Mediagazer: World Press Freedom Day: 32 journalists have lost their lives this year, with ten Afghan journalists deliberately targeted and murdered this week (Terry Glavin/National Post)

3:25 PM ET, May 3, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Dozens of news organizations partner to promote high-quality journalism in an ad campaign that encourages consuming a variety of news outlets — Why press freedom is your freedom — On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, dozens of news organizations are joining forces to promote high-quality journalism.

Terry Glavin / National Post:

World Press Freedom Day: 32 journalists have lost their lives this year, with ten Afghan journalists deliberately targeted and murdered this week — On World Press Freedom Day, remember that without a free press, there is no democracy, no liberty. Thirty-two journalists gave their lives this year

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Alan C. Miller / The News Literacy Project:

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Civil, the blockchain-based media startup, announces formation of Civil Studios, a separate, for-profit company to fund and pilot ambitious journalism projects — The wildly ambitious media startup, Civil, just got a little more ambitious. On Wednesday, the New York-based blockchain company …

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Jon Levine / The Wrap:

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Podcasting app Pocket Casts has been acquired by a collective that includes NPR and This American Life and will continue to operate as a joint venture — One of the best podcast apps just got bought by some of the biggest podcast producers — Pocket Casts, widely considered …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Group Nine Media's NowThis to launch NowBreaking, a breaking news channel exclusively for Snapchat Discover, in June — NowThis, the millennial social video media outlet that's part of Group Nine Media, will announce today the launch of NowBreaking, a breaking news channel produced exclusively for Snapchat Discover.

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

The Outline raises $5.15M led by RRE at a $21.15M valuation; founder Joshua Topolsky says he avoided a larger raise to “create a sane business that's scalable” — Joshua Topolsky's digital-media startup, which is less than two years old, is now valued at $21.15 million

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Sahil Patel / Digiday:

ESPN is extending its SportsCenter brand to other platforms after success on Snapchat, with a new daily version for its ESPN app and a new live Twitter show — ESPN is extending “SportsCenter” to new platforms as it tries to revitalize its flagship TV franchise with new and younger viewers.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Video streaming service Philo offers three free months of Pandora Premium for new and existing customers, limited to the first 200K to sign up — Philo is teaming with music streamer Pandora in the hopes of luring more cord-cutters and cord-nevers to its skinny internet TV bundle …

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