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8:42 AM ET, June 25, 2015

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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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
Breaking: Roger Ailes signs a new, “multi-year” contract to remain in charge of Fox News.
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.
Discussion: @alansmurray, @raju and @danprimack
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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Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
Atlantic Media owner David Bradley worked with families in effort to rescue ISIS hostages who felt they were abandoned by the US government
 
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Saba Hamedy / Los Angeles Times:
NBCUniversal, Chernin Entertainment announce two-year TV deal
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Eriq Gardner / Billboard:
Sony's stake in Spotify and the holdings of other labels come under fire in lawsuit saying musicians' royalties are being shorted
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Ann-Christine Diaz / Ad Age:
Soundcloud's Ominous Audio Recreation of the Berlin Wall Takes Radio Grand Prix at Cannes
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The New York Times Company:
New York Times chief television critic Alessandra Stanley moving to new beat, covering inequality in US
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
ABC News Wins Edward R. Murrow Award For Overall Excellence; CBS News Snags Most Trophies
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Ben Travers / Indiewire:
HBO to Release ‘Ballers’ and ‘The Brink’ Premiere Episodes on Facebook
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TuneIn and PBS Kids Go Live on the Xbox One
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National Union of Journalists:
European media groups condemn beating to death of Polish journalist Lukasz Masiak on June 13
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

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