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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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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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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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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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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Deadspin suspended from Twitter briefly, @SBNationGIF remains suspended after NFL complaints; Deadspin editor says NFL filed 18 DMCA takedown notices for GIFs — Sports sites' Twitter accounts suspended after NFL complains about GIFs — The NFL reignited a contentious debate today around copyright …
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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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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Patrick Redford / Deadspin:
ESPN's Grantland loses four employees to as yet unknown project run by Bill Simmons — The Grantland Exodus Has Begun — On the third episode of Bill Simmons's podcast, Simmons had former Grantland movie critic Wesley Morris on. They talked about movies in a particularly Simmonsy way …
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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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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
TuneIn Adds Every NFL Game to Its Paid Premium Tier — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0 — Internet radio platform TuneIn has teamed up with the NFL to bolster its paid premium tier: TuneIn Premium subscribers now have access to live play-by-play coverage of all NFL games …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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. — VICE News Italy, which launches today, is the latest worldwide expansion of VICE News …
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