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11:05 AM ET, June 7, 2015

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Alan Rusbridger / Columbia Journalism Review:
Life after Snowden: Journalists' new moral responsibility  —  Editor's note: This is a chapter in Journalism After Snowden: The Future of Free Press in the Surveillance State, a forthcoming book from Columbia University Press. … Journalism after Snowden?
Discussion: @abettervision and The Intercept
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Alan Rusbridger on hacking, Snowden, Wikileaks and losing £300m to make The Guardian financially secure  —  Has there ever been a more dignified and lauded end to a national newspaper editing career?  —  After 20 years in charge of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger bowed out at a time of his choosing …
Discussion: @heathermallick and @pressgazette
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
NowThis Media Sees A Big Appetite For Short News Videos, With 200M Views In May  —  Online video news company NowThis Media says it has seen dramatic growth, going from 1 million video views a year ago, to 50 million earlier this year, to 200 million in May.
Discussion: @antderosa
BBC:
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upholds sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for blogger Raif Badawi  —  Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes  —  Raif Badawi's family have warned he could die if the 1,000 lashes are carried out  —  Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vox Media's beauty and fashion site Racked is experimenting with messaging app Kik and finding success on Tumblr and Instagram  —  Vox's Racked hopes to learn new social media tricks on Kik  —  Vox Media is best known for its male-focused properties, sports site SB Nation being by far its biggest site.
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Canadian newspaper La Presse says has 454K weekly tablet readers, is focusing on phablet next, and prepares for a printless future  —  Newsonomics: La Presse's bet on tablets and its crossover calculus  —  News of the tablet first came from the west.  Steve Jobs celebrated the beginning …
Discussion: @niemanlab
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix continues aggressive expansion with October launch in Italy, Spain, and Portugal  —  Netflix to Stream Into Italy, Spain and Portugal in October  —  Netflix plans to roll into southern Europe this fall, setting October launches for Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: formal FCC staff recommendation to the commissioners on AT&T-DirectTV deal could come as early as next week  —  AT&T, DirecTV executives meet with regulators about deal  —  Top executives from the two companies met with Federal Communications Commission staffers in Washington on Thursday …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Verge and Forbes
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
In Mali, where data connections are sparse, music is sold on memory cards and USB sticks  —  A Music-Sharing Network for the Unconnected … Over the last two decades, cellphones have ushered in a communications revolution in Africa.  The entire country of Mali, for example …
Greg Avery / Denver Business Journal:
Denver Post cutting staff in the newsroom, again  —  The Denver Post is looking to cut 20 positions from its newsroom staff, offering buyouts as incentive for veteran employees to leave and stave off a round of layoffs at Colorado's largest newspaper.  —  Editor Greg Moore told assembled …
Discussion: Denver Westword and Poynter
Madalina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Tow Center launches NewsLynx, an open source analytics platform that aims to analyze data with context to assess impact  —  NewsLynx launches to help newsrooms measure ‘impact’  —  The open source analytics platform from Tow Center research fellows launched yesterday as an alternative to traditional metrics
Discussion: Nieman Lab and TOWCenter
Richard Verrier / Los Angeles Times:
MPAA extends Chairman Chris Dodd's contract through 2018  —  Hollywood's chief lobbyist will have at least another three years on the job.  —  The Motion Picture Assn. of America has extended the contract of Chairman Chris Dodd through 2018.  —  “He has been an impactful leader …
 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Apple may reduce the 30% cut it takes from publishers on Newsstand and many video providers on Apple TV
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The New York Times uses Reddit to measure engagement and understand reader response to its stories
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FCC vote on local franchise fees for basic cable TV helps both big and small providers
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Spotify Royalties Grew to $300 Million in First Quarter
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Agence France-Presse:
Kuwait shuts private TV station critical of government
Bloomberg Business:
Days before Apple plans to reveal its music streaming service, Apple is still negotiating with record labels, who are pushing for 60% of proceeds
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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