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6:45 AM ET, March 17, 2015

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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
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
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
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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
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.
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.
Discussion: @sunnation and Business Insider
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @manymanywords
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
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
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Karen Fratti / LostRemote:
ABC News Available on Roku, and Apple TV Internationally
Discussion: TVNewser, New York Times and Vulture
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
YouTube's reportedly planning a subscription service for on-demand video
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