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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Hoda Kotb is named co-anchor of the Today show, replacing Matt Lauer who was fired — Hoda Kotb has been named the co-anchor of TODAY, making her official debut Tuesday just after an announcement by NBC News Chairman Andy Lack. — Kotb, 53, will join Savannah Guthrie at the anchor desk during …
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Liena Zagare / BKLYNER:
Brooklyn-based local news site Bklyner remains open after 1,745 subscribers sign up; Editor Liena Zagare estimates it will need 3K subscribers to be sustainable — The reason you're reading this is because 1,745 of you chose to pay for local news. So we are going to keep publishing.
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Justin McCurry / The Guardian:
YouTube star Logan Paul has apologized after posting a video of the body of an alleged suicide victim he found in a Japanese forest; the video was removed — American YouTuber joked with friends on film after coming across the apparent suicide victim — The celebrity YouTuber Logan Paul …
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Benedict Carey / New York Times:
A study of 2,525 Americans' web browsing histories showed false news accounted for just 1% of Clinton supporters' overall news diets and 6% of Trump supporters' — Fake news evolved from seedy internet sideshow to serious electoral threat so quickly that behavioral scientists had little …
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Vevo says it broke even in 2017, with revenue rising 30% YoY to ~$650M, and expects to be profitable in early 2018 — Vevo, the music video company owned by a group of leading record labels, increased its revenues by 30 per cent in 2017 thanks to swelling global audiences for high-budget pop star videos.
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
Network of 300 prominent Hollywood women launch an initiative to tackle sexual harassment in Hollywood and blue collar workplaces — Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents, writers …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice Media has suspended President Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano, following NYT story detailing sexual harassment allegations — Vice Media has suspended two senior executives — president Andrew Creighton and chief digital officer Mike Germano …
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Shona Ghosh / Business Insider:
Analysis: celebrity YouTubers like PewDiePie, Zoella, and DanTDM are witnessing slowing growth in subscribers and monthly views — YouTube blogger Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, poses during a photocall for her debut novel “Girl Online” in London November 24, 2014
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hypebot and @lonseidman
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Washington Post is launching two newsletters, covering cybersecurity/defense and technology, and will hire four journalists to support this growth — The Washington Post continues to expand its successful 202 newsletter franchise into two new policy sectors: one newsletter will focus …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook is the official live-streaming partner for the 75th annual Golden Globes red-carpet show, after securing a deal with Dick Clark Productions and HFPA — Facebook is the exclusive official live-streaming platform for the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards red-carpet show.
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TechCrunch and @aaforthewinyay
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Citi analysts say there is a 40% chance Apple will acquire Netflix, as Trump's corporate tax cut will leave the company with significant cash reserves for M&A — There is a 40% likelihood that Apple will acquire Netflix now that US President Trump's corporate tax cut has been passed …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Source: private equity firm Rizvi Traverse in talks to acquire remaining 35% stake in Playboy it doesn't own, may ditch the magazine's print edition — Company switches focus to licensing, branding deals in post-Hefner era — The death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is ushering in a new era …
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