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Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski charged with simple battery for grabbing ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields — Trump campaign manager charged with battery — Corey Lewandowski faces a misdemeanor charge related to incident with former Breitbart reporter.
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Obama calls for better journalism but has contributed to problems with jail threats, subpoenas, stonewalling of FOIA, and end runs around traditional media — Obama Criticizes the Media, but His Administration Is Part of the Problem — It's hard to imagine a politician loving …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Spotify raises $1B in convertible debt, led by TPG and Dragoneer — Spotify Raises $1 Billion in Debt Financing — TPG and Dragoneer Investment Group lead the Spotify debt deal — Music-streaming site Spotify AB has raised $1 billion in convertible debt from investors …
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Fast Company, Re/code, New York Times, TechCrunch, Music Ally, SiliconANGLE, VatorNews, Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Drum, Fortune, Business Insider, Variety and FACT Magazine
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram increases video length limit for users from 15 seconds up to 60 seconds, part of a greater expansion into video for the social network — Instagram Is Expanding Videos to 60 Seconds — The Facebook-owned photo app is placing a bigger emphasis on video this year.
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Genius adds “report abuse” button and says the web annotation tool does not enable abuse, in response to controversy and letter from US Rep. Katherine Clark — Genius responds to Congresswoman Katherine Clark's letter on preventing abuse — Over the past few days …
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
UK's Times and Sunday Times merge websites, which will be updated three times a day to focus on reporting, opinion, and analysis instead of breaking news — The Times of London is swearing off breaking news — British national newspaper The Times has been behind a hard paywall since 2010.
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Nieman Lab, Guardian, Press Gazette, Financial Times, @tomchivers, @robert_cookson and @niemanlab
Dan Rys / Billboard:
Tidal claims 3M paying global subs, with 1.35M on the hi-fidelity $20/month tier, and Kanye West's last album surpassed 250M streams within 10 days of debut — Tidal Claims Three Million Global Subscribers, Finally Releases Kanye's ‘Pablo’ Stream Numbers — The one-year anniversary …
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Gederts Gelzis / Reuters:
Latvia shuts down pro-Kremlin website Sputnik, drawing Moscow rebuke — Latvian authorities have shut down the local version of Russian pro-Kremlin news website Sputnik, drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow. — The Latvian domain of the Russian-owned news site Sputniknews.lv was shut …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo to skip lavish NewFront event this year, host private event May 4 amid losses in video — Yahoo Scales Back NewFronts Event With Smaller, Less Flashy Affair — Yahoo is cutting back on the NewFronts razzle-dazzle this year, after the company pulled the plug on long-form original series and refocuses its media strategy.
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@petersterne, Yahoo and Business Insider
Andy Bechtel / The Editor's Desk:
When it launches, ESPN's The Undefeated will mix longform, shortform, commentary, audio, visual journalism, assistant editor Aaron Dodson says — Q&A with Aaron Dodson, assistant editor at The Undefeated — Aaron Dodson is an assistant editor at The Undefeated, a website that will examine the relationship between race and sports.
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@johnrobinson and @aardodson
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sony to launch 4K movie streaming service, Ultra, on April 4; titles to sell for $30 and won't be available for rental — Sony's Ultra 4K Streaming Service Is Launching Next Month — Sony is launching its 4K movie streaming service called Ultra next month: Consumers will be able to buy movies …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service for $9.99 per month in US — It's Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks — SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music …
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