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5:40 PM ET, April 22, 2015

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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Interview with BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and CEO Jonah Peretti about deleted posts, Pulitzers, and more  —  Ben Smith and Jonah Peretti: The Gawker Interview  —  On April 16, Gawker contacted BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith with evidence that his site had deleted a post criticizing Pepsi …
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Mediagazer introduces ads for media jobs, and Techmeme's job ads now extend to its mobile site  —  For nearly four years, Techmeme has offered space on our front page for companies to advertise that they're hiring, and link their job offerings.  Unlike typical job boards …
Emma Bazilian / Adweek:
Teen Vogue Debuts Condé Nast's First Sponsored Cover Ad  —  Kylie Jenner has been the subject of plenty of online buzz this week for landing her first solo Teen Vogue cover, but it won't be the reality star's face subscribers see when they receive their music-themed May issue.
Greg Wyshynski / Yahoo Sports:
NHL bans media use of Periscope and Meerkat without prior written approval  —  NHL bans media from using Periscope, Meerkat to subvert rights-holders  —  During the Ottawa Senators' push for the playoffs, I pointed my phone at my television, fired up Periscope and streamed a shootout …
Luke Mullins / Washingtonian:
Between 2009 and 2013 contributions to the White House Correspondents Association increased 162% while scholarship payouts increased only 10%  —  The Biggest Joke at the WHCA Dinner is the Scholarship Fund  —  Payouts to young journalists have barely budged as contributions to the press association have soared.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Study: 53% of viewers prefer streaming over live TV, 68% binge-watch, 16% canceled or didn't have pay tv in the last year  —  Streaming Overtakes Live TV Among Consumer Viewing Preferences: Study  —  U.S. consumers are more inclined to stream entertainment from an Internet service than tune in to live TV …
Discussion: LostRemote, CNET and Los Angeles Times
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp's total compensation dropped 35.5% to $5.8M in 2014  —  Time Inc. Reveals Compensation for Top Execs  —  TIME INC.'S PAY: Time Inc. revealed total compensation of its top executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.
David Bloom / Deadline:
Nancy Tellem Plugs Back In As Chairman, Chief Media Officer At Interlude  —  Nancy Tellem, who was CBS Network TV president and then launched Microsoft's short-lived Xbox Entertainment Studios, has re-emerged as Executive Chairman and Chief Media Officer of Interlude.
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Twitter begins automatically filtering notifications of abusive mentions, broadens violent threats policy, and introduces temporary account suspensions  —  Twitter announces crackdown on abuse with new filter and tighter rules  —  Social network moves to ban indirect threats of violence …
Sonia Paul / Mediashift:
Survey on attitudes about Middle Eastern media suggests a move away from pan-Arab focus toward local or national media  —  Survey on Media Use in Middle East Shows a ‘Return to the Local’  —  A newly updated survey by the Northwestern University in Qatar reveals an expansive look at attitudes …
Discussion: @mediatwit
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Hulu Japan takes its first step into original content production with The Last Cop  —  Hulu Japan to Remake ‘The Last Cop’  —  Hulu Japan, the localized version of the online video service, is to produce a Japanese version of German drama format “The Last Cop.”
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says UK press failed to follow-up Snowden because Guardian did not share files  —  Former Guardian collaborater Julian Assange has penned an excoriating review of Guardian book, The Snowden Files, for Newsweek.  —  In it he complaints that none …
Alexis Sobel Fitts / Columbia Journalism Review:
New York Times apps no longer mimic the homepage as stories are designed by editors specifically for mobile  —  Why The New York Times apps look different  —  “The battle will be won on the smartphone,” New York Times CEO Mark Thompson said at a tech conference last February.
Erik Malinowski / The New Republic:
How MLB Advanced Media is quietly becoming the industry leader in streaming TV  —  The Future of Binge TV Belongs to America's Oldest Sport  —  HBO's much-hyped fifth-season premiere of Game of Thrones this month was a resounding success, not just with its record-high ratings …
Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's role with Disney and 21st Century Fox partners in the aborted Hulu sale in 2013 raises questions for regulators  —  Comcast Role in Aborted Hulu Sale Raises Questions for Regulators  —  Comcast told partners it would help make Hulu the streaming video platform for the cable TV industry
Discussion: Light Reading and Techdirt
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Agence France-Presse:
India takes Al Jazeera off the air for five days, saying the news outlet repeatedly showed wrong maps of disputed region of Kashmir
Discussion: BBC
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Cybersecurity bill could create the first new exemption to the Freedom of Information Act in nearly half a century
Discussion: Boing Boing
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom investigation finds Sky News did not breach rules by broadcasting police officer murder during Charlie Hebdo attack
Discussion: Newsmax and The Local
POLITICO:
Editor in chief John F. Harris and executive editor Matthew Kaminski trade thoughts on the new POLITICO Europe
Discussion: @drudge_report
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Meredith, Publisher of Magazines, Lays Off 100 as It Reorganizes
Discussion: Des Moines Register and Poynter
Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land:
Incisive Media's ClickZ, SES & Search Engine Watch Acquired By Blenheim Chalcot
Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
PBS conducting internal review of Ben Affleck's “Finding Your Roots” segment that edited out references to slave-owning ancestors
Wall Street Journal:
NBC Universal and Fox join ESPN in objecting to slimmer FiOS pay-TV packages
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Oday Hatem / Mediashift:
In Iraq, Islamic State Exacts Heavy Toll on Journalists and Their Families
Discussion: @pbsmediashift
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live
 
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