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10:00 AM ET, May 28, 2015

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John Bohannon / io9:
Journalist explains how his bad study got press coverage in 20 countries, demonstrates laziness in science journalism  —  I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss.  Here's How.  —  “Slim by Chocolate!” the headlines blared.  A team of German researchers had found …
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.
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.
Guardian:
Brazilian radio journalist known for anti-drug trafficking views killed by gunmen  —  A radio journalist known for denouncing drug traffickers and organized crime groups has been murdered in north-eastern Brazil, in the second attack on the country's press in less than a week.
Mahir Zeynalov / Today's Zaman:
Turkish President Erdoan cancels former New York Times' Stephen Kinzer honorary citizenship over critical article  —  Erdoan cancels Kinzer's honorary citizenship over critical article  —  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan has cancelled the honorary citizenship of former …
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune-owned Gracenote acquires sports data companies for $54M to provide schedules, live scores, play-by-play stats, and more  —  Gracenote launches sports data service with two acquisitions  —  Gracenote, the digital and data arm of Tribune Media, on Thursday announced the acquisition …
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
The Kindle Finally Gets Typography That Doesn't Suck  —  Amazon's Kindle e-reader is a lovely single-purpose gadget, with an industrial design ethos that, in its singular focus on the purity of e-reading, even Dieter Rams could love.  The iOS and Android apps are even great.
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.
Nic Christensen / mUmBRELLA:
News Corp Australia to close MX commuter newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in two weeks  —  News Corp to axe commuter mX newspapers  —  News Corp Australia is scrapping its struggling free mX commuter newspapers, Mumbrella understands.  —  The news comes just two months …
 
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Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Jason Rezaian Trial in Iran May Be More About Leverage Than Justice
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
Discussion: Committee to Protect …, Thanks:@benmullin
Dan Reimold / Nieman Lab:
Mt. San Antonio College's newspaper finds success focusing on realtime reporting and distribution via Medium and Twitter
Discussion: @ericnewton1
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Suddenlink Inks Hulu Deal to Stream Service via Set-Tops, While Shunning Viacom
James Warren / Poynter:
US ambassador and ex-journalist Samantha Power urges UN to help journalists in conflict zones
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Reuters' head of archive talks about the challenges and rewards of the digitising process
Paul Melvin / ESPN MediaZone:
Chris Connelly Named Interim Editor-In-Chief of Grantland
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
Discussion: Guardian
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