Mediagazer: Carl Bialik leaves FiveThirtyEight for Yelp, where he will work as data science editor, collaborating with journalists and sharing his findings on a blog (Travis Brooks/Yelp)

7:10 AM ET, February 8, 2017

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Rachel Stockman / LawNewz:
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Travis Brooks / Yelp:

Carl Bialik leaves FiveThirtyEight for Yelp, where he will work as data science editor, collaborating with journalists and sharing his findings on a blog — Yelp's Data Science team has dug in on projects ranging from the fun to serious forecasting, and we're excited to announce that Carl Bialik …

Alex Williams / New York Times:

Profile of Esquire EIC Jay Fielden, who is trying to reshape the magazine for younger readers amid cultural changes that are redefining American masculinity — Esquire magazine, long the man's bible, looks to chart a new course in an era of transgender bathrooms and pink hats.

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

The New York Times hires Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, as a deputy managing editor — Rebecca Blumenstein, the deputy editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, is moving a few blocks to work for the company's archrival.

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

CEO Erik Huggers says Vevo is postponing subscription service launch to focus on international expansion and original content — Music video service Vevo is putting the brakes on its planned subscription service, and will instead focus on its international expansion as well as original content production …

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Ron Rosenbaum / Los Angeles Review of Books:

The story of The Munich Post, a German newspaper that continually investigated Hitler, reported on plans for the Final Solution, and was ultimately shut down — THE TRUMP-HITLER COMPARISON. Is there any comparison? Between the way the campaigns of Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler should have been treated by the media and the culture?

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