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7:30 AM ET, April 22, 2016

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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 …
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Univision buys out Disney's stake in Fusion, creates new division, Fusion Media, to include The Onion, The Root, and more  —  Univision buys Walt Disney's stake in Fusion  —  Univision is buying Walt Disney out of its stake in Fusion and wrapping the millennial-focused US cable channel …
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Jonathan Levin / Bloomberg:
Sources: Univision aims for IPO in second half of 2016, seeking market value of $6.5B  —  Univision Said Eyeing Second Half of Year for $1 Billion IPO  —  Company said to aim for market value of at least $6.5 billion  —  Shares to be sold by company, proceeds will go to repay debt
Discussion: @digidave
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.
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  —  Ev Williams's Medium raised $57 million in September — now it's raised another $50 million  —  You may have heard there's …
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey: Editors see media losing ground as legal advocate for 1st Amendment  —  Editors around the country are losing confidence in the news industry's ability to fulfill its role as a First Amendment champion, and they believe that shrinking resources are to blame, according to a report released …
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  —  News Feed FYI: More Articles You Want to Spend Time Viewing  —  As we work to improve News Feed, we make updates to help make sure you see the most relevant stories at the top.
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  —  Kelly Ripa's Absence From ‘Live’ Points to Rancor at ABC  —  It seemed like an innocent enough announcement: Michael Strahan …
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  —  New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Over Unauthorized Filming of 2 Patients  —  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to pay …
Discussion: @charlesornstein, Jezebel and Gothamist
Jared Newman / PCWorld:
HBO Now heads to consoles with Xbox One and Xbox 360 apps (and some Samsung Smart TVs too)  —  HBO's first apps for consoles and Samsung Smart TVs are here to help you watch Game of Thrones without cable.  —  HBO Now has come a long way on app support since launching exclusively on Apple TV one year ago.
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Content Obligations Balloon to $12.3 Billion on Global Expansion
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Serri Graslie / Nieman Lab:
NPR social audio experiment on Facebook finds images important, calls-to-action effective, ideal length hard to discern due to lack of data, convoluted workflow
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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