarterly print magazine focused on travel; $12 at select stores — Airbnb Introducing Print Magazine, Pineapple — Following in the footsteps of other digital brands like CNET and WebMD, Airbnb is getting into the print magazine business.
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Capital New York:
As NYT buyout deadline nears, speculation mounts about who is leaving the newsroom — New York Times buyout watch, 2014 — With a looming deadline for New York Times buyout applications, details about employees who have taken the package—or are believed to be strongly considering it—are starting to trickle out.
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Vice is expanding into science fiction with a new section called “Terraform” for Motherboard — Vice Media adds science fiction section called ‘Terraform’ — Vice Media tech vertical Motherboard has launched a science fiction called Terraform, Publisher's Weekly reported this morning.
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Vice Hires Alyssa Mastromonaco, Former Official in Obama White House, as Top Executive — Vice Media, the news and entertainment group, is expected to announce Monday that it has hired Alyssa Mastromonaco, a former Obama administration official, as its chief operating officer.
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Jacqui Shine / The Awl:
The history of the Styles section of the New York ‘Times’—and the real New Journalism — Bonfire of the Inanities — The story arrived in November of 1992—more than a year after the video for Nirvana's “Smells Like Teen Spirit” premiered on MTV's “120 Minutes.”
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Grady Smith / Guardian:
Forgoing streaming and iTunes sales, Garth Brooks sees meager sales for his comeback album — How Garth Brooks took on the internet - and lost — The poor sales of his comeback album Man Against Machine show that taking a stand against the modern music business only works if you're Taylor Swift
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Chris Amico / Homicide Watch DC:
After announcing it is shutting down, Homicide Watch DC is now seeking a local owner — Request for Proposals to Continue Homicide Watch D.C. — A week ago, we announced that we would close this site at the end of December, after covering the District of Columbia for more than four years.
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Vevo Confirms Rio Caraeff To Step Down As CEO This Year, CFO Alan Price Steps Up For The Interim — Music video streaming service Vevo today announced that Rio Caraeff is stepping down from his role as the CEO — formally confirming news that was reported twice this past weekend …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff to leave at the end of the year, CFO will take over during CEO search
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Elizabeth Jensen / New York Times:
Podcast network Radiotopia raises over $620K on Kickstarter — Kickstarter Campaign Focuses on Public Radio — A Kickstarter campaign offering backers the opportunity to participate in “remaking public radio” through podcasts raised $620,412 by the time it ended Friday …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Uber Confirms Spotify Integration — The companies made the news official Monday — Uber is bringing personalized music to its on-demand car service. — CEO Travis Kalanick on Monday announced a partnership with Spotify that will allow Uber customers to play their music when they take a ride.
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Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
What can Jim Brady's new site do for Philadelphia journalism? — DETROIT, MI — “Can it last?” That was the question we asked a year ago about AxisPhilly, an ambitious nonprofit journalism outlet in Philadelphia. The answer, sadly, was no. Over the summer, it went the way of Metropolis …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Hidden In Spotify's App Code Alongside Uber, Plans To Launch Podcasts And Something ‘Magic’ — Spotify's upcoming integration with Uber — getting announced formally today — is not the only development the music streaming service has planned to grow its business.
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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
ESPN's new mobile strategy: fewer apps on more screens — Take a first look at ESPN's upcoming mobile app, and the responsive website the sportscaster plans to launch in a few months. — ESPN's new mobile strategy: fewer apps on more screens originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014.
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