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3:30 PM ET, February 12, 2016

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
ESI Media confirms Independent on Sunday to cease printing and Independent to go digital-only in late March; Johnston Press buys i for £24M  —  Independent newspapers closed, but will continue online, after i sale to Johnston Press  —  The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers are to close, it has been confirmed.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
i to expand into Northern Ireland, launch a new website, and hire more than 30 staff  —  Johnston Press to expand i newspaper into Northern Ireland  —  Hiring spree by regional publisher for newly acquired national title expected to pick up staff from Independent and Independent on Sunday
Discussion: Guardian and Guardian
Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Apple is backing Vital Signs, a six-episode scripted television series starring Dr. Dre, likely to be distributed via Apple Music  —  Dr. Dre Filming Apple's First Scripted Television Series (Exclusive)  —  ‘Vital Signs,’ the technology giant's inaugural original …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
SoundCloud files financial results showing $44.27M loss in 2014 with revenue of $19.7M; board forecasts it will need more capital investment in 2016  —  SoundCloud financial results show €39.1m loss in 2014  —  SoundCloud's revenues rose 54% to €17.4m in 2014 …
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Sources: as early as May, Snapchat will let you subscribe to Discover publishers, ensuring their content always appears on your Stories page  —  Snapchat Wants to Let Users Subscribe to Their Favorite ‘Discover’ Publishers  —  Snapchat is working on new plans to boost traffic to the publishers that use its “Discover” platform.
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
YouTube buys BandPage to boost direct-to-fan features  —  “We are very excited to announce that BandPage is joining YouTube, a move which dramatically accelerates our shared goal of helping musicians everywhere thrive,” announced BandPage in a blog post.  —  “BandPage is dedicated …
Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times collaborates with This American Life on a special investigative report  —  Last August, a college student named Alan Pean was Tasered and shot in the chest by two security guards shortly after seeking treatment for a psychotic episode at a Houston hospital.
Patrick Frater / Variety:
China's Baidu Receives $2.8 Billion Offer for Online Video Giant iQIYI  —  Baidu, China's leading search engine operator, says that it has received a non-binding offer to buy iQIYI, a majority-owned subsidiary which is one of the Middle Kingdom's leading streaming video platforms.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How news organizations like National Geographic, Mashable, New York Times, and Vox are experimenting with vertical video for mobile phones  —  Vertical video is becoming more popular, but there's no consensus on the best way to make it  —  Hiking through the hills above Otta, Norway …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How the presidential campaign looks through the eyes of a foreign journalist  —  WEST DES MOINES — Marco Rubio is talking about the decline of the American military.  Mattias Kolb can hardly believe what he's hearing.  —  Standing at the back of a packed and overheated sports bar, Kolb …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
UK publishers remain skeptical of micropayments despite various European efforts  —  Nickel and dimed: Micropayments won't solve ad blocking  —  Publishers have flirted with micropayments as a revenue stream for years, mostly unsuccessfully.  Now, with the continued rise of ad blocking …
Discussion: @digiday
 
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