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Lizzie Crocker / The Daily Beast:
How a feud erupted between Vogue fashion editors and street-style bloggers, whose businesses have grown in influence — This week, several senior Vogue editors and critics reflected on Milan Fashion Week before heading to Paris, alighting on a general consensus: The collections were fabulous …
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Vogue, Guardian, the Econsultancy blog, WWD, Man Repeller, Guardian, Guardian, POPSUGAR Fashion and Fashionista
Wall Street Journal:
Viacom board appoints committee to review potential CBS merger: Thomas May, Kenneth Lerer, Nicole Seligman, Judith McHale, Ronald Nelson, and Charles Phillips — Most members are expected to be newcomers handpicked by Shari Redstone — Viacom Inc. 's board of directors is forming …
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The Wrap, Radio & Television …, @keachhagey, Variety, Viacom Inc., Broadcasting & Cable and Fortune
USA Today:
For the first time in its 34-year history, USA Today's editorial board takes a stance on presidential race, saying Trump is unfit for the presidency — The Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race. We're doing it now. — In the 34-year history of USA TODAY …
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Sean Craig / Financial Post:
Rogers Publishing in Canada retreats from print, announcing 4 magazines will cease printing, 3 other titles will reduce frequency, 34 trade titles are for sale — TORONTO — Rogers Publishing Limited, the publishing subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. announced a major retreat from print media Friday …
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Bruce Campion-Smith / Toronto Star:
Torstar chair John Honderich warns of a crisis in Canadian private media as newsrooms shrink, advertising disappears, and federally funded CBC News competes — Canadian media are facing a “crisis” as market forces shrink newsrooms, leaving fewer journalists to report the news vital to a vibrant democracy, Torstar chair tells MPs.
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@ivortossell, @huntingbenjamin, @dalebarbour, @chelseamaczee, @robbreakenridge, @murdochdavis and @mathewi
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Inside a two-year-old catfishing ebook scam on Amazon that has generated over $3M in revenue for its creator, Valeriy Shershnyov — For years, thousands were tricked into buying low-quality ebooks. — NEW YORK — Emma Moore could have been the health and weight loss guru you spent your life looking for.
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@zackwhittaker, @kashhill and @grimmelm
Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Donald Trump set off a civil war in right-wing media, pitting personalities Coulter, Hannity, Ingraham against conservative stalwarts like Will, Erickson — Since the candidate clinched the nomination, the green room has become a chilly place. — In recent years, one of the most important events …
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The Daily Beast and Washington Post
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty — Remember Meerkat? It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks. Then came Periscope …
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The Verge, Engadget, @rafat and @digiphile
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for “massive DDoS attack” Thursday night, after it published an article about Trump's business dealings in Cuba — Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for the crash of its website on Thursday night, after it published an article …
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Media Matters for America, FishbowlDC, @kurteichenwald, @owillis, @mlcalderone, @kelseymsutton, Mediaite, Hot Air, Independent Journal Review, Law News, @kurteichenwald, New York Magazine, Fast Company, Newsweek, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Joe.My.God., The Week, Guardian, The Huffington Post, Fortune, AOL, WSVN-TV and bookforum.com
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Mental Floss announces it will end its print magazine with November-December issue after a 15-year run — Mental Floss magazine is ending its print edition, parent company Dennis Publishing announced on Friday. — “While this is the final issue of mental_floss magazine …
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Foster Kamer, FishbowlNY, min Online, Folio, @jessanne, @thisisjendoll and @jessanne
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Washington Post's new newsroom-wide initiative to shorten copy discourages stories over 1,500 words for digital or 50 inches in print — In August, Washington Post Managing Editor Cameron Barr and his fellow senior editors decided to do something about a problem that had been niggling at them for some time:
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Rob Schmitz / NPR:
How the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's largest English-language daily, has gradually softened its coverage of mainland China in recent years — Audio will be available later today. — When Alibaba founder Jack Ma bought the South China Morning Post in December of 2015, he held a meeting with his new employees.
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