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9:50 AM ET, April 20, 2016

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
New York Daily News fires an editor for removing attribution from columns by writer Shaun King, who was accused of plagiarism  —  Daily News fires editor after Shaun King accused of plagiarism  —  The New York Daily News has fired one of its editors for removing attribution from columns …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
AOL acquires VR company Ryot, 25 staffers to form new unit under The Huffington Post, work with TechCrunch, Engadget, clients of AOL's branded content division  —  Verizon's AOL Buys Virtual Reality Video Specialist RYOT  —  The company will form a new unit under AOL's Huffington Post division
Reporters Without Borders:
World Press Freedom Index: Europe has freest media, North Africa/Middle East has least free; Finland ranked 1st, Tunisia and Ukraine rose most, Poland fell most  —  2016 World Press Freedom Index ­- leaders paranoid about journalists  —  Organisation  —  RSF_en
Jack Shafer / Politico:
BuzzFeed's fun, shallow content like exploding watermelon videos isn't destroying journalism, just mirroring the light stories that newspapers have always used  —  Why BuzzFeed's Exploding Watermelon Won't Destroy Journalism  —  Just look at the New York Times' long history of cat coverage.
Discussion: @annehelen and FishbowlDC
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
French daily newspaper Le Figaro extends its ad blocker ban, after 20% of users switch them off after one week trial; 20% of monthly traffic had been affected  —  How Le Figaro got 20 percent of its ad blocking readers to whitelist the site  —  French daily newspaper Le Figaro will extend …
Discussion: AdExchanger
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Yahoo reports Q1 revenue of $1.087B, slightly higher than expectations but still down 12% YoY  —  Yahoo earnings: 8 cents per share, vs expected EPS of 7 cents  —  Yahoo announced earnings and revenue Tuesday that slightly topped analyst estimates.  —  The company said it saw adjusted …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Yahoo bidders include Verizon, TPG, and Bain Capital paired with Vista Equity Partners, which involves multiple former Yahoo execs including Ross Levinsohn
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $8K for policy consulting in 2015, according to Federal Election Commission filing  —  Trump Campaign Paid A Breitbart Editor For Consulting Work  —  Donald Trump's campaign paid the site's national security editor …
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
BBC News creates controller role for mobile and online as overhaul begins  —  James Harding reveals plans to organise news, mobile and online under new controller as part of reshaping of division in face of around £80m cuts by 2022  —  BBC News is creating a controller of mobile …
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Family of journalist Steven Sotloff sues Syria in US court claiming government supported ISIS militants who carried out beheading  —  Family of journalist slain by Islamic State sues Syria  —  MIAMI (AP) — The family of slain journalist Steven Sotloff is suing Syria in U.S. court …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch adds staffers covering hardware, security and privacy, and more, plus other staffers in product  —  Please welcome Brian Heater, Kate Conger and more to TechCrunch  —  We aren't done yet.  We've got some more new faces for you here at TechCrunch, and they're good ones.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Bloomberg launches Middle East edition of website and will open Dubai studio to begin broadcasting in May  —  Bloomberg to launch Middle East edition  —  Move - which will include opening a studio in Dubai - is part of expansion that has included sites for Europe and Asia in past year
Discussion: Politico and Broadband TV News
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Tribune Publishing buys Splash magazine from the Sun-Times  —  The former editor of Splash, Susanna Homan, had already resigned and moved to Tribune to be editor/publisher of the Tribune-owned Chicago magazine  —  Tribune Publishing has a newish boss, Michael Ferro, who used to be the big wig at the Sun-Times.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Uproxx and BroBible owner Woven Digital buys HitFix, which publishes entertainment news, reviews, and video  —  Woven Digital Acquires HitFix (Exclusive) … Youth-skewing media company Woven Digital has bought HitFix, a fan-focused publisher of entertainment news, reviews and video.
Discussion: @christhilk, @hitfix and @ceilidhann
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
HBO, Discovery invest in VR startup OTOY to produce original holographic content, terms not disclosed  —  HBO gets into VR with investment in OTOY  —  HBO is getting into virtual reality, too.  Amid the ongoing craze for VR videos, which has seen streaming rivals like Netflix and Hulu rolling …
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New York Times:
How media and entertainment companies are expanding into VR, through investment in VR startups and VR-based news projects
Discussion: The Verge, Vanity Fair and The Wrap
 
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