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IRS approves nonprofit status for Salt Lake Tribune, making it the first legacy paper to make the switch; ownership to be shifted to a public board of directors — The Salt Lake Tribune is now a nonprofit, an unprecedented transformation for a legacy U.S. daily that is intended to bolster …


BBC says it will establish a new standalone non-profit body to run the Local News Partnership, which will be expanded to cover local councils and NHS trusts — The BBC has laid out plans to expand its local democracy reporting service, recruiting new reporters to cover local councils …
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The Guardian, bbc.co.uk, @davidhiggerson, @jgibbins and @ed_owen


Reporter who was fired after infamous Carson King profile for the Des Moines Register argues Gannett scapegoated him to preserve its bottom line amid backlash — During the seven months I worked as a trending-news reporter for the Des Moines Register, it was my job to write about viral news …
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Complex Networks, which sells hot sauces in connection to its popular talk show “Hot Ones”, forms Climate, a new division to create products for other companies — Complex Networks is often held up as a role model in digital media for its commitment to building franchises that can be multifaceted businesses.
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@petersontee


Netflix added a button to skip the politics segments of Seth Meyers' new comedy special “Lobby Baby”, following a request from the comedian — New York (CNN Business)Seth Meyers thinks some comedy fans may be burned out by DC politics, so he asked Netflix (NFLX) to help him do something about it.
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The Wrap, Business Insider, @saba_h, @splitsider and Engadget


Vice Media's acquisition of Refinery29 has closed; Refinery29's co-CEOs Philippe von Borries and Justin Stefano will no longer be involved in daily management — Vice Media Group closed its acquisition of Refinery29 — and Refinery29's co-CEOs and co-founders Philippe von Borries …


Meredith sells the remaining 60% stake in the ad tech company Viant, that is has acquired when it bought Time, to Viant's co-founders who owned 40% — The news comes roughly two weeks after Roku said it was buying DSP Dataxu — Viant has acquired itself from media publishing powerhouse Meredith, the companies said Monday.
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AdExchanger and Broadcasting & Cable

CBS Interactive President and COO Marc DeBevoise to become CEO, taking over from Jim Lanzone, who is leaving after nine years to join Benchmark Capital — CBS Interactive is undergoing a CEO transition as Marc DeBevoise takes the reins from Jim Lanzone, who is leaving after nine years …
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The Streamable, Forbes, MediaPost, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter


[Update] G/O says it's reevaluating options to maintain Kinja user pages after blowback to an announcement that it would discontinue them and delete content — All blogs running on the kinja.com domain will show a notification about the upcoming changes of Kinja user pages.
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Aspiring journalists, learning to be professionals at struggling college papers, are experiencing hardships like those affecting their peers at national pubs — SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The Daily Orange isn't daily anymore. — The student-run newspaper that has covered Syracuse University since 1903 …
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@gwenfaviles, @jadenamos, @sjtaddeo, @kronayne, @mlcalderone, @brianstelter and @jimclarkeap


Apple TV+ skeptics focused on production stumbles and early reviews may be ignoring the company's proven ability to sell new services to its giant customer base — In his 2011 biography of Steve Jobs, author Walter Isaacson described how the Apple co-founder planned to conquer TV.


Damning Mueller findings were diluted in part by journalists' obsession with optics, but BuzzFeed and CNN's FOIA win ensures more findings in the years to come — In March, after William Barr, the attorney general, released his misleading summary of the Mueller report to Congress …
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Washington Post


Vetting political ads effectively and consistently at global scale is impossible; Congress should restrict ad targeting to the level of an electoral district — It's not about free speech. — Siva Vaidhyanathan is a professor of media studies at the University of Virginia.
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