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It was a media dream team mash-up on Friday in New York when Janice Min was interviewed by Ben Smith onstage at the New York Times’ Times Center in front of 400 guests at the sold-out Newsletter Conference. Their chat was fun, gossipy, and balanced with some A+ insights about modern media and how to think about your audience — including blistering remar…