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8:50 AM ET, April 30, 2016

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Bloomberg:
The authors behind popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge have been unmasked by a disgruntled ex-employee, who also unveils details of its internal workings  —  Unmasking the Men Behind Zero Hedge, Wall Street's Renegade Blog  —  The veil is lifted on a secretive website.
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Zero Hedge authors reply to Bloomberg article unmasking them by aiming to discredit the source, their ex-employee  —  The Full Story Behind Bloomberg's Attempt To “Unmask” Zero Hedge  —  Over the years, Zero Hedge has proven to be a magnet for media attention.
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
YouTube responds to music industry's complaints about low artist payments, says it is more like radio than Spotify  —  YouTube hits back at ‘noise’ around its music payouts  —  It's been a bruising month for YouTube as labels, music industry bodies and artists have attacked Google's video service …
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Jeffrey Matulef / Eurogamer.net:
YouTubers will soon receive money raised during Content ID disputes  —  New system will set earned revenue aside for whoever's found in the right.  —  YouTubers will soon be able to receive revenue made during Content ID claim disputes.  —  As is, if a YouTuber uploads a video …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Snapchat strikes a non-exclusive deal with NBC to show Olympics highlights in US via live stories and Discover channel curated by BuzzFeed  —  Snapchat Scores Unprecedented Deal With NBC to Showcase Olympics  —  Companies to share revenue from ads paired with content
Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Rovi buys TiVo for $1.1B in cash and stock, at $10.70 a share, will rebrand as TiVo  —  Rovi Buys TiVo for $1.1 Billion  —  Entertainment technology company Rovi has purchased original DVR service TiVo for $1.1 billion, or $10.70 per share.  —  “Rovi's acquisition of TiVo …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Sources: Business Insider faces editorial staff turnover and low newsroom morale, with some blaming relentless management pressure to generate more traffic  —  Here's what Business Insider employees just said about why people are leaving  —  As 2015 drew to a close, it felt as though the year …
Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
Journalist Julia Ioffe, who wrote a profile of Melania Trump for GQ, receives antisemitic abuse online  —  Journalist who profiled Melania Trump hit with barrage of antisemitic abuse  —  Julia Ioffe has received disturbing calls and online abuse since profiling Donald Trump's wife for GQ …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Google Tests Feature That Lets Media Companies, Marketers Publish Directly to Search Results  —  HBO's ‘Silicon Valley’ put a spotlight on the new feature this week by posting ‘news’ stories to Google  —  Google is experimenting with a new feature that allows marketers, media companies …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: Medium in advanced talks to distribute some of Conde Nast's content; Steven Levy may bring tech hub Backchannel to Conde Nast  —  Tech writer Steven Levy is in talks to leave Medium and head back to Conde Nast  —  Tech journalist Steven Levy is on the move.
Discussion: @mathewi, @pkafka and @sjkmcnally
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Interview with Nick Thompson, editor of NewYorker.com, on writing for the web, quality, paywalls, more  —  The New Yorker's Nicholas Thompson: ‘You have to be good at the beginning’  —  The New Yorker is a true legacy media brand.  The magazine has been published for more than nine decades …
 
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Benjamin Harvey / Bloomberg:
Two Cumhuriyet columnists sentenced to two years in Turkey for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons featuring Prophet Mohammed
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed's GM for Europe, Kate Burns, is leaving the company just over a year after joining
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Sources: FB, Twitter, Instagram are discouraging publishers from promoting their Snapchat accounts
Discussion: The Wrap and @mathewi
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Hilary Milnes / Digiday:
Vogue launches iOS app with Snapchat Discover-like design, daily feed of eight stories, in time for New York's Met Gala
Discussion: Racked, Re/code and FishbowlNY