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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Whittingdale gives details of white paper on future of BBC - Politics live — Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including John Whittingdale's Commons statement about the BBC white paper — Chris Bryant, the shadow leader of the Commons …
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Oliver Wright / The Independent:
BBC iPlayer catch-up viewers to pay full licence fee as part of changes announced by government — BBC iPlayer catch-up viewers to pay full licence fee, ministers say — No one will be able to legally watch the BBC on iPlayer without buying a television licence, the Government has announced …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC to contribute £8M to fund 150 local journalists at news organizations around the UK — Journalists will be employed by news organisations around UK to cover local authorities and public services — The BBC has struck an £8m deal to pay for 150 local journalists in an attempt …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
BBC white paper: Broadcaster to be regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by new unitary board — The BBC is set to regulated by Ofcom for the first time and run by a unitary board appointed by the government and the BBC itself. — The move means Ofcom, rather than the BBC Trust …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
It's not a secret: Facebook influences News Feed by rewarding publishers that post what it wants, which is video at the moment — Spoiler: It's not a secret. — Guys. Look. Let me show you the real Facebook media influence story. — That's a 47-minute (!) long video of a walk through a New York City park.
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
GOP Sen. Thune sends letter to Zuckerberg asking for more details about curation of Facebook's Trending Topics; Facebook says it looks forward to cooperating
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Apple denies report that it will end iTunes music downloads within the next few years — “Not true.” — The future of music is streaming, not downloads. — But that doesn't mean Apple, the company that essentially invented the market for music download sales, is going to stop selling downloads anytime soon.
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Leon Neyfakh / Slate:
Apple Destroyed My Will to Collect Music — I once used iTunes to organize albums, bootlegs, demos, and deep cuts—until it made that nearly impossible. Will Apple Music finish the job? — Last week, an astonishing blog post by a man named James Pinkstone circulated on social media.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Knight Foundation report: users spend 5% of mobile time on news sites and apps, Reddit users spend five times as much time in Reddit app than any other news app — People read the news on their smartphones (duh). They will even read longform (to a certain extent).
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medium.com, Poynter, Knight Foundation, Medium, @poynter, @jcstearns, @knightfdn, @ejimbo_com, The Rural Blog, Knight Foundation, Medium and Medium
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Local news startup Ripple apologizes for taking other people's news — Information doesn't want to be that free. — Yesterday we told you about Ripple, the startup that wants to deliver local news but doesn't create the news itself. — Today several publications that are in the business …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Ripple.co launches out of beta, targets big cities with news feeds and contributed posts
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Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner wants to become the leading US digital publisher; company now has minority stake in 12 companies — Chief Executive Mathias Döpfner wants company to become the No. 1 digital publisher in every market it enters — BERLIN—German media giant Axel Springer SE …
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Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer Q1: revenue up 4.6% to €783.4 adjusted, digital contributed to 67% of earnings, profit up to €203.2M
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Rory Gallivan / Wall Street Journal:
Daily Mail and General Trust names digital consultant Paul Zwillenberg as chief executive, replacing Martin Morgan on June 1 — Paul Zwillenberg to replace Martin Morgan as CEO who is stepping down earlier than expected — LONDON— Daily Mail & General Trust PLC named Boston Consulting …
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Davey Alba / Wired:
YouTube tests letting users share and talk about videos in group message threads within the app, which others can be invited to join — We've all had it happen: You're talking with a friend, and the conversation turns to something that a YouTube video perfectly encapsulates.
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