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10:40 AM ET, June 7, 2016

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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 …
Discussion: The Next Web and @jbenton
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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.”
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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: @alexgspence
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 …
Carrie Cummings / Adweek:
DailyMail.com names former Weather Channel SVP ad sales Alicia Muntzner as US chief revenue officer  —  Today, DailyMail.com announced the appointment of Alicia Muntzner as U.S. chief revenue officer.  Most recently svp of ad sales at The Weather Channel, Muntzner's 25-year media career includes …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
E.W. Scripps Co. buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M  —  Podcast app will operate under Scripps' Midroll Media unit after $4.5 million acquisition  —  Media company E.W. Scripps Co. has continued its push into podcasting with the acquisition of Stitcher for $4.5 million in cash.
 
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
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