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10:10 PM ET, May 21, 2018

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Barack and Michelle Obama sign multiyear deal with Netflix to produce TV shows and films for the streaming service, from scripted series to documentaries  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama formally announced on Monday a multiyear production deal with Netflix in which he and the former …
Business Insider:
How Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou broke the story about the Theranos scandal, a subject he has since penned a book on  —  - The Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou knew from his first phone call with a Theranos insider that he had a great story.
John Bonazzo / The New York Observer:
Interview Magazine, founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol, folds following wage disputes with former employees and several harassment charges  —  After almost 50 years, Interview magazine is shutting down.  —  Several staffers posted on Twitter this morning that the magazine had folded.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico to launch a partnership with the South China Morning Post on May 22, will include content-sharing and joint projects  —  The venture will start as a content-sharing partnership between the news sites  —  Three years after expanding into Europe, Politico is now setting its sights on Asia.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TheSkimm, a digital-media company built on a daily newsletter aimed at millennial women, closes $12M Series C from Shonda Rhimes, Tyra Banks, others  —  Willow Bay, Jesse Draper, Linnea Roberts, Hope Taitz are also among female-focused media firm's new backers
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Amazon Studios names NBC veteran Vernon Sanders as co-head of TV alongside COO Albert Cheng, will oversee creative and production units for Amazon Prime Video  —  Veteran TV exec Vernon Sanders has joined Amazon Studios as co-head of television.  He will oversee creative and production units for Amazon Prime Video.
Discussion: The Wrap
Matt Labash / Weekly Standard:
Profile of Charlie LeDuff, a Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-NYT correspondent who covered overlooked people before leaving journalism to work in a hot dog joint  —  Charlie LeDuff anticipated all the problems that Trump's election made plain to the rest of us—then he fell into the Hole himself.
Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg:
A look at Republic.ru and how paywalls on Russian media outlets allow for journalistic integrity but reduce its impact  —  Russia's experience shows that charging for news can ensure independence but limit influence.  —  There's been a lot of talk recently about journalism and paywalls …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
The Pulitzer Prize Board has yet to conduct its independent review of allegations made against board member Junot Diaz  —  As was widely expected, the Pulitzer Prize Board gave its top honor, the Public Service award, to The New York Times and The New Yorker for their Harvey Weinstein exposes …
Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg:
Sony, which already owns 40% of EMI Music Publishing, to buy out remaining 60% equity for about $2B  —  - Japanese company had already owned about 40 percent of EMI  — Deal announced as Sony prepares to unveil mid-term plan  —  Sony Corp. is buying EMI Music Publishing …
 
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Gaia Pianigiani / New York Times:
Profile of Paolo Borrometi, one of nearly 200 journalists in Italy who live under police protection for covering organized crime
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
In speech to Yale students at weekend, Hillary Clinton urged students to fight back against fake news by supporting journalists and subscribing to newspapers
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK regulator Ofcom has opened three new investigations into RT, reviewing its impartiality as a broadcaster, bringing the total number of enquiries up to 11
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Vox Media's Jim Bankoff on the challenges facing digital media companies, partnering with Hollywood, and the growth of podcasting
Brady Dale / CoinDesk:
VideoCoin, blockchain-based video streaming project backed by CNET co-founder Halsey Minor, raises $50M in an ICO completed via private placements
Discussion: SiliconANGLE
Paloma Almoguera / The Splice Newsroom:
Q&A: Wei Xing, founder of Pear Video, a short news video platform with 500M daily views, on news decentralization and working with a network of videographers