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6:45 AM ET, April 14, 2015

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and HarperCollins reach multiyear agreement for both print and digital, allowing HarperCollins to set prices for its ebooks  —  Amazon, HarperCollins Reach Multiyear Publishing Deal  —  New agreement expected to go into effect this week  —  Amazon.com Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Vox Editor-In-Chief Ezra Klein apologizes to FiveThirtyEight for using graphic without link, blames carelessness, explains aggregation approach to words, images  —  How Vox aggregates  —  I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver and Circa editor-in-chief Anthony De Rosa accuse Vox of stealing charts without attribution
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed staffer Arabelle Sicardi resigns after her post critical of advertiser Dove was deleted and then restored after criticism  —  Arabelle Sicardi, Author of Deleted Dove Post, Resigns From BuzzFeed  —  Arabelle Sicardi, who wrote a BuzzFeed post criticizing Dove that was later deleted …
Tanya Sichynsky / Nieman Lab:
What USA Today Sports learned covering the Final Four on Periscope and Snapchat  —  There's no shortage of ways to reach new audiences — the challenge is figuring out which are worth investing time in and what to do with them.  At USA Today Sports, where I work, two platforms we're trying …
Discussion: @dannysullivan
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Ben Wolford / Medium:
Journalism curator Longform picks up an article from fledgling Latterly magazine, giving the founder a moment of journalistic validation  —  Sometimes the internet cuts indie journalism a break  —  This morning, a Latterly story was picked by Longform.org.  —  It's a small thing, I know.
Discussion: @sonyaellenmann and Medium
Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:
Apple's Music app will get a major visual overhaul in iOS 8.4  —  Apple's iOS 8.3 update has been out for a few days now, which means it's time for something new.  Popping up today on Apple's developer channel is iOS 8.4, which might end up being the last point release we get ahead of iOS 9 …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
After Tidal launch, Spotify adds “Tweet the Beat”, new feature showing ads to some premium users, encouraging them to tweet about artist's music  —  Spotify wants you to spam Twitter with its new ads  —  Spotify is rolling out a new feature designed to get users to spam Twitter.
Toronto Sun:
Mohamed Fahmy says Egyptian court may drop terrorism charges  —  Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy stands behind bars at a court in Cairo in this May 15, 2014 file photo.  (REUTERS/Stringer/File)  —  Detained Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says the Egyptian court may drop the terrorism charges …
Discussion: @mffahmy11
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
The ‘Serial’ Effect: Programmers Ramping Up on Podcasts  —  Adnan Syed still might be in prison, but his story is altering the trajectory of an industry.  Serial, Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder's 12-part podcast about a Baltimore teen's murder and her ex-boyfriend Syed, who is serving …
Brendan Sasso / National Journal:
Republicans Push Fast-Track Bill to Kill Net Neutrality  —  While some lawmakers look for compromise, Rep. Doug Collins wants an immediate repeal of the FCC's controversial Internet rules.  —  A group of House Republicans introduced a resolution Monday to block the Federal Communications Commission's net-neutrality regulations.
Discussion: Multichannel News and The Hill
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Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Mobile is now the first screen, and TV industry has to work on mobile-first, not digital-first strategy, French TV exec says  —  TV industry faces its ‘ketchup’ moment: ‘Mobile is now the first screen’  —  France Télévisions' director of future media Eric Scherer …
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal to Help Create Original TV Shows for France and Germany
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Watchup Streaming-News Startup Expands Local TV Reach in Deals with Meredith, E.W. Scripps and Others
Discussion: LostRemote and TVSpy
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
Ex-Bleacher Report exec Bill McCandless joins TheBlaze as SVP of video strategy
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Labour manifesto pledge to change media ownership rules and implement Leveson recommendations
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Winners for the Pulitzer Prizes will be announced next Monday
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Amazon launches X-Ray on Fire TV to bring IMDb movie and TV data to the big screen