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John Herrman / The Awl:
19 early observations on Facebook's Instant Articles — Notes on the Surrender at Menlo Park — 1. The manner in which Instant Articles are seen within Facebook's News Feed is nearly as important as they way they're hosted. Yes, they load faster. But the way they are previewed in the feed …
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Monkbent / Stratechery:
Verizon-AOL deal and Facebook Instant Articles show goals of device-agnostic, user-focused advertising — Verizon-AOL, Facebook Instant Articles, and the Future of Digital Advertising — At first glance, Tuesday's two big stories — Verizon's acquisition of AOL, and Facebook's official announcement …
Ana Andjelic / Adweek:
The New York Times' Facebook Deal May Prove to Be ‘Growth Hacking’ at Its Best
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Medium, Facebook, Mashable, @penenberg, Fortune, New York Times, Poynter, Stratechery, The Content Strategist, Hot Air and bookforum.com
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why Facebook is starting a new partnership with 9 news publishers
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Nieman Lab, Gawker, Slate, @jackmarshall, @danprimack, NPR, One Man & His Blog and @dangillmor
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with Seymour Hersh about his sources, journalism, The New Yorker, and the contradictory versions of Osama bin Laden's death — “I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” — An interview with Seymour Hersh. — In a blockbuster 10,000-word story for the London Review of Books this week …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NBC News Walks Back Report That Pakistani Officer Gave Bin Laden's Location To CIA
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Agence France-Presse, Washington Post and Hot Air
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
‘Apple Music’ Beats-based streaming service to have Ping-like social network for artists — Apple's upcoming Beats-based streaming music service will likely be named “Apple Music” and will have deep social networking integration for artists, according to industry sources briefed on the plans for the new service.
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William Alden / BuzzFeed:
Rdio to introduce Rdio Select on Thursday, a $3.99 per month tier offering access to 25 songs per day — Rdio To Launch A $3.99 Monthly Streaming Service — The new service is cheaper than the competition, but offers limited downloads from the company's library of songs.
Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:
The legacy of Ampp3d, UsVsTh3m and Row Zed … It is perhaps a sign of the success of Trinity Mirror's web-savvy projects Ampp3d, UsVsTh3m and Row Zed that reports of their closure have generated such strong reactions from journalists across a range of titles.
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@flashboy, @paulbradshaw and One Man & His Blog
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Agence France-Presse:
Le Monde journalists reject owners' candidate for director — Respected French daily Le Monde faced a management crisis on Wednesday after journalists rejected the owners' candidate for editorial director, a year after the first woman to hold the position resigned.
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
AOL Boss Stands to Get $180 Million in Verizon Deal — Tim Armstrong, with a 6.7% stake, is AOL's largest individual shareholder — AOL Inc. Chief Executive Tim Armstrong stands to net nearly $180 million from the sale of his company to phone giant Verizon Communications Inc. …
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Featured Articles, The Week and Forbes
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Snapchat launching its first regularly scheduled content: weekly stories from MLB and fans — Snapchat Will Feature Weekly Content From MLB and Baseball Fans — Snapchat is working with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to bring weekly baseball-related video content to its popular mobile-messaging service.
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Variety
Lauren Shaw / American Journalism Review:
Q&A with Bloomberg's Topolsky on breaking news, ongoing projects, and data visualization — Inside Bloomberg Digital with Editor Joshua Topolsky — Editor's Note: This Q&A is part of “Newsroom Spotlight,” a series of conversations with journalists about what's going on in their newsrooms and the media industry.
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Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:
A look at Gimlet Media, a startup for podcasts including Startup, and the role of venture capital for new companies — VCs Take the Media — Alex Blumberg wanted to start a business. The veteran radio producer had established himself with such prestige radio programs as This American Life and Planet Money.
Lesley Clark / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House marks Austin Tice's 1,000th day of captivity — The White House is using the 1,000th day of journalist Austin Tice's captivity to renew calls on his captors to release him. — The Marine Corps veteran who went to cover the conflict in Syria for McClatchy and other news outlets …
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Poynter and @freeaustintice
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