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9:15 AM ET, May 9, 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.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify expands its video offerings, will unveil slate of 12 original series which will be available to both free and paid users in the U.S., 3 other countries  —  Russell Simmons, Tim Robbins to produce programs for Spotify  —  Videos will help Spotify compete with YouTube, Apple
BBC:
BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team expelled from North Korea  —  BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team are being expelled from North Korea after being detained over their reporting.  —  Our correspondent, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard were stopped …
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.
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
Tom Dotan / The Information:
Investment in equipment and personnel for video at Mashable Studios sent Mashable's costs soaring to $4M-$5M/month  —  As this week's Newfront digital video ad presentations in New York highlight, most news sites have been building up video production in the past couple of years.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Die Welt measures story quality for newsroom feedback using five criteria: bounce rate, pageviews, social shares, time spent on page and video views  —  German daily Die Welt's internal grading system for its online articles sounds a little nerve-wracking.  All published pieces are assigned …
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.
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Sunday Times now lets subscribers share stories with non-subscribers on Facebook and Twitter, and is posting occasional stories outside paywall  —  The Times has no plans for relaxing its paywall.  But that doesn't stop the publisher from recognizing the need to experiment with reaching beyond its subscription audiences.
Discussion: @digiday
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 …
Discussion: Digiday
Irving Azoff / Re/code:
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.
Discussion: @pakman
 
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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
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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
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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

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

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP
 
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