Mediagazer: BBC director of news and current affairs argues there is public interest in covering reality show Love Island to reach under-35 demographic amid criticism (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

7:25 AM ET, June 15, 2018

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

BBC director of news and current affairs argues there is public interest in covering reality show Love Island to reach under-35 demographic amid criticism — The BBC's director of news and current affairs has argued there is a public interest in the corporation covering reality programme Love Island in its online news output.

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PureWow owner to launch One37pm, a site for men focused on pop culture and entrepreneurship with no negative stories or wall between advertising and editorial — - After buying the women's lifestyle media brand PureWow in 2017, Gary Vaynerchuk's company is launching its first media brand under the Gallery Media Group umbrella.

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Quartz launching its first weekly TV show Facebook Watch this summer, “Quartz News”, a show about the global economy complemented by its bot — Quartz will be one of the 20 publishers launching a new Facebook Watch series this summer, with a new show about the global economy called …

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Nuzzel launches NuzzelRank, which uses reader data, signals about engagement and authority, and business influencers to rank the authority of top news sources — Everyone from Elon Musk to AdBlock Plus wants to tell you which news sources are worth trusting. Now news aggregator Nuzzel is joining in.

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