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Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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Andrew Sullivan: Blogging nearly killed me — For years, Andrew Sullivan blogged at a prolific rate. — His prodigious output was supplemented by dispatches from readers, public debates with fellow bloggers and ruminations on everything from the Geneva Conventions to “South Park.”

Kinsey Wilson named executive vice president of product and technology at The New York Times — The New York Times on Monday announced that Kinsey Wilson, who was previously The Times' editor for strategy and innovation, will be executive vice president of product and technology.
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Expanded Vice-HBO news deal could rejuvenate the evening newscast, draw a younger audience, and make it commercially viable again — HBO-Vice Deal Should Scare the S*** Out of TV News — Leave it to an audacious company like Vice Media to strike a ballsy deal with HBO.
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Great content isn't commodified, and is a key differentiator for media companies, and Facebook hosting news won't change that — Facebook hosting doesn't change things, the world already changed — Like any industry, the media loves a bit of navel-gazing (what is the origin of this phrase …
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Former BBC presenter and former Cosmopolitan editor create The Pool, an online platform with content aimed at a female audience, launching before Easter — Lauren Laverne launches online platform aimed at women — BBC 6 Music presenter teams up with former Cosmopolitan editor Sam Baker …
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Inside Russia's professional troll factory where employees get paid for pro-Kremlin comments on social media and news websites — One Professional Russian Troll Tells All — “All the curtains are kept closed,” says former professional Russian troll Marat Burkhard.
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AP president: Killing of journalists should be a war crime — 4 photos — HONG KONG (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press called on Monday for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists or take them hostage.
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Sky News launches microsite, Biffed, providing satirical and wry look at UK general election — Sky News launches election site Biffed — Channel says microsite will ‘take a wry and satirical look’ at the latest news from the campaign — Sky News has launched a microsite offering …


After year-long hiatus following a pivot in 2012 to become “a Reddit for social good”, GOOD relaunches its magazine — GOOD Goes Back to Print — As more publishers look to infuse social networking and other UGC elements with their traditional editorial models …
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Ex-head of complaints at Press Complaints Commission, Scott Langham, joins Daily Mail as Deputy Editor — Former head of complaints at PCC joins Mail Online as deputy managing editor — Former head of complaints at the Press Complaints Commission Scott Langham is joining Mail Online as deputy managing editor.


Bangladesh Blogger Washiqur Rahman Hacked To Death A Month After Avijit Roy's Killing — A blogger was hacked to death in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday, police said, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The incident marks the second such attack in about a month …
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