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5:30 PM ET, April 9, 2016

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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Facebook updates policy to let publishers post and tag paid-for content on verified pages  —  Facebook drops branded content restrictions for publishers  —  Facebook is letting publishers and other verified pages distribute branded-content for free, but it's unclear whether its labeling system is...
Adam Goldman / Washington Post:
Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes  —  The Syrian regime has freed an American freelance photographer who was abducted after traveling to the country in 2012, according to two U.S. officials.  —  Kevin Patrick Dawes, 33, from San Diego, was released following …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How BuzzFeed got 800K concurrent Facebook Live viewers by exploding a watermelon using rubber bands  —  With 690 rubber bands and a watermelon, BuzzFeed creates Facebook Live's first driveway moment  —  It started innocuously enough.  —  Two BuzzFeed staffers sat around a small, circular table, wearing smocks and safety glasses.
Bob Christie / Associated Press:
Arizona lawmakers impose last-minute background check rules for reporters on the House floor following media investigation into lawmakers' spending  —  Arizona rule restricts reporters who reject background check  —  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House of Representatives has imposed …
Adam Davidson:
On the future of serious audio news, and what NPR leadership must do to avoid diminishing  —  On News, Mission, and Digital transformation in public radio  —  One of the strongest critiques of digital audio is that it is not newsy.  It's fun, it's sometimes deep, often silly …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:   Audible launches Channels section in its app in beta, streaming short-form audio including New York Times articles, episodes of PRI's The World and Charlie Rose
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Q&A with CNN war correspondent Clarissa Ward on Syria, female war reporters, and freelancers  —  CNN War Correspondent Clarissa Ward Talks Reporting in the Middle East as a Woman  —  Clarissa Ward is in New York from her base in London to talk to her U.S. colleagues about her recent six …
Nick Kostov / Wall Street Journal:
Vivendi acquires pay-TV business of Italy's Mediaset in bid to create European rival to Netflix  —  Vivendi Acquires Pay TV Business of Italy's Mediaset  —  Move is part of French media firm's bid to create a European rival to U.S. streaming-video giant Netflix
Barry Abrahamson / WordPress.com News:
WordPress.com enables HTTPS with Let's Encrypt for new hosted sites with custom domains, will soon expand support to 1M+ sites currently using custom domains  —  HTTPS Everywhere: Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites  —  Today we are excited to announce free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How The Marshall Project built a searchable encyclopedia for criminal justice journalism  —  Since it launched, The Marshall Project has collected a record of curated and original work.  Thanks in part to everyone on staff, none of that work is going to waste.
Discussion: Source, @ultracasual and @benmullin
Newspaper Association of America:
Publishers of 1,200+ newspapers send cease and desist letter to makers of Brave browser, claiming its plan to block and replace ads is illegal  —  Digital publishers put Brave software on notice that substituting publishers' ads is illegal  —  Arlington, Va. - Today, 17 member companies …
Reuters:
RadarOnline and National Enquirer refuse to turn over material sought in search warrant in Charlie Sheen case  —  Publications refuse to hand over audio in Charlie Sheen case  —  Celebrity website RadarOnline.com and the National Enquirer on Thursday refused to hand over material sought …
Discussion: The Wrap, Newshub and LawNewz
 
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