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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Circa's core ideas are compelling but it has been unable to find a large enough audience to attract additional investment — Circa, the buzzed-about mobile news app, is running out of money — Back in December, News Corp's Raju Narisetti sent in his contribution for our annual Predictions for Journalism package.
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Reuters:
Music streaming service Grooveshark shuts down to settle infringement — (Reuters) - Online music streaming service Grooveshark, admitting “very serious mistakes,” shut down its operations as part of a settlement with major record labels, joining the ranks of several now-defunct peers sued over copyright infringement.
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Spotify raises $350M at $8B valuation: Sources — Music streaming service Spotify raised $350 million in a new funding round, sources told CNBC. Before the recently raised cash, the company was valued at $8 billion. (Tweet this) — Goldman Sachs' institutional clients took part in the fundraising, sources added.
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
After nearly 5-year hiatus, WikiLeaks relaunches its secrets submission system in beta — WIKILEAKS FINALLY BRINGS BACK ITS SUBMISSION SYSTEM FOR YOUR SECRETS — It's taken close to half a decade. But WikiLeaks is back in the business of accepting truly anonymous leaks.
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The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge and Gizmodo
Jordan Heck / Sporting News:
ESPN's NFL Draft ratings down 25 percent from last year — The NFL Draft always seems to be a bigger event year after year, but according to the television ratings, this year's draft wasn't as popular as last year's. — The first round of the draft was televised Thursday night on ESPN with a lot fewer eyeballs watching.
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
NFL secured agreements with CBS, Fox and NBC to prevent reporters from tipping draft picks in advance on social media
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications have held acquisition talks with Bright House — Bright House Emerges as a Player in the New Cable Drama — Comcast's failed bid for Time Warner Cable puts spotlight on Newhouse business — The collapse of Comcast Corp. 's bid to acquire …
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Shadi Rahimi / Poynter:
How AJ+ reported from Baltimore using only mobile phones — I came to AJ+, Al Jazeera's new social media and app-first unit, last summer after spending several years reporting on the revolution in Egypt. In Cairo, mobile phones were the primary method of sharing news from the street.
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Sarah Anne Hughes / Washington City Paper:
Publisher of Washington City Paper, Amy Austin, leaving after 30 years at alternative weekly — Washington City Paper Publisher Departs After 30 Years — After 30 years as publisher of Washington City Paper, Amy Austin is leaving the paper. Austin announced her move in a staff meeting this afternoon.
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Facebook offering 100% of revenue to publishers for hosted media if they sell ads, 70% if Facebook sells ads — Facebook Offers to Let Publishers Keep Revenue From Certain Ads — Publishers currently post links to content but mobile device speed frustrating users
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post Launches International Edition (Q&A) — Hong Kong's oldest English-language newspaper launched an international edition in April as it seeks to capitalize on the world's growing interest in China. — The South China Morning Post will look to expand …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Everything I Know About Journalism in 395 Words — On Wednesday night, I taught my last class of the semester at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and my last class there for the foreseeable future. (I will be teaching an opinion-writing class at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in the fall.)
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
AT&T, CenturyLink, The Wireless Association, US Telecom ask FCC to delay net neutrality rules — Groups ask FCC to delay net neutrality rules — A group of major Internet service providers is asking the Federal Communications Commission to put part of its new net neutrality rules on hold during the impending court battle.
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Business Wire and Reuters
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC Jimmy Savile abuse report delayed at police request — Metropolitan police says publication of Dame Janet Smith's report could prejudice ongoing investigations — The BBC has decided to delay publication of the report into sexual abuse at the corporation after police said it could prejudice ongoing investigations.
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