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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:

AMP adds constraints for faster loading webpages that restrict Javascript and ban some HTML tags including iframes; new AMP-specific elements introduced — Get AMP'd: Here's what publishers need to know about Google's new plan to speed up your website — Google unveiled its new plan …

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages — Google, along with Twitter, is expected to announce a new open initiative aimed at making pages load more quickly on mobile devices, a counter to moves by Facebook & Apple. — Wouldn't you like to have stuff …

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Google's AMP code available on GitHub as of Thursday, The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, and others already using it — Google has a new plan to speed up the mobile web. Today, the company announced a technical preview for a system called Accelerated Mobile Pages (or AMP) …

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

New York Times memo outlines plans to double digital revenue to $800M in 2020, says 12% of readers currently deliver 90% — Times Co. Outlines Strategy to Double Digital Revenue — The New York Times Company released a strategy memo to its staff on Wednesday outlining an ambitious plan …

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney: New York Times memo indicates expansion in video and conferences, to shift focus from ads to an updated subscriptions model

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:

Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal — Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service — Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …

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Sources: Gannett nears deal to buy Journal Media, owner of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other papers, valuing group at just under $300M — Gannett Nears Deal to Buy Journal Media — Purchase by USA Today owner is seen as possible start to a newspaper industry consolidation

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Sam Biddle / Gawker:

Social Media Journalist Matthew Keys Guilty on Hacking Charges, Could Face 25 Years in Prison — Matthew Keys, the Twitter power user who made a name for himself as the former deputy social media editor at Reuters, has been found guilty of three criminal counts in federal court.

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TechCrunch:

Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450M To Sell Concert Tickets — Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify. The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a Ticketmaster-type site, for $450m in cash and stock.

Greg Howard / Deadspin:

Insiders say ESPN's black sports and culture site The Undefeated has failed to launch because of corporate fear of offending readers and lack of investment — How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated “Black Grantland” — Last month, The Atlantic published an 18,000-word article by Ta-Nehisi Coates called …

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Alan Clendenning / Associated Press:

Digital news site El Español launches Wednesday in Spain, led by Pedro J. Ramirez, who was ousted from El Mundo last year — Legendary Spanish editor launching new digital publication — 4 photos — MADRID (AP) — The legendary Spanish newspaper editor is flush with 18 million euros …

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Matthew Patane / Des Moines Register:

Meredith, Media General stand by deal despite report — Both Meredith Corp. and Media General said they are sticking by a $2.4 billion deal that would combine their companies despite a report saying the deal is in danger. — Citing two anonymous sources, The New York Post reported late Tuesday …

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Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:

Waterstones, the UK's largest book retailer, removes Kindles as sales continue to decline — Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores — Waterstones is removing Amazon's Kindle devices from many of it stores as sales “continue to be pitiful”. — The company's m.d James Daunt …

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:

Johnston Press announces closures of 11 free titles to focus on ‘digital offering’ — Johnston Press has announced the closures of 11 free newspapers. The regional publisher has axed eight free print titles in the Midlands and folded a further three into paid-for titles in the North West and South.

Discussion: HoldTheFrontPage, Johnston Press plc, @pressgazette and Reuters

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