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David Cohn / Digidave:
Circa: early and influential in mobile news in 2012, missed key things, and now overshadowed by plans of Apple, Twitter, and Facebook — Quick thoughts as Circa shuts down — The news has broken - Circa is essentially shutting down. — While I haven't been with Circa for the last 10 months …
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Matt Galligan / Medium:
Circa is shutting down indefinitely after failure to monetize and close funding deals; CEO Matt Galligan says firm is working on deal involving underlying tech — Farewell to Circa News — It's with great disappointment that we let you know that Circa News has been put on indefinite hiatus.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Circa offered an emotionless bundle of bullet points, which made for lousy social sharing and didn't work for newspapers either — Why Circa failed — A front page led by the day's biggest news. A selection of stories, chosen by editors, arranged more or less by importance.
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Ed Christman / Billboard:
Apple may pay 0.247 cents per song streamed during Apple Music three-month free trial period, 0.2 cents to labels and 0.047 cents to publishers — With Music Launch Looming, Apple Still Looking to Sew Up Indie Publishing Deals — Apple Inc. sign displayed at the Yerba Buena Center …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Apple Music Will Shell Out For Exclusives, Starting With Pharrell's “Freedom” — Apple is finally throwing its money around to help Apple Music win. Singer Pharrell today announced that his new single “Freedom” will be available exclusively on Apple Music the day of its launch, June 30th.
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Instant articles to begin appearing in feeds this week; New York Times expects to post 30 stories/day, NBC to post 30-40/day — Publishers Prepare to Ramp Up News Distribution on Facebook's Instant Articles in Coming Days … Publishers are ready to ramp up content distribution …
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Charleston newspaper shows the value of local journalists when reporting on national tragedy — At Charleston Newspaper, Covering the News, and Choking Back Tears — CHARLESTON, S.C. — Glenn Smith, the projects editor for The Post and Courier here, was with friends last Wednesday night when a colleague called.
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker wins lawsuit against F.B.I. in Hulk Hogan case — Gawker won its lawsuit against the F.B.I. on Wednesday when a federal judge in Florida ordered the bureau and the Executive Office of United States Attorneys to give the media company evidence related to an F.B.I. investigation into Hulk Hogan's sex tape.
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Peter Elkind / Fortune:
Inside the Sony Pictures hack: an investigation by Fortune, Part 1 — Inside the Hack of the Century — A cyber-invasion brought Sony Pictures to its knees and terrified corporate America. The story of what really happened—and why Sony should have seen it coming. A special three-part investigation.
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Chris Foxx / BBC:
YouTube gives custom URL ‘Lush’ to cosmetics firm, despite popular vlogger Matthew Lush having 10X subscribers and the URL since 2005 — Lush cosmetics in YouTube address dispute — A popular video blogger has hit out at cosmetics brand Lush after he lost control of a YouTube address he had been using since 2005.
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Henry Mance / Financial Times:
Economist Group turns to marketing services after third successive year of declining ad sales — Economist Group looks beyond advertising for return to growth — The head of the Economist Group has promised a return to revenue growth in the next twelve months, after falling print advertising caused …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Reporters Without Borders hails Obama administration's new hostage policy — The international nonprofit group Reporters Without Borders is hailing the Obama administration's new policy on hostage negotiations, which comes after the recent killing of at least four American hostages at the hands …
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