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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Playboy magazine, down from a circulation of 5.6M in 1975 to 800K today, will stop publishing images of naked women in March 2016 — Nudes Are Old News at Playboy — Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Snapchat ends production of original content for Snap Channel, will rely solely on Discover content partners, 15-member team laid off or reassigned — Snapchat To Shut Down Snap Channel, Laying Off Team, Changing Content Plans — Underscoring the complicated relationship between …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Adds Refinery29 to Its Stable of Discover Publishers
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York alt-weekly The Village Voice sold to company controlled by investor Peter D. Barbey — Village Voice sold to new owner — The Village Voice has been sold to a new owner, marking the beginning of the latest chapter in the history of the storied weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer in 1955.
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FishbowlNY, Reading Eagle, Poynter, @edmundlee, @mlcalderone, Politico, @joepompeo and Media Wire Daily
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
WNYC to launch WNYC Studios, a podcasting division to develop new shows, expand syndication, plans to raise $15M — WNYC to Open New Podcast Division — WNYC, the public radio powerhouse in New York, is about to grow even bigger through a new division that will develop programs for the expanding podcast market.
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AllAccess.com
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
ESPN resumes DraftKings and FanDuel sponsored segments after banning them for about three days — ESPN Resumes Daily Fantasy Sports Sponsored Segments — ESPN's ban on segments sponsored by beleaguered daily fantasy sports sites, is over. — Last Tuesday, as the two major betting platforms DraftKings …
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
The National Association of Broadcasters asks FCC to suspend Charter/TWC merger review until the agency finishes overdue broadcast ownership rules review — NAB Asks FCC to Suspend Charter-TWC Review — Says deal should be denied unless broadcast rules are reformed
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Deadspin suspended from Twitter briefly after receiving takedown notices for GIFs from NFL; @SBNationGIF remains suspended for posting college football GIFs — Sports site's Twitter account suspended after NFL complains about GIFs — The NFL reignited a contentious debate today around copyright …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
VICE News debuts in Italy, will expand to Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, and Australia before end-of-year — With Italian debut, VICE News continues expansion abroad — VICE News, the journalism outfit within VICE Media's sprawling international empire, just added another outpost to its growing list of foreign editions.
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@gmpaiella
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK online news site Exaro faces media scrutiny about credibility after it investigated pedophilia claims — After leading VIP paedophiles investigation, website Exaro itself faces media scrutiny and criticism — Investigative journalism website Exaro is facing increasing scrutiny …
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exaronews.com/feed/latest and TwitLonger
Hadas Gold / Politico:
BuzzFeed to begin creating native video ads for politicians and political causes — BuzzFeed launches native video political advertising — BuzzFeed will begin creating native video ads for politicians and political causes, the website will announce Monday.
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The Wrap, @pkafka, @pkafka, Poynter, FishbowlDC, @rebeccaschinsky, FishbowlNY, @jeffjarvis, @iainmartin1, @mlcalderone, @mikeisaac, @myurow, @elongreen, @jyarow, @pbump and @alexweprin
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
McClatchy to shutter foreign bureaus in reorganization of D.C. operation — McClatchy's foreign correspondents are headed to the U.S. as part of a broader restructuring of the Washington, D.C. bureau, the newspaper company announced Monday. — The announcement, made in a memo to editors …
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The Huffington Post, @benmullin, Politico, @davidkenner and @mlcalderone
Marty Baron / Washington Post:
New statement from Martin Baron on The Post's Jason Rezaian — Statement from Martin Baron, Washington Post executive editor: The guilty verdict announced by Iran in the trial of The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian represents an outrageous injustice. Iran has behaved unconscionably throughout this case …
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Amid Reports of Jason Rezaian's Conviction, Iran Hints at Prisoner Exchange
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Washington Post, Mashable, @westwingreport, Poynter and @dangillmor
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