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6:15 PM ET, July 14, 2015

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Spez / Reddit:
New Reddit CEO announces content policy update AMA on July 16, says some subreddits shouldn't exist and Reddit wasn't founded as “a bastion of free speech”  —  Content Policy update.  AMA Thursday, July 16th, 1pm pst.  —  There has been a lot of discussion lately —on reddit …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, The Next Web and @digiphile
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quits after less than two months on the job; claims loss of confidence in the direction of the company  —  Reddit Chief Engineer Bethanye Blount Quits After Less Than Two Months on the Job  —  Reddit's chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit just days …
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Press Gazette:   BBC annual report: Staff numbers up, trust levels still down since Savile scandal
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter  —  Facebook and Twitter users across all demographics are increasingly using the social networks as news sources, though they are seeking out different types of news content on each platform, according to a study out Tuesday …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Verizon to Add Vice Content to Its Coming Mobile Video Service  —  Verizon Communications is adding Vice Media's youth-oriented news and entertainment content to its roster of programs that will be available on its mobile-first video service that is expected to start this year.
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
YouTube's Susan Wojcicki says 50% of the site's views now coming from mobile  —  Susan Wojcicki on YouTube's Priorities: “Mobile, Mobile, Mobile”  —  Susan Wojcicki, top banana at YouTube, took the stage at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference just a few minutes ago to talk about the future …
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Julie Bort / Business Insider:   YouTube boss confirms music subscription service is relaunching ‘later this year’
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Newsweek sacks European print team after 15 months and losses of more than £1m  —  The relaunched Newsweek magazine is scrapping its dedicated London-based print team some 15 months after launch.  —  Press Gazette understands that the Europe edition has racked up losses of more than £1m.
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Joel Johnson / Co.Design:
With its iOS News app and Safari content blocker, Apple attempts to redefine news advertising  —  Apple Saves Publishing... For Itself  —  With a News App and Safari Content Blocker, Apple attempts to redefine advertising  —  A month ago, at the World Wide Developer's Conference …
Discussion: Tech Times
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
BBC radio shows are being made available for download on Apple and Android; Wi-Fi only for now  —  BBC radio shows set for mobile and tablet downloads  —  Annie Mac's weekday evening show among majority of programmes on air each year available for 30 days after broadcast through Apple and Android apps
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Hearst hires Brooke Siegel, former editor in chief of DailyWorth.com, as director of editorial operations  —  Hearst Hires Digital Director of Editorial Operations  —  Hearst Magazines is retooling its digital operations, as it looks to grow its audience on the Web.
Discussion: Poynter and Media Wire Daily
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
BuzzFeed launches Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts called Cocoa Butter, aimed at underrepresented audience of “brown folks”  —  With BuzzFeed's Cocoa Butter, 'we're creating another avenue to get our stuff out there'  —  On Tuesday, BuzzFeed launched new Twitter …
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Flipboard's MAUs grew 75% from 40M in February to 70M in June after it launched on the web  —  Flipboard now has 70M monthly active users, says CEO Mike McCue  —  Flipboard's CEO Mike McCue today revealed that his digital magazine platform now counts 70 million monthly active users as of June 2015.
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
StoryCorps' oral history app receives $600K Knight Foundation Grant to add new features like integrations with Skype, Google Hangouts, and Facebook  —  StoryCorps' Oral History App Receives Knight Foundation Grant To Add New Features  —  StoryCorps, the non-profit oral history project …
 
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
NFL's $12 Billion Deal With DirecTV Faces Major Antitrust Lawsuit
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Edmund Lee / Re/code:
Twitter Stock Jumps Nearly 8 Percent on Fake Bloomberg News Post
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Comcast Teams Up With EA to Bring Games to Its X1 Cable Box
Discussion: Digital Trends, Engadget and CNET
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TiVo Devices Now Support AirPlay For Streaming Recordings To Apple TV
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News sites are getting slower, the New York Times takes 4 mins and 2MB of data download to view one story
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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