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2:40 PM ET, July 24, 2017

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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: @digiday and @emilyingram
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Profile of Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, on their off-camera romance, their tempestuous relationship with Donald Trump, and more  —  Joe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president.  —  It was Joe Scarborough's 53rd birthday, April 9, 2016, and his youngest child …
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 …
Discussion: @jensmithwsj
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
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: Mediawire
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.
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
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
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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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How White House Director of Strategic Communications Hope Hicks manages Trump's interactions with the press
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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