Mediagazer: Google studying ways to assess the quality of websites based on their accuracy (Chris Mooney/Washington Post)

5:25 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: BuzzFeed and @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

Discussion: The Wrap, Reuters, Variety, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, The Verge, App Advice and AppleInsider

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Media Wire Daily

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.

Discussion: @rafat, @jbenton, @mccollumashley, @karaswisher, TechCrunch, @joshconstine 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 …

Discussion: The Hill, @chrispycruiser, @xor, @adambaldwin, @jkelly3rd, RedState, @bartongellman, @blakehounshell and Boing Boing

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 …

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.

Discussion: CNNMoney and Wall Street Journal

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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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.

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, Associated Press, International Business Times, Los Angeles Times and Forbes

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

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

Discussion: @watchup, @tvnewslab and @kevglobal

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, AdAge, Home Media Magazine and Wall Street Journal

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 …