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12:00 PM ET, June 15, 2015

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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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David Gilbert / International Business Times:
Sunday Times defends Edward Snowden report criticised as ‘the opposite of journalism’  —  Being a front page article on the Sunday Times will immediately give any story a significant level of credibility, which is why the splash story regarding Edward Snowden published on 14 June was so dangerous.
Discussion: Guardian and Press Gazette
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 …
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
John Carroll, Former Editor of Los Angeles Times, Dies at 73  —  John S. Carroll, a widely admired newspaper editor who restored the reputation and credibility of The Los Angeles Times in the early 2000s even as he fought bitterly with the paper's cost-conscious corporate parent …
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
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon Studios to Premiere Comedy ‘Catastrophe’ on Facebook  —  Amazon Studios is trying something different for the June premiere of British comedy Catastrophe.  —  Instead of debuting the Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan series on its own video platform, Amazon will stream the pilot on its Facebook page.
Discussion: The Verge
John Ruwitch / Reuters:
Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service called TBO or Tmall Box Office in about two months in China  —  Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service in two months  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months …
Hollywood Reporter:
NFL Hires Former WB Network Chief Jordan Levin as Head of Content  —  The NFL has hired a new chief of content.  —  Industry veteran Jordan Levin has been tapped to oversee the league's programming efforts as its first chief content officer.  —  Levin, who starts his new job Monday …
John Barber / Guardian:
Canadian public broadcaster CBC faces string of scandals involving its top talent  —  Canadian public broadcaster's crisis: ‘When you create celebrities, you create monsters’  —  Gutted by a conservative government and forced to emphasize ‘host culture’ over content, the CBC …
Courage Foundation:
Press freedom campaigner Emin Huseynov to seek asylum in Switzerland after leaving Azerbaijan with Courage Foundation's help  —  Courage flies beneficiary, Emin Huseynov, out of Azerbaijan to seek asylum in Switzerland  —  * Leading Azerbaijani press freedom campaigner travelled to Bern …
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Ipso considers arbitration scheme covering defamation and privacy  —  Proposed scheme criticised by campaigners as regulator is not recognised by the Press Recognition Panel set up in the wake of the Leveson inquiry  —  The Independent Press Standards Organisation is considering whether …
 
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
TV streaming, new ad tech, and international expansion are likely to be James Murdoch's priorities if he becomes CEO of Fox
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Alan White / BuzzFeed:
How a Daily Mail story with fabricated quotes ruined the reputations of several people in a small Polish town
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Lynsey Chutel / Associated Press:
Profile of Angolan reporter Rafael Maques de Morais whose books and website have garnered negative attention from the officials he's exposed
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Publications' first Facebook Instant Articles collectively performing 4.3X better than normal posts
Discussion: Monday Note and @jonathanmendez
 

 
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Scott Stein / CNET:
Meta opens up its VR OS called Horizon OS to third parties and says Asus and Lenovo are both planning Meta Horizon OS-compatible headsets

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
Source: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare was compromised on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack; the company paid a ransom to the hackers

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon ends drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, which began in 2022, and plans to expand them to Tolleson, Arizona, in 2024 and other US regions in 2025

 
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