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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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Business Insider, FishbowlNY, brandchannel and The Drum


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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Music Ally, VentureBeat, New York Times, CBS San Francisco, Business Insider, Wired.co.uk, The Next Web, Variety, BGR, hypebot, USA Today, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Fortune and The Drum


Verizon Completes Its Acquisition of AOL For $4.4B — Well, that was fast: Verizon has just announced that it has completed its acquisition of AOL, owner of TechCrunch, purchasing all outstanding shares for $50 per share in cash for a total price of $4.4 billion. The sale was originally announced just over a month ago.
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verizon.com, VentureBeat, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Mediashift, Fortune, Adweek, VatorNews, Yahoo! Finance, CNET, The Verge, @ingridlunden, The Next Web, Tech Times, Fortune and Light Reading


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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Deadline, Home Media Magazine, Adweek, LostRemote, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Broadcasting & Cable, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, @pkafka and The Verge


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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About the BBC, Talking New Media, Engadget and Digital Spy


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 …
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Official Android Blog, Fortune, The Official Google Blog, GeekWire, RAIN News, VentureBeat and Tech Times


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 …


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


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.
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PR Newswire, CNBC and Wall Street Journal


Q&A with Renée Kaplan, the Financial Times' first head of engagement, on how her team plans to reach new audiences — How Renée Kaplan, the FT's first head of audience engagement, approaches her new role — It's one of the trendiest phrases in digital journalism: audience engagement.
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