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June 27, 2012, 10:51 a.m.
LINK: www.guardian.co.uk  ➚   |   Posted by: Joshua Benton   |   June 27, 2012

Not a career move one sees everyday: The new director of product for The Guardian is Alex Musil, most recently exec VP of product at Shazam. That’s the app you hold up to your stereo and it tells you what song is playing.

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Beehiiv is the latest platform to try to lure independent journalists with perks
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