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7:30 AM ET, April 23, 2016

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Despite recent accuracy and speed, doubts about TMZ as a news source persist due to its tabloid nature and admitted practice of paying sources for information  —  TMZ was first — again.  Will its word alone ever be good enough for traditional media?  —  To almost no one's surprise …
Elmo Keep / Fusion:
Prince ferociously protected his copyrights, issuing takedown notices and refusing to stream his music through any service except Tidal  —  Why Prince didn't want his music on the internet  —  Prince was an artist of such singular vision, possessed by talents so otherworldly …
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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Limited availability on streaming services will diminish Prince's legacy, while Bowie's legacy, with his full catalog online, will grow over time  —  What Prince could have learned from Bowie about the value of music streaming  —  Musically speaking, there wasn't a huge amount …
John Koblin / New York Times:
Al Jazeera America's executive vice president of finance, Anand Gupta, claims racial discrimination in lawsuit, details lavish spending at network  —  Former Al Jazeera Executive Files Bias Suit  —  Al Jazeera America may have shut down last week but that has not protected the network from further unwelcome news.
Discussion: Jezebel, Mediaite, The Wrap and TVNewser
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Yahoo received more than 10 first-round offers, valuing core business at about $4B-$8B, will narrow it down to about 7 as soon as next week  —  Yahoo Said to Narrow Field of Bidders as Soon as Next Week  —  Company received more than 10 first-round offers for core unit
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC pledges women will fill half of on-air roles by 2020  —  Commitment is part of package of diversity measures following criticism that corporation is not reflecting its audience's makeup  —  The BBC has pledged that women will make up half the people who appear on its TV and radio stations and in leading on-screen roles by 2020.
Discussion: iNews and Daily Mail
New York Times:
Chinese regulator shut down iBooks Store and iTunes Movies in China last week say sources; Apple working on making them available again soon  —  Apple No Longer Immune to China's Scrutiny of U.S. Tech Firms  —  For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China.
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Swiss £4 per month regional news curation app Zwölf has 35K subscribers, 1,500 daily users six months after launch  —  Is curation the way forward?  A Swiss media group's take on getting people to pay for regional news  —  Swiss media company Tamedia is hand-picking 12 stories a day …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
The New Republic CEO Guy Vidra resigns one week after Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder's departure was announced  —  New Republic CEO Guy Vidra resigns  —  Guy Vidra, the CEO of The New Republic, is stepping down and will leave the company entirely at the end of the month …
Discussion: @jeremymbarr
Christian / The Official BitTorrent Blog:
BitTorrent appoints new co-CEOs, plans to launch mobile streaming video service this spring, add ad-supported streaming to its Bundle platform this summer  —  BitTorrent, Inc. Names Co-CEOs to Accelerate Focus on On Demand and Live Streaming Media Platforms
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Jay Wallace becomes EVP news and editorial at Fox News as Michael Clemente moves to longform unit: both will report directly to CEO Ailes  —  Fox News Launches Longform Unit With Michael Clemente; Jay Wallace Upped to News Head  —  EMAIL ME  —  The new division shifts former news topper Clemente to specials.
 
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Charles Ornstein / New York Times:
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to pay $2.2M to settle violations of HIPAA rules after allowing ABC TV crew to tape dying patient for reality show NY Med
John Koblin / New York Times:
ABC's change to boost morning TV lineup creates rancor after executives failed to notify Kelly Ripa of Michael Strahan's move to Good Morning America
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Medium raises $50M Series C led by Spark Capital, adds Ben Horowitz, Judy Estrin to board; source puts value at $600M, up from $400M in Sept when it raised $57M
Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed starts prioritizing time spent on content, and reduces how often it shows posts in a row from the same source