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5:25 PM ET, May 1, 2019

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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian posts £800K profit for FY 2018-2019, its first since 1998, with 655K monthly supporters and £223M in revenue, of which 55% comes from digital  —  Record online traffic and financial contributions from readers play key part in putting GNM on sustainable path
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Recode officially joins Vox, which purchased it in 2015, with Samantha Oltman, formerly of BuzzFeed News, as editor in chief  —  A letter from the editors-at-large.  —  Over the past year, the two of us switched coasts.  Kara took up part-time residence in Washington, DC.  Ezra moved to Oakland, California.
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Vice to consolidate its 12+ digital brands under Vice.com with some, like Broadly, folded into the site and others, like Motherboard, with dedicated verticals  —  It's also rolling out its own audience measurement and new blacklist policy  —  As part of a larger redesign and streamlining …
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Medium has hired four editors in chief to launch new publications focused on power, black women, personal development, and business  —  The site hired 4 new editors in chief to lead those new verticals  —  Medium is expanding the scope of its editorial efforts with the hiring of four …
Discussion: Talking Biz News and @willoremus
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian media group Times Internet reports 450M+ monthly users across its ~36 news, video, and music properties, says its biggest challenge is increasing revenue  —  Media group now claims 450M users across services including news, video and music  —  The aggressive push by Silicon Valley companies …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
Source: Sophie Schmidt, Eric Schmidt's daughter, plans a nonprofit site about tech effects on the non-Western world and has hired media strategist Amy O'Leary  —  Sophie Schmidt, a tech industry veteran and the daughter of Eric Schmidt, the former Google and Alphabet executive chair …
Discussion: @bernstein and Search Engine Land
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Quibi execs are seeking upfront ad commitments, prioritizing larger deals, and are planning a $5 ad-supported subscription and an $8 ad-free tier  —  Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi is spending big bucks on original content as the company hopes to build the next big thing in mobile streaming video.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch:
In a letter to creators, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube wants to have half of the videos in its trending tab come from YouTube creators  —  YouTube wants to have half of the featured videos in its trending tab come from streams originating on the company's own site going forward …
Tony Wan / EdSurge:
McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage plan to merge, creating a textbook publisher with an estimated value of $5B, second biggest in US behind Pearson at $8.5B  —  Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education plan to join forces in an all-stock merger.  The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal …
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Amy Pascal's production company, Pascal Pictures, signs a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, ending her three-decade association with Sony Pictures  —  EXCLUSIVE: Ending a three decade run at Sony Pictures, Amy Pascal is moving her Pascal Pictures into a first look deal with Universal Pictures.
Discussion: The Wrap
Max Willens / Digiday:
Carl O'Donnell / Reuters:
Sources: Meredith is exploring a sale of its 17 local TV stations and has received interest from Apollo Global Management; deal could value the stations at $2B+  —  (Reuters) - Meredith Corp, best known for its lifestyle magazines such as “Better Homes and Gardens”, is preparing to explore …
Discussion: @jyarow
 
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
The WaPo Fact Checker says Trump has made 10K+ “false or misleading” claims since taking office, yet news orgs still resort to euphemisms, avoid the word “lie”
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
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