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2:15 PM ET, May 5, 2015

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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Washington Post testing ways to extend tablet experience to mobile web for select readers, new site and mobile apps to be released for all by late summer  —  The Washington Post to test new web experience for expanding readership  —  Following success of tablet app launched last year, Post considers extending to the web
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Washington Post fails to correct mistakes in stories on Baltimore, its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of lapses in the US Secret Service  —  The Washington Post's correction problem  —  Six days ago, The Washington Post published an article headlined, “Prisoner in van thought [Freddie] Gray was ‘trying to injure himself’.”
Discussion: @ggreeneva and @dylanbyers
Michael Moynihan / The Daily Beast:
America's Literary Elite Takes a Bold Stand Against Dead Journalists  —  Hitler.  Goebbels.  Hebdo.  Really?  Can the PEN members boycotting Tuesday's Courage Award for the slain French satirists really not tell the difference between racism and mocking racism?
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
The Upshot at The New York Times used IP addresses to deliver a story rewritten for specific locations  —  The Upshot uses geolocation to push readers deeper into data  —  When you're writing about how place — be that a neighborhood or a city — affects a child's chances of getting out of poverty …
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Netflix calls on FCC to reject proposed AT&T-DirecTV merger  —  (Reuters) - Netflix Inc has urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to reject the pending $48 billion merger of AT&T Inc and DirecTV as currently proposed, according to regulatory disclosures posted on Tuesday.
Discussion: FierceCable
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Disney tops expectations in Q2 with $2.1B in revenue and a 14% YoY increase in EPS to $1.23  —  Disney Stock Hits All-Time High After Surprisingly Strong Q2 Results  —  The Walt Disney Company's stock soared to an all-time high Tuesday after it reported better-than-expected earnings …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery Communications Q1 Profit Rises 8.7% On Distribution Revenue  —  Discovery Communications said first-quarter profit rose 8.7% as the company was able to increase the amount of revenue it gleans from distributing its programming via cable and satellite outlets, even as advertising revenue …
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
McSweeney's Looks To Raise $150,000 Through Kickstarter  —  Literary publications are going directly to their readers for funds — and the Eggers empire is looking to raise the most.  —  The San Francisco publishing house/literary magazine/quarterly/humor website/podcast empire McSweeney's …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Machinima Is Ready to Own the Comic and Gamer Audience  —  When it comes to digital content for die-hard millennial fans of gaming, comics and other geek-out subjects, Machinima is one of the top purveyors in the space.  However, even though it was one of the early multi-channel networks …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
A founding editor of Tech City News launches The Memo in UK, aiming for accessible tech news using curation and original stories, including election monitor  —  The Memo to explain ‘at a glance’ why technology news matters  —  New site launched this week aiming to offer a bigger picture …
Andrew Flanagan / Billboard:
FCC gives broadcast approval to Pandora-owned, South Dakota FM radio station KXMZ  —  Pandora's Radio Station Gets FCC Approval  —  Pandora can now start playing music — on the FM dial.  —  Broadcast approval for Rapid City, South Dakota's KXMZ, which Pandora purchased for $600,000 …
Discussion: RAIN News and New York Times
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu Pacts with 5 More Cable Operators to Resell Subscription-Video Service  —  Hulu is bringing its over-the-top video streaming service into more cable lineups.  —  One week after announcing Cablevision Systems would sell its subscription-video service to customers, Hulu said it has inked deals …
 
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Ryan Gajewski / Hollywood Reporter:
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
DirecTV Q1 revenue up 4% to $8.14B, 60K new subs added
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Comcast releases Xfinity Share app, which lets X1 subscribers live stream and share photos and videos to set tops and mobile phones; available for iOS, Android
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Neil Midgley / Guardian:
Sky News and BBC News channel face digital-driven reorganisations as they struggle to keep up with the speed of social media
Discussion: @jonathanhaynes
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Campaign Coverage via Snapchat Could Shake Up the 2016 Elections
Discussion: @mccollumashley
Chris Heller / The Atlantic:
The Business of The Onion: How America's Best Satirical News Source Makes Money
Discussion: bookforum.com and AdExchanger
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
By hosting live events, former magazine editor Tina Brown practices “theatrical journalism”
Discussion: @choire
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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