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9:20 AM ET, May 13, 2015

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Michael Reckhow / Facebook Media:
Facebook launches Instant Articles on iPhone, with interactive features like videos and maps, names NYT, BuzzFeed, Guardian, and six other partners  —  Introducing Instant Articles  —  As more people get their news on mobile devices, we want to make the experience faster and richer on Facebook.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Facebook's Instant Articles, which can provide 100% ad revenue and analytics data, add up to a good deal to publishers, at least for now  —  Facebook Starts Publishing the New York Times, BuzzFeed and More With Its ‘Instant Articles’ Program  —  Hey Web publishers!  Facebook is coming in peace.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Instant Articles build on insights from its Paper app, load 10x faster than mobile web articles  —  Facebook Starts Hosting Publishers' “Instant Articles”  —  After months of rumors, Facebook today unveiled “Instant Articles”, a program that natively hosts publishers' content …
Discussion: The Verge
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Facebook Instant Articles: A Slippery Slope For Google To Do The Same, Hurting The Web?  —  Facebook's pitch to host publisher content sounds great for improving user experience.  But if Google follows in doing the same thing, it might not so great for the web.
Discussion: Vox, Hot Air, mUmBRELLA and Poynter
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Tim Armstrong says AOL to remain in content business, denies spin-off of Huffington Post, says TechCrunch won't be sold and will retain editorial independence  —  CEO Tim Armstrong Says AOL Is Staying In The Content Business (And He's Not Selling TechCrunch)  —  It was an interesting day at AOL.
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BuzzFeed:
Sources say Verizon has no plans to spin off AOL's editorial properties including TechCrunch and Engadget, with Huffington Post's future less certain  —  Verizon Likely To Retain TechCrunch And Engadget  —  Sources say Verizon has no plans to spin off the tech blogs once the $4.4 billon acquisition is approved.
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Sources: AOL in talks to spin off HuffPost, primarily with Axel Springer, at a valuation over $1B  —  AOL Has Been in Talks to Spin Off HuffPost as Part of Verizon Acquisition Deal  —  According to numerous sources, while it has been negotiating its deal to sell to Verizon …
Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Ad-Tech, not Content, Is King in the Verizon-AOL Deal
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Exclusive: Cablevision to drop $1 bid for NY Daily News - source  —  It was one dollar too much for Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N).  The cable company is planning to pull out of the auction process for the New York Daily News after spending hundreds of hours analyzing a potential deal, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92  —  William Zinsser, a writer, editor and teacher whose book “On Writing Well” sold more than 1.5 million copies by employing his own literary craftsmanship to urge clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan.
Jack Bouboushian / Courthouse News Service:
Disney, CBS Win Battle with FCC Over Disclosure  —  (CN) - The FCC cannot expedite the public disclosure of contracts and documents relevant to its review of the proposed AT&T-DirecTV merger, the D.C. Circuit ruled.  —  The Federal Communications Commission is tasked with reviewing merger proposals …
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Wall Street Journal:   U.S. Authorities Near End of AT&T-DirecTV Review, Unlikely to Block Deal
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
Labour advisor claims Conservative officials threatened BBC executives with far-reaching reforms if election coverage didn't “fall into line”  —  Tory officials threatened BBC during election, says Miliband's strategist  —  Tom Baldwin says senior BBC executives faced repeated threats …
Discussion: @harryslaststand and @ashrouen
Reuters:
Alibaba, Wanda heads' investment firms lead $129 mln fundraising in LeTV sports firm  —  May 13 Wanda Group's Wang Jianlin and an investment firm founded by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Jack Ma took part in a 800 million yuan ($129 million) funding round for a little-known sports entertainment company backed by local tech firm LeTV.
Discussion: Forbes and Variety
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Tom Brokaw Says Media Is ‘Completely Wrong’ About His Feelings on Brian Williams Controversy  —  Appearing on Fox News to discuss his memoir Monday, Tom Brokaw said the media has been swimming in speculation over his take on the Brian Williams controversy.  —  “There's been way too much speculation,” he told Sean Hannity.
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
ESPN president John Skipper says network will continue to support Grantland after Simmons' departure “at the same level both financially and staff-wise”
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
 
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Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Small ISP Birch Communications stands up to Rightscorp's DMCA subpoena for user IDs and wins
Bill Mickey / Folio:
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Discussion: Business Wire
Elizabeth Spayd / CJR:
Columbia J-School asks students to produce May/June issue of CJR on experimental journalism
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Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
LA Times Pulitzer winner Jeff Gottlieb's farewell memo to colleagues hints at dissatisfaction amongst newsroom staff
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
Wall Street Journal's head of global media sales, Trevor Fellows, downplays revenue potential of branded content, citing its difficulty to produce at scale
Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest
T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
University of Virginia associate dean Nicole Eramo files defamation suit against Rolling Stone, seeks $7.5M in damages over retracted rape story
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Turner Shakeup: Doug Shapiro Named Head of Strategy, Network Searches for PR Chief