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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Barack and Michelle Obama sign multiyear deal with Netflix to produce TV shows and films for the streaming service, from scripted series to documentaries — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama formally announced on Monday a multiyear production deal with Netflix in which he and the former …
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How Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou broke the story about the Theranos scandal, a subject he has since penned a book on — - The Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou knew from his first phone call with a Theranos insider that he had a great story.
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John Bonazzo / The New York Observer:
Interview Magazine, founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol, folds following wage disputes with former employees and several harassment charges — After almost 50 years, Interview magazine is shutting down. — Several staffers posted on Twitter this morning that the magazine had folded.
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico to launch a partnership with the South China Morning Post on May 22, will include content-sharing and joint projects — The venture will start as a content-sharing partnership between the news sites — Three years after expanding into Europe, Politico is now setting its sights on Asia.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
TheSkimm, a digital-media company built on a daily newsletter aimed at millennial women, closes $12M Series C from Shonda Rhimes, Tyra Banks, others — Willow Bay, Jesse Draper, Linnea Roberts, Hope Taitz are also among female-focused media firm's new backers
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Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Amazon Studios names NBC veteran Vernon Sanders as co-head of TV alongside COO Albert Cheng, will oversee creative and production units for Amazon Prime Video — Veteran TV exec Vernon Sanders has joined Amazon Studios as co-head of television. He will oversee creative and production units for Amazon Prime Video.
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Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Profile of Charlie LeDuff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-NYT correspondent who covered overlooked people before leaving journalism to work in a hot dog joint — Charlie LeDuff anticipated all the problems that Trump's election made plain to the rest of us—then he fell into the Hole himself.
Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg:
A look at Republic.ru and how paywalls on Russian media outlets allow for journalistic integrity but reduce its impact — Russia's experience shows that charging for news can ensure independence but limit influence. — There's been a lot of talk recently about journalism and paywalls …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
The Pulitzer Prize Board has yet to conduct its independent review of allegations made against board member Junot Diaz — As was widely expected, the Pulitzer Prize Board gave its top honor, the Public Service award, to The New York Times and The New Yorker for their Harvey Weinstein exposes …
Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg:
Sony, which already owns 40% of EMI Music Publishing, to buy out remaining 60% equity for about $2B — - Japanese company had already owned about 40 percent of EMI — Deal announced as Sony prepares to unveil mid-term plan — Sony Corp. is buying EMI Music Publishing …
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Charles Davis / The Daily Beast:
Material from Angela Nagel's 2017 book Kill All Normies appears to have been lifted from Wikipedia and RationalWiki; Nagel's publisher stands behind the work — Did the excesses of politically correct leftists on the internet—the sort derided for their focus on identity and pronouns …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Survey: 39% of US consumers said Netflix has the best original programming among subscription video services, 14% said HBO, 5% said Amazon Prime, 4% said Hulu — Netflix's multibillion-dollar content binge is paying off — if, for no other reason, by boosting the perception that its original TV shows …
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