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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The Awl's co-editor John Herrman, Deadspin reporter Greg Howard, and Slate writer Amanda Hess awarded David Carr fellowships at the New York Times — New York Times Awards David Carr Fellowships to 3 Journalists — The New York Times announced on Tuesday that it had chosen three journalists …
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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp is considering acquiring Yahoo's core business, to gain its digital reach of 1B users globally — Time Inc. Said to Be Interested in Joining Fray of Yahoo Suitors — Time said to have heard Citigroup bankers' pitch on Yahoo deal
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision says it paid $27.1M for its 40.5% stake in satirical news site The Onion — Univision Swings to Fourth-Quarter Profit, Discloses $27.1M Price Tag for Onion Stake — Univision Communications on Tuesday said it swung to a fourth-quarter profit amid lower impairment losses and lower interest expense and other items.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Spokesman for ousted Tribune CEO Jack Griffin says he wasn't fired, says decision was mutual — Jack Griffin out as CEO of Tribune Publishing — The CEO of Tribune Publishing has been unexpectedly and suddenly ousted. — And now yet another management team will try to figure …
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Justin C. Dearborn, ex-CEO of healthcare tech company Merge, replaces Jack Griffin as Tribune CEO — Tribune Publishing Co. Appoints Justin C. Dearborn as Chief Executive Officer — CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE: TPUB) today announced that its Board of Directors …
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
TheStreet's CEO Elisabeth DeMarse resigns; former USA Today President and Publisher Larry Kramer to take over role on interim basis — TheStreet Makes Leadership Changes — TheStreet has announced two key changes to its leadership team. Elisabeth DeMarse, who was named CEO in 2012, has resigned.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman says company is aiming to sell a stake in Paramount Pictures by end of Q3 — Viacom Approached by Investors for Paramount Pictures Stake — Media giant hires PJT Partners to help with discussions — CEO Dauman aims to reach agreement on deal by third quarter
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
NowThis reached 1B monthly video views in January, credits it to shutting down its site and focusing on distributed content — Distributed news: How NowThis reached one billion monthly video views on social — The figure was achieved in January 2016, a year after NowThis shut down its website …
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Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
BuzzFeed Launches First Video App, Plans to Test Short Exclusives — Online news and entertainment company BuzzFeed unveiled its first video app Tuesday, aiming to spur more sharing by diehard fans of its exploding video content and to test days-long exclusives on some of the videos it creates and owns in house.
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
PRX's podcast network Radiotopia launches Podquest, a pilot fund for new podcasts — Radiotopia, two years old with 13 shows in the fold, will be going on a (Pod)quest for a new show in April — Radiotopia is two years old, which makes it at least a growing adolescent in podcast network years.
Jay Yarow / Business Insider:
Grantland founder Bill Simmons partnering with Medium for his new site, The Ringer — Ex-ESPN superstar Bill Simmons is partnering with publishing platform Medium for his new site — Media superstar Bill Simmons is starting a new website called The Ringer.
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Josh Stearns / The Local News Lab:
From Chat Apps to Town Halls: Why More Newsrooms are Designing Journalism for Conversation — “A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” —Arthur Miller — At a panel on “The Hunt for News Products of the Future” hosted by CUNY and the New School last week, Aron Pilhofer …
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