Here are the top media industry stories we’re following this week:
The Big News:
- Proving Albert Einstein correct on general theory of relative, physicists detect gravitational waves (The Daily Beast)
- Alison Overholt is first female to lead a major sports magazine joining ESPN the Magazine (Adweek)
- First transgender man to appear as cover model on April issue of Men’s Health in Germany (NewNowNext)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be release on July 31 (Vox)
- Rapper DMX has close call, nearly died (People)
- North Korea launch rocket sending a satellite into orbit (TIME)
Scooptastic:
Check out some of Cision Blog’s top scoops of the week, including:
- Jonathan Marino leaves Business Insider for CNBC (Cision Blog)
- Changes at Popular Science (Cision Blog)
- Randall Barone out at ABC Daytime (Cision Blog)
- Exits at Huffington Post (Cision Blog)
Super Bowl Takeaways:
- Best and Worst of Super Bowl ads (NPR)
- Super Bowl viewership down from 2015 (Daily News)
- Social apps lead usage during Super Bowl (Adweek)
Tech Corner:
- Twitter launches First View (Adweek) and rolls out algorithmic timeline (The Verge)
- Facebook is developing millimeter-wave networks for Internet.org (Re/code)
- HBO Now reports 800,000 paid subscribers (Broadcasting & Cable)
- YouTube rolls out original programming (TVNewsCheck)
- Viacom and Snapchat launch global ad partnership (Viacom)
Politics Primer:
- PBS Democratic debate recap (CNN)
- Chris Christie suspends campaign (CNN)
- Carly Fiorina drops out of race (The Daily Beast)
- Trump and Sanders win in New Hampshire (The New York Times)
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