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Edmund Lee / New York Times:
BuzzFeed is debuting a membership model, offering exclusive newsletters and content for $5/month, as CEO Peretti suggests site could merge with rival publishers — Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order …
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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Source: BuzzFeed's commerce division has generated $50M in sales this year, as it develops millennial-targeted product inventions for firms like Maybelline — - Commerce division has generated $50 million in sales this year — Media company has invented products for Scotts and Maybelline
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Facebook has announced it's donating £4.5M to fund 80 local newspaper jobs across the UK over the next two years, subsidising the cost of trainee reporters — Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme — Facebook will donate £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs …
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WHCA:
The White House Correspondents' Association announces that writer and biographer Ron Chernow will headline its 2019 dinner — The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House backs down from legal fight, restoring Jim Acosta's press pass and issuing rules for press briefing behavior, including one question per journalist — (CNN)The White House has issued a new warning to CNN's Jim Acosta, saying his press pass could be revoked again at the end of the month.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Journalists can avoid spreading Trump's infectious lies via headlines and tweets by abstaining from amplifying or by adding context — Journalists have become complicit in spreading the president's falsehoods and conspiracy theories. Here's how they can do better. — Staff writer at The Atlantic
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Profile of a “satire” site that promotes absurd pro-right posts on Facebook, and one of its readers, who shares its posts without seeing the satire — NORTH WATERBORO, Maine — The only light in the house came from the glow of three computer monitors, and Christopher Blair, 46, sat down at a keyboard and started to type.
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Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Social media and the internet have led to endless sequels, prequels, reboots, and remakes, which have turned storytelling into infinite “content” — The age of the sequel is over. Now it's the age of the sequel to the sequel. Also the prequel, the reboot, the reunion …
Jocelyn Johnson / The Wrap:
Shalini Sharma, who led video and partnerships at Fast Company for five years, is joining Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global as its first head of video — Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global announced its first head of video on Monday, — Shalini Sharma joins the company …
Tim Shorrock / The Nation:
In a recent story on North Korea's missile bases, the NYT exaggerated a thinktank report, relied on outdated information, and risked repeating Iraq-era mistakes — Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang's missile bases is a reminder of the paper's role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.
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CNBC:
Chinese regulators have approved Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox — Chinese regulators approved Disney's proposed acquisition of Twenty-First Century Fox assets Monday, CNBC has learned, sending each company's stock higher. — Shares of Disney rose roughly 1 percent, after initially trading lower Monday morning.
Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
Inside Reddit's brand and agency roadshow to lure more ad dollars — Last month, Reddit sales executives visited OMD's New York office. Armed with a new sales deck that described ad products like sponsored posts with video, examples of how they've driven business results for clients and data …
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