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2:45 PM ET, April 18, 2016

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Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to offer $9/month stand-alone streaming option in US in challenge to Netflix; Prime membership now offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US  —  Amazon Ups the Ante on Streaming Video  —  New stand-alone option for its service is direct challenge to rival Netflix
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Publishers say Facebook tells them it is considering testing ads within Facebook Live broadcasts; sources say any product could still be months away  —  Facebook is promising live-video publishers in-stream ad options  —  When BuzzFeed went live on Facebook with an exploding watermelon trick, 800,000 viewers watched at one point.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet  —  IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet  —  IBM today unveiled some significant strides forward in its bid to be a major player …
Discussion: MarketWatch, IBM and The Drum
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery leaks details of paper's 2016 Pulitzer win at party, says the New York Times has won too  —  Wesley Lowery Breaches Pulitzer Etiquette-Good!  —  An item in Monday's Politico Playbook seemed scientifically designed to drive older journalists insane:
John Herrman / New York Times:
Publishers confront treacherous online ad business and traffic plateau as audiences count on social feeds to find news  —  Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic  —  The business of online news has never been forgiving.  But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei and staffer Mike Allen reflect on how real-time analytics increase audience influence of coverage  —  For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust  —  Earlier this month, a couple of inventive young go-getters at Buzzfeed tied enough rubber bands around …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts live 360 video, releases API for hardware makers to integrate into devices, also launches spatial audio for on-demand YouTube videos  —  YouTube rolls out support for 360-degree live streams and spatial audio  —  YouTube will today begin supporting 360-degree live streaming on its service …
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by the Authors Guild to challenge Google Books  —  Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon tops pack of Yahoo bidders as deadline arrives; Time, AT&T, others drop out as Daily Mail remains in talks with private equity co-bidders  —  Verizon Tops Pack of Suitors Chasing Yahoo  —  Telecom giant looks to build online ad business; Time, other potential bidders won't make offers
Greg Gittrich / Mashable HQ:
In staff memo, Mashable's new Chief Content Officer Greg Gittrich outlines his plans and vision for the site  —  What's Ahead: A Memo from Mashable's Chief Content Officer  —  I've had a great first week at Mashable.  I've really enjoyed getting to know you all by spending time in editorial meetings …
Josh Horwitz / Quartz:
Twitter's new managing director for China worked in state security role, alarms Chinese Twitter users with plea to “work together” with state media  —  Twitter's new China head was a Communist Party engineer who worked on military security  —  Twitter's deeper foray into China …
Discussion: Hong Kong Free Press and The Drum
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Ryan McCarthy, assistant editor on the NYT's national desk, becomes Vice News editor in chief; other new hires announced too  —  Vice News names Ryan McCarthy editor in chief  —  Ryan McCarthy, who is currently assistant editor on the national desk at The New York Times …
 
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