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8:20 AM ET, May 4, 2016

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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN and Vice News team up to produce sports shows together and exchange content across TV and digital properties  —  Vice and ESPN Team Up to Produce Sports Shows  —  Partnership, which also involves swapping content, shows deepening relationship between Walt Disney Co. and Vice
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
The New York Times now depends on readers for 57% of its revenue  —  Behind today's Times numbers: reader revenue  —  If there were any doubt about the importance of reader revenue to the future of The New York Times - and most of the news publishing business - consider these numbers …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times reports $14M net loss for Q1 on revenue of $380M, down 1% YoY; digital-only subscription revenue up 14% to $54M, ad revenue down 7% to $140M
Gizmodo:
Former contractors who curated Facebook's “trending” news section describe preferred media outlets, “Twitter” censorship, layoffs, more  —  Want to Know What Facebook Really Thinks of Journalists?  Here's What Happened When It Hired Some.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tampa Bay Times buys and closes Tampa Tribune, ending a 29-year competitive battle; at least 100 layoffs are expected  —  Tampa Bay Times buys and folds the Tampa Tribune  —  The Poynter-owned Tampa Bay Times announced Monday afternoon that it has acquired The Tampa Tribune …
Bloomberg:
Apple to Revamp Streaming Music Service After Mixed Reviews, Departures  —  Music service to get new interface at developers conference.  —  Apple Inc. is planning sweeping changes to its year-old music streaming service after the first iteration of the product was met with tepid reviews …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Adobe acquires LiveFyre, plans to use user-generated content tech for client apps, sites; Storify, other products to be integrated into Adobe marketing services  —  Adobe is buying Livefyre so brands can have more free content  —  Adobe has acquired marketing startup Livefyre for an undisclosed sum …
Michael Bachelard / Sydney Morning Herald:
SecureDrop makes leaking to Fairfax Media safe from metadata capture  —  Australian journalists make a promise to their confidential sources to protect their identity “in all circumstances”.  But snooping by the Australian government and security agencies under metadata retention laws have made that promise much more difficult to keep.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
In internal memo, Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory announces new round of buyouts  —  Boston Globe announces buyouts, again  —  Another round of buyouts is coming to The Boston Globe as the newspaper seeks to reinvent its strategy and coverage priorities in advance of a move to new downtown offices.
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
AP's Race and Ethnicity Editor Sues AP Over Racial Discrimination  —  Longtime Associated Press journalist Sonya Ross has sued the AP for race, sex and age discrimination and retaliation, alleging that she has worked under a “hostile and abusive” environment in the news service's Washington bureau.
Ad Age:
Advertising Age Names Xerox's Josh Golden as Publisher  —  Exec First Publisher From Outside Crain in Ad Age's 86-Year History  —  Consulting Services Add Creative And Digital Agency Expertise  —  Advertising Age, the leading publisher of global news about the marketing business …
Discussion: @joshuajgolden and FishbowlNY
 
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Ben Makuch / Macleans.ca:
On World Press Freedom Day, VICE reporter Ben Makuch, currently in court battle with Canadian police, criticizes Canada's limited protections for journalists
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