Mediagazer: Time Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs, the magazine's first female top editor, announces she is stepping down after four years as EIC, will stay on until year end (Joe Pompeo/Vanity Fair)

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Time Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs, the magazine's first female top editor, announces she is stepping down after four years as EIC, will stay on until year end — Amid yet another period of corporate tumult, the newsmagazine's first female managing editor has decided to move on.

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Facebook releases guidelines on ad content, prohibits monetization of violence, porn, drugs, hate, debated social issues, and other content types — Facebook wants content creators to earn money, but not at the expense of the family friendly social network it's built, or the integrity of its advertising clients.

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