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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Profile of Dan Peres, who edited the men's magazine Details for 15 years and whose new memoir gives a first-person account of Condé Nast culture in the aughts — The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of the magazine company reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts.
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Alex Hern / The Guardian:
UK expands broadcast regulator Ofcom's role to include online content, giving it the ability to enforce content standards on social media — Ministers unveil plans to block harmful content, while guaranteeing free speech — Ofcom will be put in charge of regulating the internet …
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Alexandra Ilyashov / Daily Front Row:
Interview with Vogue.com's new editor Stuart Emmrich about his vision for it, taking up the job because it's digital, how he never used a CMS before, and more — Stuart Emmrich spent 16 years at The New York Times, then decamped to L.A. for a few months to reinvent the fraught local paper's lifestyle section.
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Amanda Darrach / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with immigration reporter Hamed Aleaziz about his story for BuzzFeed News that detailed a whistleblower complaint over ICE's medical care and more — On December 12, BuzzFeed News published a 3,000-word story by Hamed Aleaziz, an immigration reporter, based on an internal Department …
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
The New Republic is launching a redesign in March alongside a $20/year metered paywall for digital subscriptions and $30/year print and digital bundle — The New Republicis debuting a new look, coinciding with the launch of a politics-focused podcast and a metered paywall.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
SEC filing: Spotify bought The Ringer for ~$141M to $196M in cash, some of it deferred and subject to closing adjustments — Spotify disclosed that it will pay upwards of $196 million for The Ringer, the podcast and media company founded by Bill Simmons. — The streaming music and audio company …
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Daniel Frankel / NextTV:
The nationwide launch of AT&T TV, a streaming version of DirecTV, is set for Feb. 27; the service requires a two-year contract and offers multiple price tiers — According to The Information, Google-owned video giant would sell third-party subscription services in a scheme similar to Amazon Channels
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Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Lebanon's financial crisis has obliterated local media's revenue since December; the Daily Star, its only English-language newspaper, closed earlier this month — Agenda-setting newspapers and TV stations facing scramble to survive amid state dysfunction — For nearly 80 years since …
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Quibi says it plans to spend $400M-$500M on marketing this year, which some media execs say differentiates it from failed short-form services like Go90, Vessel — This article is part of the Digiday Video Briefing, which features must-reads, confessionals and key market stats.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Analysis: right-leaning news outlets placed 227 cookies on average vs. 131 for left-leaning sites, based on partisan outlets among the 10K most popular sites — One analysis of news outlets found that the median popular right-wing site planted 73 percent more cookies than its left-wing counterpart.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Profile of Makan Delrahim, the DOJ antitrust chief and former movie producer who is shaping the content industry's future, critics say guided by politics — As Hollywood scales up to battle big tech, Makan Delrahim, the nation's top antitrust regulator (and a former movie producer) …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says a 52-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Lyra McKee — A man has been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKeee. — The Police Service of Northern Ireland said a 52-year-old man has been charged with murder …
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