Mediagazer: BuzzFeed UK hit 18.8M unique visitors in February and is expanding editorial staff from 35 to 50 in 2015 (Joseph Lichterman/Nieman Lab)

1:20 AM ET, March 17, 2015

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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 …

Discussion: @niemanlab

Henry Mance / Financial Times: BuzzFeed replaces Will Hayward as head of European operations, hiring ex-Googler Kate Burns

Jasper Jackson / Guardian: David Cameron interview will help BuzzFeed win advertisers' vote

Wall Street Journal:

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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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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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Tribune to Stream Local TV News Reports to Watchup Internet Apps — Tribune Broadcasting will deliver online video reports from 30 of its TV stations to users of Watchup, a startup whose service delivers personalized newscasts to Internet-video devices. — Tribune Media last fall led a $2.75 million round of funding in Watchup.

Discussion: The Wrap, LostRemote and TVSpy

Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Watchup app woos millennials with custom-curated news streaming

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Millennials say keeping up with the news is important to them — but good luck getting them to pay for it — Most millennials don't seek out news on social media, but the vast majority of them get news from social networks once they see it there, according to a report released today …

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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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix Stock ‘Unattractive’ with Growing Pressure From HBO, Amazon, Hulu: Analysts — Netflix shares were down more than 4% in mid-day trading Monday after Wall Street firm Evercore ISI downgraded the stock to “sell” based on growing competition from HBO, Amazon, Hulu and others in the over-the-top video segment.

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Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein / Reuters:

Mexico's MVS fires leading journalist who exposed presidential scandal — (Reuters) - One of Mexico's most prominent journalists, whose team revealed a conflict-of-interest scandal ensnaring President Enrique Pena Nieto last year, has been fired, her employer MVS Radio said on Sunday.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Cablevision to Offer HBO Now to Broadband-Only Customers — Cablevision Systems is the first pay-TV provider to agree to offer HBO's standalone Internet-streaming service — available without a cable TV package. — Pricing for HBO Now as purchased through Cablevision's Optimum service was not announced.

Discussion: The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, AdAge and Home Media Magazine

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 …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Forbes:

Forbes Media Acquires Private Photo Sharing App Camerama — New York, NY (March 16, 2015) - Forbes Media today announced the acquisition of the private photo sharing app Camerama. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Effective immediately, the founder of Camerama Salah Akram Zalatimo …

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