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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
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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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Jay-Z relaunches Tidal with $9.99/month standard and $19.99/month high-quality tiers, with top artists as co-owners — Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners — At a press conference in New York City this afternoon, Jay Z and a huge group of musical stars took …
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Tony Gervino / Billboard:
Jay Z Talks Tidal, Jimmy Iovine, Rewriting the Music Business Rulebook — Jay Z performs onstage at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 27, 2014 in New York City. — Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
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.”
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
David Ortiz's first person story on Derek Jeter's The Players' Tribune shows how athletes can bypass traditional media using small digital media platform — Athletes Finding Their Voice in Derek Jeter's Digital Venture — David Ortiz's blustery rant about being unfairly branded a cheater …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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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New York Times, FishbowlNY, Capital New York and NetNewsCheck Latest
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Launches Private Magazines For Groups — Flipboard, an online and mobile service that allows readers to explore content from around the web in a beautiful magazine-style layout as well as create topical, mobile magazines of their own, is today expanding its curation abilities with the debut of “Private Group Magazines.”
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BGR, Flipboard, The Next Web and WebProNews
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC News Is First TV News Service to Connect with Kik Mobile-Chat Service — NBC News — eager to reach younger audiences — is touting its pact with Kik, a mobile-messaging startup claiming to have more than 200 million registered users. — The deal makes NBC News the first TV news organization …
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Zoë Schlanger / Newsweek:
Under Surveillance in Abu Dhabi: A Reporter's Saga of Being Followed, Bribed, and Recruited as a Spy — Sean O'Driscoll, who co-wrote a damning investigation into human rights violations and brutal labor practices endured by migrant workers building New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi published …
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Press Association:
Nick Clegg: reform needed on public interest defence for journalists — Liberal Democrat leader says prosecutors are relying on outdated laws to decide whether reporters should go on trial — A reform of the law is needed to ensure a proper public interest defence for journalists, Nick Clegg has said.
Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Technology writers must tone down hyperbolic coverage of new apps like Periscope or Meerkat — Periscope won't change the world - but it appeals to journalists' vanity — The more people start to get excited about an app, the more the instinct to push back starts kicking around in my guts.
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
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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