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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Vice's new channel will not be a ‘pink ghetto’, editor-in-chief insists — Broadly will focus on issues mainstream media fails to cover adequately such as abortion and LGBT rights, says Tracie Egan Morrissey — Vice's new channel Broadly won't be a “pink ghetto” catering only to women …
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@alexbarinka and @hello_ninajoyce
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Hilary Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice Goes Live With Female-Focused Channel Broadly — Vice Media announced Monday that it has launched its first female-focused digital channel, Broadly. The Hollywood Reporter revealed exclusively in February that Vice would launch the women-centric online vertical.
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Wired, Adweek, Media Wire Daily, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and FishbowlNY
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Police drop charges against 2 journalists arrested in Ferguson — American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri — On Monday, the ACLU of Missouri announced that journalists Trey Yingst and Bilgin amaz will not face charges by St. Louis County Police. Both were arrested while reporting from Ferguson, Missouri.
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The Huffington Post and @ryanjreilly
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Hank Green / Medium:
YouTube vlogger Hank Green accuses Facebook of distorting video viewing figures, hosting and encouraging stolen content — Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video — Facebook says it's now streaming more video than YouTube. To be able to make that claim, all they had to do was cheat, lie, and steal.
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Re/code, The Week, The Drum, @ryanlawler, @petersontee, @kevinbrueck, @kevinroose, @benparr, @alexweprin, @mcgregormt, 9to5Google, @eringriffith, The Wrap and Digital Spy
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Jason Fine, editor of Men's Health, will succeed Will Dana as managing editor of Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone Appoints a New Managing Editor — Jason Fine, the editor of Men's Journal, will take over as the managing editor of Rolling Stone as part of what the magazine's publisher, Jann S. Wenner, described as a “shake-up.”
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MinOnline, Poynter, New York Magazine, @choire, The Wrap and Media Wire Daily
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
How a 17-year-old Daily Dot reporter, William Turton, broke the New York Magazine cyber attack story — Meet the 17-year-old who breaks cybersecurity news — William Turton was transcribing interviews at The Daily Dot office when he got the information that Planned Parenthood's website had been hacked.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Investors, including The Daily Mail, purchase Tiger Beat magazine for $2M, plan to revive it — Tiger Beat Magazine Is Revived With a New Vision — Tiger Beat, the magazine whose flattering photographs of young pop stars and actors made it a favorite of teenage girls, has found its Prince Charming.
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Media Wire Daily, New York Magazine, FishbowlNY, @melbournecoal, @alanjpatricof and @kcoxdc
Deborah Bonello / Los Angeles Times:
For reporters in Mexico, journalist's death underscores job's growing danger — The young photographer had fled the state of Veracruz in fear for his life to seek security in Mexico City. On Sunday, his fellow journalists mourned the loss of Ruben Espinosa, shot to death two days earlier in a middle-class neighborhood in the capital.
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@iwmf, @aalbaladejo, @bdelossantos1, @franklinblog, @nycjim, @marklittlenews and Associated Press
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
With ratings falling, cable networks are adding more ads to their programs — Cable Networks Stuffing More Ads Into Programs — Big increases by channels owned by AMC Networks, Viacom, A+E … With ratings mostly lower, media companies are stuffing more commercials into their cable networks …
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Ad Age, @jlafayette and Multichannel News
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter adds experimental News tab in Android and iOS apps, with tweets from pre-approved publishers — Twitter Experiments With A ‘News’ Tab — Twitter wants to make its best stuff easier to find. — Starting today, some U.S. Twitter users will see a News tab appear in their Twitter apps.
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The Verge, @jwherrman and @parkerjthomas
Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Publishes Donald Trump's Cell Phone Number — Gawker has published Donald Trump's cell phone number, telling readers to “ask him about his important ideas.” — Trump famously released Senator Lindsey Graham's at a campaign rally last month, asking the audience to go ahead and call him.
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Mediaite and The Hollywood Gossip
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
NYT Now, recently made free, only had 20,000 paying subscribers at $8/month, far short of the internal 200,000 subscriber target — For New York Times, a Gamble on Giveaways — Trial and error on free digital platforms aims to win paying subscribers down the road
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TeleRead, FishbowlNY, @n_gough, @cleepost, @ylichterman, @srabil, @nftadena and @dhume
Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal:
Advance/Newhouse, owner of Conde Nast, Bright House Networks, buys big data analytics firm 1010data for $500M — In Big Data Deal, Advance/Newhouse Acquires 1010data for $500M … Advance/Newhouse has acquired 1010data Inc. for $500 million, VentureWire has learned, indicating …
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