Mediagazer: At Tulsa local news startup The Frontier, well-read paywalled stories get 3,500 unique views, and the membership goal is 750 at $30/month by summer's end (Deron Lee/Columbia Journalism Review)

8:00 PM ET, May 2, 2016

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Peter Sterne / Politico:

New York Times rebrands its R&D lab as Story[X], will be led by editor for innovation and strategy, Kinsey Wilson — Times rebrands R&D studio, promotes VR video at NewFront — The New York Times is rebranding its research and development lab as “Story[X]” and will more closely integrate …

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Digiday launches Glossy, a site dedicated to fashion and luxury … Digiday, the company best known for its concise coverage of the shifting media industry, announced on Monday plans to extend its reporting to the realms of fashion and luxury with a new publication called Glossy.

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Julia Marsh / New York Post:

Hulk Hogan suing Gawker again, for allegedly leaking sealed court documents to the National Enquirer that quoted him making racists remarks — Hulk suing Gawker for allegedly leaking his racist tirade — More On: — Hulk Hogan is trying to take down Gawker one more time.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Vimeo acquires VHX, a startup that provides a platform for OTT, VOD services; terms not disclosed, VHX raised $10M from investors including Comcast Ventures — Vimeo Acquires VHX, Bolstering Subscription VOD Tools … VHX's 22 employees will join IAC-owned video platform provider

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Amazon gets more serious about sports after it didn't get the NFL Thursday Night games deal — Amazon didn't get the NFL deal, but it's getting more serious about sports — Heads up, ESPN: Amazon wants to get into sports on the web. — The giant retailer, which tried but failed to land …

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Bloomberg:

A history of Marissa Mayer's tenure at Yahoo, and why her efforts haven't been enough to turn the company around — Yahoo's $8 Billion Black Hole — These moves haven't mollified investors. In March, Starboard Value, which once got the board of Darden Restaurants replaced by …

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Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:

Sumner Redstone to Testify via Video at Health Care Trial — The video testimony is subject to several conditions and will not be made public. — 92-year-old media mogul Sumner Redstone will not take the stand in a trial that will determine whether or not he had capacity last fall to change …

Discussion: The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, Reuters, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg

Derek Willis / The ProPublica Nerd Blog:

ProPublica relaunches Represent, a New York Times database project that tracked members, votes, and bills in Congress — A New Way to Keep an Eye on Who Represents You in Congress — Today ProPublica is launching a new interactive database that will help you keep track of the officials who represent you in Congress.

Discussion: @jacksmithiv, @brendagaylern, @derekwillis, @derekwillis, @derekwillis, @pilhofer and @derekwillis

Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:

At Tulsa local news startup The Frontier, well-read paywalled stories get 3,500 unique views, and the membership goal is 750 at $30/month by summer's end — Will readers pay for local news? A digital startup in Tulsa bets that they will — The founding staff of The Frontier, a for-profit, investigative online startup in Tulsa.

Discussion: @arossback

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