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12:00 AM ET, June 16, 2015

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple is hiring editors to curate content for News app and work with publications to quickly surface breaking stories, according to a company job listing  —  Apple News curation will have human editors and that will raise important questions  —  Apple hasn't talked about it publicly …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Report: One-third of readers disappointed or deceived by sponsored content  —  About a third of news consumers in both the United States and the United Kingdom feel tricked or let down by sponsored content or native advertising, according to a new report released this evening by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple will share 71.5% of Apple Music revenue with music rights owners in US, no royalties during trial period  —  Here's What Happens to Your $10 After You Pay for a Month of Apple Music  —  You don't have to pay anything to try Apple's new streaming music service, since the company …
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Sunday Times drops claim that Miranda met Snowden before UK detention  —  Allegation repeated one made in Daily Mail in September 2014, which was removed on Monday pending inquiries  —  An allegation that the partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald met Edward Snowden …
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Michelle Starr / CNET:
PlayStation Vue expands to San Francisco and Los Angeles; a la carte channels like Showtime, Fox Soccer Plus, and Machinima coming in July  —  PlayStation Vue announces a la carte service, coming to SF and LA  —  Sony's PlayStation live TV streaming service is launching tonight in new markets …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Eric Zinczenko named C.E.O. of Bonnier Corp.  —  Bonnier Corp. chief executive David Freygang has stepped down from his position, passing control of the magazine company to executive V.P. Eric Zinczenko.  —  Freygang is retiring after a career of more than a quarter-century at Bonnier …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Reuters:
With CEO shakeup, Twitter under pressure to please advertisers  —  Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) next chief executive officer faces a crucial challenge as the company seeks to appease Wall Street after last week's management shakeup - helping disaffected advertisers connect with users.
Discussion: Om Malik and Techcircle.in
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Spotify's ‘Taste Rewind’ finds tracks you'll like from the last five decades  —  Now that most streaming music services offer a massive selection of 30 million tracks, the challenge for consumers is discovering new stuff they want to hear.  Spotify has a new take out called Rewind …
Guardian:
Guardian US to launch lab focusing on mobile journalism with $2.6M in Knight Foundation funding, will share all data and research  —  Guardian US to launch news innovation lab focused on using mobile technology to create deeper journalism with $2.6 million from Knight Foundation
Tara Conlan / The Guardian:
BBC News staff voice concern over corporation tracking mobile devices  —  Survey finds most staff do not trust the BBC not to misuse information obtained by monitoring laptops and phones  —  Concerns have been raised by BBC News staff after they were told the corporation can track their work mobile devices …
Jenna Marotta / Racked:
Lucky to Shutter Print Magazine, Scale Back Digital Efforts  —  A Lucky staffer confirmed exclusively to Racked that she and “a bunch” of her colleagues were laid off this weekend after the magazine's parent company failed to receive vital investment funds, signaling the end …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Netflix Launches New Website to All Members  —  Netflix began rolling out its new website design to all of its members around the globe Monday.  The new site features bigger images, more animations and is supposed to feel “more like an app and less like a series of linked web pages,” …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NOLA Media Group and Alabama Media Group, both owned by Advance Local, merging to form Southeast Regional Media Group  —  Times-Picayune and Birmingham News to join new regional company  —  NOLA Media Group and Alabama Media Group, two media companies owned by Advance Local …
Discussion: NOLA.com
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo: no interest in selling Huffington Post or other AOL properties, no interest in trying to buy Dish
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror Midlands journalists rebel over plan to give them individual online audience targets
Discussion: Guardian and HoldTheFrontPage
Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Johnson Publishing names Kierna Mayo as editor-in-chief of Ebony and Kyra Kyles as head of digital editorial
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Tim Peterson / Ad Age:
VICE opens Miami bureau as part of effort to target Hispanic millennials
Discussion: Cablefax
 Earlier Picks: 
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Nicholas Blechman named creative director at The New Yorker
Discussion: GeekWire
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Ipso considers arbitration scheme covering defamation and privacy
John Barber / Guardian:
Canadian public broadcaster CBC faces string of scandals involving its top talent
Discussion: @annegonian
Courage Foundation:
Press freedom campaigner Emin Huseynov to seek asylum in Switzerland after leaving Azerbaijan with Courage Foundation's help
 

 
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Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
 
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