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Sources: Apple aiming to launch online TV service in September with about 25 channels, anchored by ABC, CBS, Fox — Apple in Talks to Launch Online TV Service — Service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Politico Europe to launch April 21, with weekly print edition starting April 23; joint venture with Axel Springer includes main newsroom in Brussels — Staffed-up POLITICO Europe to launch April 21 — POLITICO Europe, the Arlington-based company's foray into the European media market …
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The Huffington Post, Guardian, Press Gazette, @mattyglesias, @exen, @ronpatz and Media Wire Daily
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror in early stage talks to buy Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers — Mirror owner in talks to buy Richard Desmond's Express — It is not known if negotiations between Trinity Mirror and Express Newspapers include the Sunday Express and Star titles
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Press Gazette, The Times, Press Association, @marksweney, The Drum and Featured Articles
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed UK hit 18.8M unique visitors in February and is expanding editorial staff from 35 to 50 in 2015 — London calling: A look at BuzzFeed's British invasion — LONDON — BuzzFeed is, of course, known for mixing news with lists and quizzes, so it was inevitable that when British Prime …
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@broderick, @sarahdrinkwater, @niemanlab and BuzzFeed
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
BuzzFeed's New Strategy: Fishing for Eyeballs in Other People's Streams — BuzzFeed doesn't have any problem attracting Web traffic — the people who brought you The Dress say they're getting 200 million visitors a month, even when they don't have an astonishing viral phenomenon on their hands.
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@jbenton, @mccollumashley, @karaswisher, @richjm, @joshconstine, @rafat, TechCrunch and AdAge
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
White House exempts from FOIA its Office of Administration, which keeps visitor logs — White House office to delete its FOIA regulations — WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act …
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Techdirt, @chrispycruiser, @adambaldwin, @xor, The Hill, @jkelly3rd, RedState, @bartongellman, @blakehounshell and Boing Boing
Multichannel News:
NewBay Media reorganizes TV division, changing editors at Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Next TV — NewBay Media Reorganizes TV Sector — Robichaux Named Editorial Director Across Brands, Grego Transitions to Consulting Editor — NewBay Media's Television Sector brands …
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Broadcasting & Cable
Reuters:
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC in advanced talks to buy most of Digital First Media's assets for $400M — Exclusive: Apollo in the lead to buy Digital First Media - sources — (Reuters) - Buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC is in advanced talks to acquire …
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Capital New York, Salt Lake Tribune, Mercury News, @jimbradysp, @dmjreports, @danielpetty and @gregroumeliotis
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Sun launches political website SunNation as a stand-alone site beyond its paywall — Sun launches Buzzfeed-style political website beyond the paywall with exclusive Cameron-cam look at Downing Street — The Sun today launched a fun Buzzfeed-style political website beyond its paywall.
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@sunnation and Business Insider
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
Google studying ways to assess the quality of websites based on their accuracy — Why some people are so terrified by the idea of a Google truth machine — Almost exactly three years ago, I attended a conference at Harvard and MIT that brought together two groups not very used to talking to each other …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube To Replace Annotations With Smarter, Mobile-Optimized “Cards” — For years, YouTube has offered annotations as a way for video creators to add clickable text overlays to their videos as a way to boost engagement with viewers, provide more information, or help in navigation.
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
TLDR, podcast spinoff of WNYC's “On the Media”, drops host Meredith Haggerty, continues in “exploratory mode” — WNYC says ‘TLDR’ to live on — Media writers and journalists on Twitter were abuzz this morning with the rumor that “TLDR,” a spinoff of the WNYC radio show …
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