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Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine:
Shane Smith grew Vice from a free punk mag to a company worth $5.7B through a mix of bluff, distorted audience figures, and exploitation of young, cheap talent — It was sunny in Williamsburg on the last Wednesday in May, which also happened to be the second day of a new era at Vice Media.
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Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark donates $20M to CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which will rename itself the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism — Craig Newmark, the Craigslist entrepreneur who arguably forced the newspaper industry to change its business model after his website put …
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Inside Netflix's original content efforts as it spends $8B this year: “It's 70 percent gut and 30 percent data,” says Ted Sarandos — “What do you think about gas in the tank for the long term?” asks Cindy Holland, Netflix's vice-president of original content.
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
UK journalist Isabel Oakeshott held back emails showing links between Brexit's top donor and Russian officials, even as she mocked claims of Russian influence — LONDON—The extent of Russia's interference in the 2016 votes for Trump and Brexit has been investigated by intelligence agencies …
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
FOIA organization MuckRock and document hosting service DocumentCloud are merging — “It's a much better problem to have: How are you going to make those all work together, rather than how are you going to make it work at all." — Muckcloud? Docrock? MuckumentCloud? — Just kidding.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Interview with FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who says FTC will weed out anti-competitive conduct moving forward, as US' net neutrality rules officially come to an end — Two pivotal developments this week could dramatically expand the power and footprint of major telecom companies …
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New York Times:
Tuesday's ruling on the DOJ vs AT&T case, expected around 4pm ET, may impact multiple deals across industries, including Disney's offer to buy 21st Century Fox — Disney's offer to buy 21st Century Fox. CVS's bid for Aetna. T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint.
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Amy van den Berg / Ryerson Review of Journalism:
Profile of Jesse Brown, host of Canadaland, a media criticism podcast and publisher of Canadaland website, which draws 160K views per month — Jesse Brown sits in front of a microphone in a stuffy, low-ceilinged studio. Six people can squeeze into the room—which Brown calls a cross between …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
At a meeting with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, a shareholder asked what the company intended to do about Seth Meyers “borderline treasonous” commentary on Trump — Comcast shareholders took the opportunity Monday morning to press chairman-CEO Brian Roberts on the issue …
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Meg Dalton / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside Bundyville, a seven-episode podcast produced by Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting that goes beyond the 2014 armed standoff on federal land — ON A FRIDAY IN LATE MARCH, reporter Leah Sottile and her producer Ryan Haas drove up the road to Bundy Ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Time Inc UK officially rebrands itself as TI Media and reveals its new logo, following its purchase by private equity firm Epiris in March — Time Inc UK has today officially rebranded to TI Media and revealed its new logo to embrace its future as a “21st century media powerhouse”.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman issues apology, after referring to Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore as a meeting between “two dictators” — Play Video — The Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman apologised to viewers on Sunday, after referring to Donald Trump's summit …
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