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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Axios hires Felix Salmon and CNBC's Courtenay Brown and plans to expand coverage of markets and finance, adding a newsletter, Axios Edge — Axios is hiring Felix Salmon and Courtenay Brown to spearhead its foray into coverage of the public markets.
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@felixsalmon, Talking Biz News, @mcwm and @courtenay_brown
Cory Bergman / Factal Blog:
Team behind the Breaking News site and app launch a new startup, Factal, an enterprise service providing critical info during crises like natural disasters — When BreakingNews.com and the Breaking News app were shut down at the end of 2016, we were inundated with email urging us to bring it back as a new company.
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Nieman Lab, GeekWire, BuzzFeed News, @corybe, @rafat, @w7voa, @journodave, @jillianstampher and @sclary
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: New York Media, parent company of New York Magazine and several sites, is exploring strategic options including a possible sale — The publisher of New York magazine, Vulture and The Cut is reviewing strategic options including a possible sale, the latest media outlet to consider consolidation in a tough marketplace.
Discussion:
Folio, New York Post, CNBC, @rafat, @benmullin and @evanasmith
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump campaign files for arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman, claims she broke 2016 NDA by disparaging Trump in book and sharing recorded private talks — President Trump's campaign organization Tuesday filed charges against friend-turned-enemy Omarosa Manigault Newman …
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CNBC, Variety, The Wrap, The Wrap, Fast Company, Washington Post, New York Times, @maggienyt, @grahamdavida, Washington Post, @rachelking, @michaelcbender, @timobrien, @ichotiner, @mattyglesias, @tribelaw, @dandrezner, @elianayjohnson, @maggienyt, @mrbromwich, @maggienyt, @jtuckermartin and The Daily Caller
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CBS News:
Recording: Trump campaign officials discussed how to “spin” Apprentice outtake tapes showing Trump using the N-word if they were released — President Trump says former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman lied when she called him a racist who has said the N-word on tape.
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Variety, Mediaite, The Wrap, Variety, Vox, The Daily Beast, Chicago Sun-Times, The Week, BloombergQuint and The Guardian
Jake Shapiro / RadioPublic:
Automattic, parent company of WordPress.com, invests in podcast company RadioPublic, joining earlier investors including the NYT, Bose, McClatchy, and PRX — We are thrilled to announce that Automattic—parent company of WordPress.com—is making an investment to deepen its partnership with RadioPublic …
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Nieman Lab, @shansquared, @radiopublic, @kinseywilson, @jakeshapiro, AllAccess.com, @rrhoover and RAIN News
Karolle Rabarison / Online News Association:
2018 Online Journalism Awards finalists announced, and James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting goes to photojournalist Nicole Tung — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finalists for the 2018 Online Journalism Awards, representing a wide range of local and international media, nonprofit, public …
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@ona
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Boston Globe-coordinated response to Trump's media bashing is sure to backfire, won't reach Trump's base, and won't deter Trump's defamation and threats — Nothing flatters an independent journalist less than the sight of him forming a line to drink from the same fountain as his colleagues.
Discussion:
New York Times, @rachaelbl and Wall Street Journal
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Graeme Mcmillan / The Verge:
Comcast's Xfinity X1 partnership with Netflix and Amazon presages a future of streaming bundles, which would be similar to the cable TV subscription model — As Xfinity's distribution deals expand, disruptors are taking up the same models as past cable companies
Discussion:
@umanoid and @thinkhero
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
US State Department says it believes missing journalist Austin Tice is still alive; Tice's mother Debra says they have spoken directly with Trump about the case — WASHINGTON — Six years after journalist Austin Tice disappeared in war-torn Syria, the State Department says it believes …
Discussion:
@juliemmoos, @samanthajpower, @andreadrusch and @mcclatchydc
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Instagram Stories are as good, if not better, than Snapchat's, but that may present a short-term problem for Facebook as users spend less time on News Feeds — This is hardly the first Stratechery article about Facebook to start with Snapchat. The “camera company” née social network …
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@libertyrpf and @sorenravn86
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook acquires the seven-person team and tech from startup Vidpresso to make its video more interactive — Zombie-like passive consumption of static video is both unhealthy for viewers and undifferentiated for the tech giants that power it. That's set Facebook on a mission to make video interactive …
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MediaPost, Adweek, Vidpresso, Business Insider, FierceVideo, MSPoweruser, The Economic Times, VentureBeat, Variety, Engadget and AListDaily
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