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12:25 AM ET, May 6, 2016

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Pew Research Center:
Study: readers spend an average of two minutes on 1K words and longer articles on mobile, traffic from Twitter leads to longer engagement than from Facebook  —  Long-Form Reading Shows Signs of Life in Our Mobile News World  —  In recent years, the news media have followed their audience's lead …
James Pinkstone / Vellum:
Composer claims Apple deleted 122GB of music from his laptop and replaced some songs with more widely available versions after he subscribed to Apple Music  —  Apple Stole My Music.  No, Seriously.  —  “The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
The New York Times and Chef'd partner to deliver ingredients used in NYT Cooking recipes starting this summer  —  New York Times to Start Delivering Meal Kits to Your Home  —  Times partners with Chef'd to drop off ingredients for recipes  —  Publisher is seeking new revenue sources as print declines
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
New Day failed because of unclear pricing, early deadlines, and a timid launch on the cheap with little staff investment  —  Why The New Day didn't work... and had no hope of working  —  The New Day's demise is no surprise.  A couple of weeks after its launch I blurted out at a Media Society seminar …
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Nicola Clark / New York Times:
New Day, British Newspaper That Shunned Web, Will Close After 10 Weeks  —  PARIS — “Life is short,” read the slogan of The New Day, Britain's youngest national newspaper.  “Let's live it well.”  —  Unfortunately for the publication, the first half of its slogan proved prophetic.
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Report: Katie Couric mulls an exit from Yahoo less than a year after signing $10M contract  —  Katie Couric is looking to jump ship from Yahoo  —  Katie Couric is mulling an exit from Yahoo, just a year after signing a new contract worth $10 million last year, according to the New York Post.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Periscope public beta allows users to permanently save broadcasts by typing #save in title of stream  —  Periscope mimics FB Live by letting you permanently #Save replays  —  Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars …
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Former Venezuela parliament head sues News Corp for libel over Wall Street Journal story about US drug probe  —  Ex-Venezuela parliament head sues News Corp over drug article  —  The former head of Venezuela's National Assembly filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the Wall Street Journal …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Sources: LinkedIn has held talks with publishers about introducing its own version of Facebook's Instant Articles  —  LinkedIn Exploring Its Own Version Of Facebook's Instant Articles  —  Exploratory talks with publishers in the works.  —  LinkedIn is considering introducing its own version …
Mike Mullen / City Pages:
How union members at Minnesota's Pioneer Press are trying to find a local buyer for their hedge fund-owned paper  —  The plot to save the Pioneer Press from its hedge fund owners  —  Elizabeth Mohr spent March 31 crying at her desk.  Crying and typing.  —  A week earlier …
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
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Q&A with Jessa Crispin on shutting down lit-blog Bookslut after 14 years of making no money, literary criticism, and maintaining intentional non-professionalism
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Independent grows digital editorial team to 90 and website said to be in profit already
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
With a scripted daily comedy news show, Mic looks to add a little late night TV to the social video mold
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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

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
 
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