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Jane L. Levere / New York Times:
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. — At a convention in San Francisco on Friday for its hosts — people who rent rooms or apartments to travelers …
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Street Fight, @jonmarino and @besvinick
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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@moorehn, @mattdpearce, @jamesestrin, @lpolgreen, @prisonculture, bookforum.com and @danjonesnyt
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 of the company — formally confirming news that was originally reported twice already …
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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 — Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff Heads for the Door. (Memo) — Rio Caraeff, who has run the Vevo music video service since its creation in 2009, is leaving at the end of the year.
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New York Post, hypebot, New York Times, @pkafka and Variety
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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@maxseddon, @diplomansky, @viceukmedia, Mashable and Media Wire Daily
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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@guardianus, Associated Press and ParisLemon
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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Poynter, @aschweig, @amlwhere and @homicidewatch
Patrick Smith / BuzzFeed:
Russia Today UK reaches 395K, or 0.7% of Britons, faces questions about impartiality — Everything You Need To Know About Russia Today UK — RT UK is the newest part of a Kremlin-funded news network with more money than the BBC World Service. It's already facing the possibility of Ofcom sanctions for its lack of impartiality.
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@maxseddon, @lukelewis and BBC
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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Los Angeles Times, MediaPost, New York Times and @jank0
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom investigating Vine spin-off TV show following complaints — Ofcom launches Dapper Laughs inquiry after receiving 99 complaints — Broadcasting regulator to rule on whether comedian Daniel O'Reilly's ITV2 show, which was cancelled last week, met standards
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Press Association, Chortle and BuzzFeed
Bill Keller / The Marshall Project:
Nonprofit news site The Marshall Project, edited by Bill Keller, launches to cover America's criminal justice system — A Letter from Our Editor — In March I left The New York Times after 30 years there as a reporter, editor and columnist to help launch something new …
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Poynter, New York Times, The Huffington Post, @jayrosen_nyu, @lilianasegura, @lexinyt, @marshallproj, @danagoldstein and @nxthompson
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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@sacmcdonald, @cjr and @jimbradysp