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4:05 PM ET, June 7, 2016

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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: Fast Company and TechCrunch
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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 …
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.
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 …
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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.”
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Sources: Politico hopes to find editor by “early summer”; Daily Beast executive editor Noah Shachtman is being considered; BuzzFeed's Ben Smith also approached  —  Several prominent journalists have been considered for the influential role, as the 2016 conventions approach.
Discussion: @mlcalderone
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 …
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 …
John Hopewell / Variety:
Streaming and media companies express concerns over proposed EU regulations to limit geo-blocking, impose local content quotas  —  The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, proposes that video streaming services operating in Europe — including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO …
Discussion: @seaninsound
 
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DailyMail.com names former Weather Channel SVP ad sales Alicia Muntzner as US chief revenue officer
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