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10:55 PM ET, May 8, 2016

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Despite Apple's dominant role in podcasting, the medium has remained decentralized and open; individual podcasters would suffer if Apple asserted more control  —  This New York Times article gets a lot wrong, and both podcast listeners and podcast producers should be clear on Apple's actual role …
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John Herrman / New York Times:
Apple met with top podcasters as concerns have grown about its commitment to the medium; lack of sharing tools, analytics, paid subs remain industry sore points  —  Steven P. Jobs put his talent as a master salesman to the test when, in 2005, he introduced new Apple software for downloading digital audio shows.
Elle Hunt / Guardian:
Blogger who faked cancer and recovery faces legal action from consumer watchdog in Australia; Penguin fined $30K for publishing her book without fact-checking  —  Consumer Affairs Victoria has commenced legal proceedings against founder of recipe and lifestyle app The Whole Pantry
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Business news streaming startup Cheddar launching premium $6.99/mo service powered by Vimeo  —  Streaming video site from former BuzzFeed executive Jon Steinberg will start charging $6.99 a month  —  Former BuzzFeed executive Jon Steinberg's effort to create a Web-based “CNBC for millennials” is going behind a paywall.
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Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Source: Magna Global shifts $250M from its clients' TV ad budgets to spend on YouTube between October 2016 and December 2017  —  Magna Global signs upfront deal with YouTube for October 2016 through December 2017, as TV ratings remain under pressure  —  Magna Global, the ad buying arm …
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David Riordan:
Eulogy for The New York Times R&D Lab, which launched companies, built prototypes, inspired others, and imagined the future  —  The New York Times R&D Lab, a groundbreaking department of applied creative technology that helped one of the great institutions of journalism see how it could thrive amidst …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Ben Rhodes, an Obama national security adviser, says he pushed a “narrative” of the Iran nuclear deal, relied on “know nothing” reporters to accept it  —  One of President Obama's top national security advisers led journalists to believe a misleading timeline …
BBC:
Khurram Zaki, editor of website Let us Build Pakistan, shot dead in Karachi  —  A prominent Pakistani journalist and human rights activist, Khurram Zaki, has been shot dead in Karachi.  —  Reports say Mr Zaki was dining in a restaurant in the north of the city when four suspects opened fire from two motorbikes.
Wall Street Journal:
Unauthorized Prince Videos Pour onto YouTube, a Practice He Opposed  —  More than most artists, Prince fiercely protected his music  —  The day after Prince died two weeks ago, Peter Stroud, a guitarist for Sheryl Crow, went digging in his video archives for footage of a 1999 performance …
 
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