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1:15 PM ET, May 11, 2021

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Washington Post names Sally Buzbee as its executive editor; Buzbee, who is executive editor of the AP, will be the first woman to lead the news organization  —  The Washington Post has named veteran journalist Sally Buzbee of the Associated Press as its executive editor …
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire Complex Networks after BuzzFeed goes public via a SPAC, 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, even as the SPAC market slows down  —  BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire digital lifestyle publisher Complex Networks as part of its plan to go public by merging …
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
NBC says it will not air the 2022 Golden Globes; sources: Tom Cruise returned his three Golden Globes to join the protest against HFPA  —  EXCLUSIVE: Add Tom Cruise to the chorus of outrage against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  Deadline hears that the actor today has delivered …
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
WarnerMedia joins Netflix and Amazon Studios in refusing to participate in events related to HFPA, saying it regrets tolerating members' behavior
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube plans to pay $100M to top creators on YouTube Shorts, its TikTok competitor, through 2022, starting in the next few months in the US and India  —  YouTube is giving its TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, an injection of cash to help it better compete with rivals.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Piano says its largest clients had an average subscription growth of ~58% over the past year; 74% of annual subscribers remain loyal vs 46% of monthly subs  —  Digital subscriptions have become an increasingly significant business for English-language news providers over the past year.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bustle Media Group CEO says the company is rebranding as BDG, plans to go public via SPAC later this year, and is hoping to acquire more media brands  —  Bustle Digital Group is formally rebranding to BDG, its founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg tells Axios.  The new logo and name will roll out Tuesday.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU-owned Rotten Tomatoes is launching a streaming channel, first on the Roku Channel, then on Peacock and Xumo  —  Rotten Tomatoes is continuing on its quest to grow into something substantially bigger than its Tomatometer movie and TV rating scores.  —  On Tuesday, the website …
Kelsey Sutton / Adweek:
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Crypto news site Blockworks says it anticipates $8M-$10M in revenue in 2021 while being profitable and plans to grow staff from 17 to about 40 people  —  Blockworks, a financial media brand catered to investors, anticipates bringing in $8-10 million in revenue this year, while being profitable, executives tell Axios.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Teen Vogue names Versha Sharma, a managing editor at NowThis, as its new EIC  —  The last person hired as the top editor of Teen Vogue resigned before her start date.  Now, the wide-ranging Condé Nast online publication is trying again, with the announcement on Monday that Versha Sharma …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Appeal staff say the outlet announced retaliatory layoffs minutes after a staff email to management announcing a union drive  —  The nonprofit news site focused on criminal justice reform has a vision for “an America where stability and dignity are within everyone's reach.”
FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis: Black women killed by US police from 2015 to 2021 received only five stories or fewer in national media, well below other groups, with some exceptions  —  When Lajuana Phillips was shot and killed by a police officer in late 2018, she was a mother of three children …
 
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