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9:15 AM ET, April 8, 2015

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Marie Mawad / Bloomberg Business:
Vivendi Denies Report It's Considering Acquisition of Sky TV  —  Vivendi SA, the French media company, denied a published report that it may seek to acquire pay-TV provider Sky Plc.  —  A Vivendi representative disputed the Reuters report saying the Paris-based company was looking at Sky …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
By building partnerships with other newspapers, The Washington Post is opening up revenue opportunities  —  Subscribers to more than 250 newspapers around the globe now have free digital access to the Post.  The next question is how the paper will use this network to make money.
Discussion: @niemanlab
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Subscription ebook service Oyster launches ebook store  —  See Also  —  A small startup is taking a huge swing at Amazon.  —  The e-book subscription service Oyster — often referred to as the “Netflix for books” because it offers an unlimited reading plan for $9.95 a month — is opening a new store for one-off purchases.
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Media's Top Shareholders To Pare Stake By 25%  —  Company's three largest shareholders to cut stakes through secondary share offering  —  Tribune Media Co. said Wednesday that its three largest shareholders plan to collectively cut their stake in the company by 25% through a secondary share offering.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO Reminds You That HBO Now Works Better When Everyone's Not Trying to Use HBO Now  —  As promised, HBO has rolled out HBO Now, its $15-a-month streaming service, in time for the new season of “Game of Thrones,” which debuts Sunday.  —  But if you use HBO Now to stream “Game of Thrones” …
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Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
HBO Now launches in US on Apple TV, iOS, and Cablevision's Optimum Online for $14.99 per month
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Local paper publishes article after principal bans drug use story from student paper, providing broader audience, and underscoring administrators dilemma  —  A principal yanked a drug article from a student newspaper, so it ran online  —  It's called “dabbing,” and it involves smoking …
Discussion: @splc
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Voice of America director Ensor to step down in May  —  Voice of America said Tuesday its director David Ensor is stepping gown after nearly four years of leading the government-funded broadcast and digital news operation.  —  VOA, which is controlled by the Broadcasting Board of Governors …
Tom Risen / US News:
YouTube Kids Investigation by FTC Would Face Hurdles  —  A proposed investigation of the app's ads by the federal government could create a legal mess for the online video world.  —  The YouTube Kids app aimed at children is “unfair and deceptive,” some consumer advocacy groups say.
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
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Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:
FTC to review complaint that YouTube Kids over-advertises to children
Discussion: Guardian and New York Times
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Ads: TV Breaks Rules To Take Streaming-Video Ads  —  Analysis: Why run TV ads telling TV viewers to stop watching TV?  A shift in policy highlights the new world of video content  —  ABC's broadcast of the Oscars is one of TV's biggest annual events.
Hank Green / Medium:
Ad model doesn't work for YouTube creators, but the “just-ask” model for donations can  —  The $1,000 CPM  —  Advertising is a kinda s**tty model.  It's very exciting that we're moving beyond it.  —  Sometime in the last year, my YouTube videos received their billionth view.
Discussion: @asymco, @hanskoning and @puntofisso
Lauren Davidson / Telegraph:
Acast tries to join podcast boom with free app for creators and listeners supported by ads  —  How Serial shook up the podcasting industry  —  From the ubiquity of mobile to the runaway success of Serial, it's the golden age for podcasts, and the Swedish start-up Acast has some big ideas
 
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Ex-Gawker writer Cord Jefferson now writing for Comedy Central's The Nightly Show
Clay Shirky / The New Republic:
Columbia Journalism School's report on Rolling Stone was thorough, but its mere existence gives magazine excuses and rationale for not firing anyone
Daniel Frankel / FierceCable:
Dish bulks up sports package with Outside Television addition
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
CBS' internet TV service is now available on Roku
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Imgur introduces embed option for online publishers to repost and attribute photos on their own site
Discussion: The Imgur Blog and TechCrunch
The Bold Italic:
Gannett-owned San Francisco news site The Bold Italic says it's shutting down
Jonathan Pearlman / Telegraph:
Dallas Buyers Club wins landmark case in Australia to access names of illegal downloaders
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Video sharing platform Vidme raises $3.2M from investors including Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, launches iOS app
Discussion: @alexisohanian and TechCrunch