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7:35 PM ET, May 9, 2016

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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Ex-Facebook news curators describe suppressing conservative news, being instructed to include non-trending stories, removing news about Facebook itself  —  Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential “trending” …
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Nick Statt / The Verge:
Facebook says it has “rigorous guidelines” in place to protect neutrality and consistency of its Trending Topics section, in response to Gizmodo report  —  Facebook has responded to allegations in a Gizmodo report that its contract news curators actively censored stories …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Sources: To combat ad-blockers, Google said to be exploring an ‘acceptable’ ads policy  —  Google is reportedly jumping deeper into the ad blocking issue by exploring an acceptable ads policy, publisher and industry sources say.  —  Google, together with Facebook, controlled 64 percent of the digital ad market last year.
Discussion: MinOnline, Techdirt, The Wrap and @digiday
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Till Faida, CEO of Eyeo, maker of AdBlock Plus, says it's close to 1B downloads and is installed on over 100M active devices  —  Ad blocking software's usage on the web, and now mobile, has forced the media and publishing industry to look to new revenue models.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify expands its video offerings, unveils slate of 12 original series which will be available to both free and paid users in US, UK, Germany, and Sweden  —  Russell Simmons, Tim Robbins to produce programs for Spotify  —  Videos will help Spotify compete with YouTube, Apple
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Google News gets new Local Source tag to highlight local coverage of major news stories  —  Google has today announced plans to shine a light on local news reporting with the introduction of a new Local Source tag in Google News.  —  The Internet giant has long appended articles in Google News …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Founders of Philadelphia's Billy Penn to launch a site in Pittsburgh by end of summer, using recent Gannett investment  —  The founders of Billy Penn, a local news startup in Philadelphia, are launching a second site in Pennsylvania's second biggest city, Pittsburgh.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Judge dismisses mental competency lawsuit brought against Viacom's controlling shareholder, Sumner Redstone, by ex-girlfriend  —  A Los Angeles judge has dismissed a salacious lawsuit that challenged the mental competence of Sumner Redstone and provided a rare window into the rivalries …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Journalist Julia Ioffe files police complaint following anti-semitic abuse from Trump supporters, alleged offense listed as threat to kidnap or injure a person  —  Julia Ioffe has filed a report with the D.C. police department over the anti-Semitic threats that she received …
Discussion: FishbowlDC and AOL
Irving Azoff / Recode:
Artist manager Irving Azoff writes open letter to YouTube, criticising Google for not letting artists opt out of it, says company hides behind safe harbor law  —  “You have built a business that works really well for you and for Google, but it doesn't work well for artists," says the legendary artists' manager.
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
Fusion partners with The Young Turks to launch a weekly, one hour show this fall covering election  —  Road trip!  —  Millennial-focused cable channel Fusion announced today it's launching a weekly, one-hour show this fall in tandem with online news series The Young Turks, founded by former MSNBC and Current TV host Cenk Uygur.
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety and FishbowlDC
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
The BBC, with annual income of over $7B, faces intense budget pressure as UK government prepares plans for its new charter  —  LONDON — The British Broadcasting Corporation is variously seen as a crown jewel of British culture, a producer of refined entertainment and reliable news coverage …
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
SEC filing: Time Inc paid $87M to acquire certain assets of Viant, parent company of MySpace
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
GroundTruth, a Boston-based non-profit, which aims to train and support foreign correspondents, tries to plug gap in foreign reporting through podcasting
Discussion: @torystarr3
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
Discussion: Digiday
 

 
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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

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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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