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Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:

Under attack from government and besieged by commercial rivals, BBC has been forced to justify its very existence — The battle for the BBC — Under attack from a government intent on reducing its size and besieged by commercial rivals, the broadcaster has been forced to justify its very existence

Discussion: @owen_g, @stuartrowson, @beneltham and @jonathanshainin

BBC:
BBC director general Tony Hall defends the corporation as it launches annual report

Discussion: Advanced Television, Deadline, Guardian, TBI Vision, Hollywood Reporter, @delrico and BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

Press Gazette: BBC annual report: Staff numbers up, trust levels still down since Savile scandal

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.

Discussion: Verizon FiOS & Custom TV, Re/code, Variety and Media Wire Daily

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 …

Discussion: TechCrunch, BuzzFeed, Salon, @wiredferret, CBS San Francisco, Variety, The Verge, Boing Boing, @nkulw, @dhh, Gawker, The Next Web, Engadget, bizjournals, Fortune, TIME, Business Insider, TechRaptor and New York Times

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.

Discussion: WWD and @perryalexj

Alex Spence / Politico:
Sources: London based European edition of Newsweek magazine scaled back; editor-in-chief Richard Addis resigns, print editorial staff likely to lose jobs

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Canadian Magazines

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 …

Discussion: Journalism.org, SocialTimes, E&, Mashable, Broadcasting & Cable, TechCrunch, Adweek, @mims, Re/code, @mattnavarra and @ylichterman

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 …

Discussion: Tech Times, Forbes and Fortune

Julie Bort / Business Insider: YouTube boss confirms music subscription service is relaunching ‘later this year’

Alexander Howard / The Huffington Post:

Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy — Reporters clash with open government advocates over the merits of a new FOIA policy. — Senior Editor for Technology & Society, The Huffington Post. Dad, husband, citizen, cyclist. alexander@huffingtonpost.com

Discussion: @foiafactor, @johnmcquaid, @digiphile, @emptywheel and @dangillmor

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

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: Media Wire Daily and Poynter

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

NFL's $12 Billion Deal With DirecTV Faces Major Antitrust Lawsuit — A class action proposes to represent bars and restaurants who pay for broadcasts of out-of-market football games. — On Monday, a major class action lawsuit was filed against the National Football League and DirecTV …

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 …

Edmund Lee / Re/code:

Twitter Stock Jumps Nearly 8 Percent on Fake Bloomberg News Post — This is a real story, but a fake one caused Twitter's stock to surge nearly 8 percent. The bogus news report, attributed to Bloomberg News, said Twitter had received a $31 billion buyout offer, a clever ploy to goose the company's shares.

Discussion: Business Insider, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, New York Times, Variety, @gregbensinger, @fmanjoo, Computerworld, @randfish, USA Today, @edmundlee, @daveweigel, Mashable and Business Insider Australia

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Comcast Teams Up With EA to Bring Games to Its X1 Cable Box — Comcast officially launched the beta test of Xfinity Games Tuesday, bringing a little more than 20 videogame titles to its X1 set-top boxes. The cable company has partnered with Electronics Arts on the service …

Discussion: VentureBeat, CNET and Re/code

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