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8:25 AM ET, May 2, 2016

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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Larry Wilmore Roasts the Press in White House Correspondents' Monologue  —  President Obama was a tough act to follow, but Wilmore reminded some of Stephen Colbert with his audience-unfriendly jokes.  —  Tonight, Larry Wilmore proved exactly why he was the perfect choice …
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Shane Ferro:
A writer who worked for Business Insider for 10 months tells what it was like trying to hit goals of five opinion posts per day and 1M unique visitors per month  —  Thoughts on Business Insider  —  CNN journalist Tanzina Vega went on a tweetstorm this morning about the state of journalism …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hulu hopes to launch an online TV service which would stream popular broadcast and cable TV channels in first quarter of 2017  —  Hulu Is Developing a Cable-Style Online TV Service  —  New subscription service would stream feeds of popular broadcast and cable TV channels
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Wall Street Journal:
How Comcast made the deal for DreamWorks Animation in two weeks, and what the deal says about media giants' shifting bets on growth
Discussion: Deadline, FishbowlNY, Forbes and Deadline
Derek Willis / The ProPublica Nerd Blog:
ProPublica relaunches Represent, a New York Times database project that tracked members, votes, and bills in Congress  —  A New Way to Keep an Eye on Who Represents You in Congress  —  Today ProPublica is launching a new interactive database that will help you keep track of the officials who represent you in Congress.
John Paul Titlow / Fast Company:
How Pandora plans to reinvent itself with on-demand streaming, ticket-selling, and live streaming concerts  —  Inside Pandora's Plan To Reinvent Itself—And Beat Back Apple And Spotify  —  In 2016, personalized Internet radio alone won't cut it.  Here's how Pandora hopes to maneuver its way to profitability.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vimeo acquires VHX, a startup that provides a platform for OTT, VOD services; terms not disclosed, VHX raised $10M from investors including Comcast Ventures  —  Vimeo Acquires VHX, Bolstering Subscription VOD Tools … VHX's 22 employees will join IAC-owned video platform provider
Discussion: VentureBeat, The Wrap, Forbes and Re/code
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Digiday launches Glossy, a site dedicated to fashion and luxury … Digiday, the company best known for its concise coverage of the shifting media industry, announced on Monday plans to extend its reporting to the realms of fashion and luxury with a new publication called Glossy.
Discussion: Nieman Lab and Re/code
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Inside Trump's press pen: an access game blending flattery, intimidation, and isolation to try to silence critical coverage  —  Inside Trump's Press Pen  —  A reporter's first campaign job blows up into the biggest story in America.  —  I was strolling with my parents through …
Discussion: @stephenfhayes
Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:
At Tulsa local news startup The Frontier, well-read paywalled stories get 3,500 unique views, and the membership goal is 750 at $30/month by summer's end  —  Will readers pay for local news?  A digital startup in Tulsa bets that they will  —  The founding staff of The Frontier, a for-profit, investigative online startup in Tulsa.
Timothy Pratt / Columbia Journalism Review:
How one woman's ‘hyperlocal C-Span’ brings transparency to politics in Georgia  —  Nydia Tisdale and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens pose for a photo at Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville, Ga., on August 23, 2014.  Photo by Brian K. Pritchard/FetchYourNews.com
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The American Bystander is trying to revive the humor magazine with a reader-supported business model  —  On April 21, 1983, the comedy writer Brian McConnachie appeared on Late Night with David Letterman to promote The American Bystander, the comedy magazine he was trying to launch.
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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Interview with Nick Thompson, editor of NewYorker.com, on writing for the web, quality, paywalls, more
Benjamin Harvey / Bloomberg:
Two Cumhuriyet columnists sentenced to two years in Turkey for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons featuring Prophet Mohammed
 

 
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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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3

 
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