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10:30 AM ET, June 18, 2015

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 Top News: 
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Brian Williams to stay with NBC at MSNBC, while Lester Holt to become NBC Nightly News permanent anchor  —  Brian Williams expected to stay at NBC  —  Brian Williams is down, but not out.  —  NBC and Williams have come to a tentative agreement that will keep Williams at the network …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Google and Storyful are launching YouTube Newswire, a feed of verified user-generated videos  —  Storyful and Google News Lab today are launching YouTube Newswire, a dedicated YouTube channel meant to serve as a resource for journalists looking for user-generated videos from around the world …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BuzzFeed launches news app that focuses on serious reporting, notifications, and curation  —  Why BuzzFeed wanted everyone to know about its new news app — even before it launched  —  If you're reading this, then it's more likely than not that you're already aware of BuzzFeed's news app.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple emails publishers, telling them its News app will use their RSS feeds and they will indemnify Apple from lawsuits unless they opt out  —  Publishers Upset Over Apple's Opt-Out Terms for Inclusion in iOS 9 News App  —  Apple recently sent a mass email to news publishers to introduce …
Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Amazon will now pay Kindle Direct authors based on how many pages customers read  —  Amazon to pay KDP authors ‘per page’  —  Amazon is changing the way it pays self-published authors whose books are enlisted in the Kindle Unlimited and Kindle Owners Lending library to a pay-per-page-read model.
Discussion: Good E-Reader
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Daily Telegraph set for Ipso rebuke over Nicola Sturgeon front-page article  —  Press regulator makes preliminary finding that story claiming Scottish first minister preferred David Cameron as PM breached editors' code of practice  —  The Daily Telegraph is set to be rebuked by the press regulator for a …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat says its Live Stories, which include multiple ads costing around 2 cents per view for advertisers, are viewed on average by 20M people per day  —  Snapchat Is Making Some Pretty Serious Money From Live Stories  —  Snapchat built a brand out of disappearing photos …
Discussion: Business Insider
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Wenner Media, parent of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, Men's Health, lays off over a dozen staffers  —  ‘Rolling Stone’ Hit With Round of Layoffs  —  Wenner Media has laid off more than a dozen staffers on Wednesday across Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal magazines.
Discussion: @wdana, Billboard, Gawker and Ad Age
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Google revamps Google Trends to emphasize real-time information  —  Google is out with a new update to Google Trends, its tool for monitoring all the millions of things people are searching for around the world.  Specifically, Google Trends now lets you get a realtime look at what stories and topics people are interested in.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Users Can Now Add Their Own Voice, Opinions And Photos To Their Magazines  —  Mobile news magazine app Flipboard may be putting on a brave face in the wake of new competition from iOS 9's forthcoming News app, practically a Flipboard clone.  But there's no doubt that the service needs …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes' expiring contract is challenge for Murdoch's sons  —  Now that Rupert Murdoch's sons James and Lachlan are taking charge of 21st Century Fox, one of their greatest challenges will be Fox News.  —  Or, more, specifically: Roger Ailes.  —  The cable news channel …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal contracts with correspondent Nolan Peterson to cover the Ukraine as it works to build credibility  —  “This is my dream job”: How one journalist became The Daily Signal's first foreign correspondent  —  Nolan Peterson spent last week embedded with the Ukrainian army.
 
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Publishers need to consider how to archive posts on third-party sites likes Facebook, Snapchat, Periscope, and Meerkat
Discussion: @cward1e
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy named Spotify CFO, will step down from Spotify's board
Discussion: Business Insider
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Consumer Reports lays off 17 staffers
Discussion: @jeffreyfox, Thanks:@talkingbiznews
Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: Guardian Media Group to appoint David Pemsel as new CEO, replacing Andrew Miller
Discussion: Business Insider and @marksweney
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Amanda Holpuch / Guardian:
New York Times apologizes to Ireland for ‘insensitive’ balcony collapse story
Dmitry Volchek / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Russian and Ukrainian bloggers blame blocked Facebook accounts on pro-Kremlin trolls and ask for better moderation
Discussion: Guardian
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
Behind In Touch magazine's Duggar investigation and what it means for US tabloid journalism
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts got 17.1B views since July 2024

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals
 
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