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8:15 AM ET, May 28, 2015

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Katie Benner / Bloomberg View:
After Re/code's sale, the overlooked subscription business model for news sites looks better than ad-based models  —  Re/code's Sale and Life After Advertising  —  After the tech news site Re/code sold itself to Vox Media, reports in Fortune and the New York Post noted that the deal …
Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Stockbait?  BuzzFeed announces IPO as clicks and videos keep public hooked  —  Chief executive Jonah Peretti has not offered a timeline for the move, but investors will want to know after site was valued at $850m in August  —  BuzzFeed is planning an IPO, the company's CEO, Jonah Peretti, announced at a tech conference on Wednesday.
Adam Thomson / Financial Times:
Luxury group LVMH in talks to acquire French daily newspaper La Parisian for an estimated €50M  —  LVMH in talks to buy Le Parisien newspaper  —  LVMH, the world's biggest luxury group by sales, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire French daily newspaper Le Parisien as part of a drive to build up its media business.
Micah Lee / The Intercept:
First Look Publishes Open Source Code To Advance Privacy, Security, and Journalism  —  The Intercept and its publisher First Look Media strongly believe in the benefits of free and open source software — in part because we rely on such software every day.  To keep our journalists and sources safe …
Discussion: @talkopan and @rj_gallagher
Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:
Mary Meeker Cites Slower Web Growth in Annual Trends Talk … Mary Meeker, the famed analyst-turned-venture capitalist, warned in her annual Internet trends report on Wednesday that Internet and mobile user growth is slowing, which could affect the prospects of a range of high-profile Web startups.
Dan Reimold / Nieman Lab:
Mt. San Antonio College's newspaper finds success focusing on realtime reporting and distribution via Medium and Twitter  —  What happened when a college newspaper abandoned its website for Medium and Twitter  —  The Mountaineer student newspaper at California's Mt. San Antonio College no longer exists.
James Warren / Poynter:
US ambassador and ex-journalist Samantha Power urges UN to help journalists in conflict zones  —  Samantha Power calls on UN to protect journalists in conflict zones as Russia portrays itself as victim  —  The United States urged the United Nations Wednesday “to ensure that people …
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Jason Rezaian Trial in Iran May Be More About Leverage Than Justice  —  On Oct. 16, 2010, Europe's top foreign policy official proposed a date for resuming stalled nuclear talks with Iran.  The same day, Iran said it had freed Reza Taghavi, an American business executive incarcerated without charge for more than two years.
Discussion: USA Today and @shreeyasinha
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New report from Foreign Correspondents' Club of China: 72% of correspondents say reporting has been hindered, 22% say editors being pressured  —  Correspondents say working in China isn't getting easier  —  Nearly all foreign correspondents reporting from China say that the country's working conditions fail …
Discussion: Committee to Protect …, Thanks:@benmullin
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Reuters' head of archive talks about the challenges and rewards of the digitising process  —  Reuters' head of archive talks about the challenges and rewards of the digitising process  —  Credit: By kulturarvsprojektet on Flickr.  Some rights reserved  —  Archives have great potential …
 
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Financial Times:
German court rules Adblock's practices of blocking ads and letting some through for a fee is legal, in a second legal win for Adblock this year
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Richard Deitsch on his new SI Media podcast as Sports Illustrated begins launch of 12 new podcasts
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Comcast, an investor in Re/code, encouraged publication to sell, has restarted talks with Vox Media over acquisition after they fell through because of price
 

 
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