Top News:
Casey Newton / The Verge:
In redesigned Snapchat app, Live Stories show alongside publishers' stories on both the Stories and Discover page, and you can subscribe to favorite channels — Snapchat is redesigning the Stories page in an effort to boost views of publishers' content — and to help build the advertising business …
Discussion:
TechCrunch
RELATED:
Bill Adair / Nieman Lab:
Biggest drawback of getting news only from Snapchat Discover for a week was timeliness, with only once-a-day updates — Snapchat wants to be a news source, so I spent the last week on a Snapchat-only diet. I gave up my breakfast routine of The New York Times, The Washington Post …
Discussion:
Recode, VentureBeat, Ad Age, Adweek, @ndiblasio and Engadget
Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
Instagram rolls out its non-chronological algorithm-based feed, but businesses can pay to boost their stories to the top — Instagram's algorithm apocalypse is upon us. — The photo-sharing app confirmed that it's rolling out the new feed to all users beginning today, three months after Instagram first announced the move.
Discussion:
The Verge, Instagram Blog, Nieman Lab, @chrismessina, @zeynep, Guardian, @dannysullivan, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, Engadget, Cision and GeekTime
Wall Street Journal:
Source: Verizon to submit second-round bid of $3B for Yahoo's core Internet business, is uninterested in other assets like real estate and patents — Private-equity firm TPG also expected to make new Yahoo bid — Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid …
Discussion:
ZDNet, Fast Company, Ad Age, FishbowlNY, The Drum, Vanity Fair, @scottmaustin, Fortune, Forbes, Light Reading, @jasonwhitely, Business Insider, Recode, Benzinga, Consumerist, TechCrunch, Investor's Business Daily and Reuters
Noah Kulwin / Recode:
Tribune Publishing chairman: We want to start publishing 2,000 videos a day with artificial intelligence — From Michael Ferro's CNBC hit earlier today. — Late last week, Tribune Publishing announced that it was now called Tronc (or tronc, with the five-years-too-late-to-be-fashionable lower-case …
Discussion:
The Next Web, @justinglawe and @jbenton
RELATED:
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Gannett says it won't drop its offer for Tribune Publishing, for now — Gannett isn't ready to give up its fight for Tribune Publishing just yet. — In a press release issued Tuesday morning, the newspaper company said it's “determined to keep its offer in place” as it “evaluates various near-term developments.”
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Nearly 198K people in US are now working for online-only outlets vs. 183K working for newspapers — There are now more Americans working for online publishers and broadcasters than for newspapers, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment at online outlets first eclipsed newspapers in October 2015.
Discussion:
@masscomm101, @carlzimmer, @jweb, Business Insider and Guardian
Politico:
Following the closure of its print edition, The Independent expands its U.S. newsroom, adding several specialist reporters and a news editor — LONDON — For three decades, the Independent was a plucky underdog battling Fleet Street's powerful press barons.
Discussion:
@raju and @alexgspence
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
HuffPost Mexico launch moved forward as Mexico becomes critical to US election, partnering with Mexican media company Grupo Imagen Multimedia — International edition expedited after Donald Trump's comments about Trump University judge — Just in time for the U.S. general election …
Discussion:
Fortune
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter joining Spotify to help land exclusive deals and create new content — The man who helped Lady Gaga and Meghan Trainor will now help Daniel Ek. — Spotify is adding a new weapon in its fight against rivals like Apple, Google and Tidal: The company …
Discussion:
Troy Carter, VatorNews, hypebot, TechCrunch, HITS Daily Double, @charlieputh, New York Times, Cult of Mac, Variety, Forbes, AppleInsider, Business Insider, Billboard and hypebot
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Blizzard announces it's integrating Facebook Live into all of its PC games for gameplay streaming — Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook have teamed up to weave Facebook identity and social networking services into the enormously popular Overwatch PC and console video game as well as other popular Battle.net games.
Discussion:
SocialTimes, Business Wire, I4U News, VatorNews, Polygon, Variety, Business Insider, Recode, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget and Investor's Business Daily
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC and Sony Pictures Television to develop six-part mini-series based on David Carr's memoir, The Night of the Gun, starring Bob Odenkirk — ‘The Night of the Gun’ chronicled the late New York Times reporter's struggle with addiction. — AMC is teaming up with some familiar faces …
Discussion:
The Wrap, Variety, Gothamist, @liamstack, @samjcharles, FishbowlNY and The Verge