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1:05 PM ET, July 24, 2017

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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Fact-checking website Snopes publishes an appeal for donations to help it avoid shutting down, amid its legal dispute with digital services company Proper Media  —  It seems that the ongoing legal battle between Snopes and one of its former contractors is beginning to take a toll.
Discussion: Nieman Lab, @myhlee and @dpfunke
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says the company had its first ever cashflow positive month in February and now has 100M+ users  —  Tech entrepreneur Mike McCue knows a lot about bringing different types of media — voice, video and text - onto the Internet.  But for the last couple years …
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. wants to sell a majority stake in Essence, its African-American women's lifestyle magazine, confirms CEO Rich Battista  —  Publisher decided against selling entire company in April  —  Time Inc. TIME 1.44% is looking to sell a majority stake in Essence, the monthly African-American …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower report: Netflix's app revenue rose 233% YoY across Google Play and App Store to $153M in Q2 and is highest grossing app overall  —  Netflix's booming subscriber growth, announced in the company's earnings last week, is also being felt on the App Store, where its app has again become the top earner in terms of revenue.
Discussion: VentureBeat and Sensor Tower Blog
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Bleacher Report names Condé Nast veteran Howard Mittman its chief revenue officer and its first chief marketing officer  —  Bleacher Report has named veteran Condé Nast publisher Howard Mittman as chief revenue officer and its first chief marketing officer as it seeks to capitalize …
Discussion: Ad Age and Mediawire
Ross Benes / Digiday:
Profile of Julia Beizer, HuffPost's head of product who oversaw the site's recent redesign and who, prior to that role, spent 11 years at the Washington Post  —  After HuffPost released its redesigned website in April, Julia Beizer went to a tiny midtown Manhattan karaoke bar with a dozen or so colleagues to celebrate.
Discussion: @emilyingram
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Chicas Poderosas is launching an accelerator in Latin America for women interested in starting their own independent digital news organizations or projects  —  “We are hoping to change the narrative in Latin America, where most media organizations are led by men."
Discussion: Chicas Poderosas
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Korea's three largest broadcasters have launched Kocowa, a freemium streaming service for Korean drama and K-pop in the US, priced at $6.99 a month  —  American fans of Korean dramas and K-pop are getting a new streaming-video option: Kocowa, a service launching in the U.S. from the three biggest broadcasters in Korea.
The New York Times Company:
New York Times promotes Deputy National Editor David Halbfinger to Jerusalem bureau chief; he will take up the role in September  —  David Halbfinger, a 20-year veteran of The Times, will be The Times's next Jerusalem Bureau Chief.  Read more in this note from Michael Slackman and Greg Winter:
Discussion: @kelseymsutton
 
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Daniel Funke / Poynter:
Profile of Tim Crews, small-town newspaper publisher who ignores digital, but files 20+ open records requests/year so his community continues to get its news
Discussion: @kristenhare
Matthew Kassel / New York Times:
Profile of Peter Duke, a portrait photographer on a mission to manufacture a new image for the alt-right
Discussion: @peterdukephoto
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