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Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include New York Times, BuzzFeed, and National Geographic — Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Instead of building bespoke platforms, publishers are turning to others, like Facebook — A wave of distributed content is coming — will publishers sink or swim? — Editor's note: The new issue of our sister publication Nieman Reports is out and ready for you to read.
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Re/code, @davewiner, @raju, @jbenton, @nicolasmagand, @mattwaite and @jayrosen_nyu
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
BuzzFeed launches podcasts focusing on race, gender, web and pop culture — BuzzFeed Joins the Podcast Frenzy — BuzzFeed is famous for its ability to draw in the eyeballs of a vast, young audience. Now it wants their ears, too. — The entertainment and news website will on Tuesday launch …
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Poynter, FishbowlNY, @perlberg, @digitalshields, @shaliniwsj and @taylorlorenz
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Jason Kilar's Vessel Will Not Offer Long-Form TV Content Like Netflix — Vessel, the digital subscription-video startup founded by Jason Kilar — the founding CEO of Hulu — officially launched Tuesday, looking to take a bite out of YouTube. — But, he says, the TV content service …
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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar launches Vessel, a $2.99/month early access online video subscription service; 12 months free if you sign up within 72 hours — Hulu vets launch Vessel, a premium mini YouTube with a price tag — New video site Vessel wants consumers to pay $2.99 a month for early access to clips from online stars.
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Hollywood Reporter, TechCrunch, @joan_e, @jasonkilar, Vessel, @smpfilms, Re/code, Reuters, Engadget and The Verge
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Trade group led by AT&T and Verizon sues FCC to overturn net neutrality — FCC calls early lawsuit “premature and subject to dismissal.” — The Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules haven't taken effect yet, but they're already facing lawsuits from Internet service providers.
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Washington Post, Hit & Run, @nash076, The Drum, Engadget, The Register, New York Times, Techdirt, The Hill and The Verge
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Ken Doctor / Capital New York:
Profile of NPR CEO Jarl Mohn, detailing his outreach efforts to smaller NPR stations — What are they thinking? Jarl Mohn, putting the ‘R’ back in NPR — To inaugurate his tenure as NPR's fifth C.E.O. in six years, Jarl Mohn took a page from the playbook of campaigning politicians and embarked on an unconventional listening tour.
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@davidfolkenflik
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
E-Book Startup Oyster Hires Jeannie Mun As Its First CFO — Oyster, a Netflix-style service for e-books, has brought on its first chief financial officer, Jeannie Mun. — Before joining Oyster, Mun spent a lot of time in the ad world, having recently served as CFO at ad company MediaMath …
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GalleyCat and @ericstromberg
Amit Chaturvedi / NDTV News:
Indian Supreme Court upholds freedom of speech online, scraps controversial censorship law — Freedom of Speech Online: Section 66 A is Struck Down by Supreme Court — NEW DELHI: In a verdict set to have a major impact on internet freedom in India, the Supreme Court has scrapped a controversial law …
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MediaNama, dna, @nixxin, @pranesh_prakash, @svaradarajan, @gautambhatia88, @mishichoudhary, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times and Wall Street Journal
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
The Scene of the Crime: A reporter's journey to My Lai and the secrets of the past — There is a long ditch in the village of My Lai. On the morning of March 16, 1968, it was crowded with the bodies of the dead—dozens of women, children, and old people, all gunned down by young American soldiers.
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@annehelen and Common Dreams
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Times and Sunday Times have 400K subs; up 22K YoY, includes 172K digital subs — Times and Sunday Times now claim more than 400,000 ‘members’ — The Times and Sunday Times now claim to have more than 400,000 paid-for subscribers (or “members” as they are being called).
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@pressgazette and @patrick_kidd
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Times website develops edition-based publishing model — Proposed plan for morning, lunchtime and afternoon editions is part of wider initiative called Project D — The Times is developing a new edition-based digital publishing model that would see its website refreshed at set times throughout the day …
Rik Henderson / Pocket-lint:
Amazon Fire TV Stick hands-on: UK pre-orders now open, get it for just £19 — Amazon released its media streaming dongle, the Fire TV Stick, in the US at the tail end of last year, expanding its connected television line-up and offering a more discreet alternative to its Fire TV set-top-box.
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