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1:35 PM ET, May 4, 2016

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Bloomberg:
Sources: revamped Apple Music with more intuitive interface, expansion of online radio service, and more to debut at WWDC after mixed reviews and exec shakeup  —  Apple to Revamp Streaming Music Service After Mixed Reviews, Departures  —  Music service to get new interface at developers conference.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Q&A with Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins on live and recorded programming, rivalries with Netflix and Amazon, and commercial-free viewing  —  Hulu Aims to Deliver What You Want to Watch Next  —  Imagine a television service that knows a viewer watches “Today” every morning and “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” at night.
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Hulu Confirms Plans for Cable-Like Online TV Service  —  Streaming service says it's approaching 12 million subscribers  —  Video streaming site Hulu confirmed that it is aiming to put together a cable-style online video offering that would stream feeds of broadcast and cable channels by early next year.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Hulu now has 12 million subscribers, but growth is slowing  —  Hulu has come to New York this morning to make a big presentation in front of advertisers, and one of its highlight announcements is big subscriber growth.  Hulu says that it now has 12 million subscribers, up from 9 million this time last year.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Vox Media creates a Snapchat Studio, and SB Nation is going bilingual with the help of Telemundo  —  Vox Media announced a bunch of new partnerships Wednesday (see: corporate synergy), including a new partnership between SB Nation and Telemundo to create “the first-ever mobile …
Discussion: Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, WWD and Ad Age
Richard Danielson / Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Times borrowed $13.3 million to finance Tribune purchase  —  TAMPA — The Tampa Bay Times took on about $13.3 million in new debt just before it purchased its main competitor, the Tampa Tribune, according to a mortgage filed in Pinellas County.  —  3 Months Ago 4 Months Ago 5 Months Ago
Discussion: Associated Press and mUmBRELLA
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Tampa Bay Times buys and closes Tampa Tribune, ending a 29-year competitive battle; at least 100 layoffs are expected
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.
Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube is working on Unplugged, a paid subscription service offering streaming cable TV bundle, slated to debut as early as 2017  —  YouTube Said to Plan ‘Unplugged’ Online TV Service for 2017  —  Google has been plotting a web TV service since 2012  —  Large media companies CBS, Fox, Comcast haven't signed up
Anup Kaphle / BuzzFeed:
Nepal revokes Canadian citizen Robert Penner's work visa after he wrote about Nepalese politics on social media and seeks “voluntary departure” by Thursday  —  Nepal Asks Canadian Citizen To Leave The Country For Tweeting About Its Politics  —  The government has revoked Robert …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Live Nation Will Stream Hundreds of Concerts in Virtual Reality … Live Nation has partnered with virtual reality (VR) streaming startup NextVR to stream hundreds of concerts and other events to users of VR headsets.  A first concert will be streamed this summer, and both companies plan to release a full schedule later this year.
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 …
 
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David Lieberman / Deadline:
CBS beats Q1 estimates with profit of $473M, up 20% YoY, on revenue of $3.85B, boosted by NFL, carriage deals, political ads; Simon & Schuster revenue flat
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The New York Times now depends on readers for 57% of its revenue
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
Discussion: USA Today
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN and Vice News team up to produce sports shows together and exchange content across TV and digital properties
 

 
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T
 
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