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5:50 PM ET, June 23, 2015

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Jay Z's Tidal Music Service Boots CEO — Tidal faces industry criticism of premium business model as competition mounts — STOCKHOLM—After less than three months in the job, the interim chief executive has been swept out at Tidal, Jay Z's Swedish music-streaming service.

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VICE and Unilever partner to create Broadly, a women's channel, will also be distributed to other channels like YouTube, Snapchat, and TV — Vice and Unilever team up for launch of female-focused channel — Broadly to be video-led channel spanning subjects such as politics, culture, sex and fashion

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Hulu will sell Showtime online for $9, $2 less than Apple, Roku, Sony, and is paying for the discount out of pocket — Hulu Will Sell Showtime on the Web, Too — At a 20 Percent Discount — If you want a digital subscription to Showtime, you can buy one from Apple, Sony or Roku for $11 a month starting in July.

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Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:

BBC launches app with card-based interface on iOS and Android for youth-oriented Newsbeat service; stories available offline — The BBC's launched an app for its youth-friendly Newsbeat service — The BBC has just launched mobile apps for fans of its youth-oriented Newsbeat content service …

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Charleston's Post and Courier holds legislators accountable by polling them on Confederate flag debate, listing Twitter handles, displaying results in real time — South Carolina's Post And Courier Holds Lawmakers Accountable On Confederate Flag Debate — NEW YORK — On Monday morning …

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google launches free, ad-supported music streaming ahead of Apple Music debut, available in the US today for Android and on the web, coming soon to iOS — Google launches free music streaming ahead of Apple Music debut — As Apple Music nears its June 30th launch, Google is getting …

Discussion: Official Android Blog, Fortune, RAIN News, VentureBeat and Tech Times

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

Quartz launches Atlas, a searchable platform of charts and data visualizations by staff and select contributors — Atlas, the new home for charts and data — Today we are thrilled to launch Atlas, a new platform for discovering and sharing great charts. You can find it at atlas.qz.com.

Discussion: New York Times, Nieman Lab, Poynter, Ad Age, @mariamrom, @amaliaviti, @lmirani, FishbowlNY and Media Wire Daily

Akin Oyedele / Business Insider:

Netflix board approves 7-for-1 stock split for those who own stock as of July 2 — Netflix is splitting its stock 7 ways — Netflix is splitting its stock seven ways. — In a statement Tuesday, the company announced that its board has approved the split.

Discussion: PR Newswire, Wall Street Journal and CNBC

TechCrunch:

Instagram revamps Explore tab in the US to add newsy, real-time discovery for people, tags, places — Instagram Gets Newsy With Trends And Place Search For Exploring Anything, Anywhere — Instagram has real-time coverage of almost everything happening in the world.

Discussion: Instagram Blog, Wired, Forbes, New York Times, SocialTimes, Adweek, WWD, Pocket-lint and Wall Street Journal

Jill Filipovic / Cosmopolitan:

Profile of Amy Chozick, who moved to New York City after college with no job and now is covering Hillary Clinton for the New York Times — Get That Life: How I Got the Hillary Clinton Beat at “The New York Times” — Amy Chozick moved to New York with no job and nowhere to live.

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