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5:30 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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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.
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.
Ryan Mac / Forbes:
A look at the legal battles against Gawker involving Charles Harder, the attorney funded by Peter Thiel in the Hulk Hogan case  —  It's voting season for the Emmy Awards, which means that electioneering in the form of billboards rising into the haze dominates the Los Angeles skyline.
Discussion: @felixsalmon, @rmac18 and @mattzeitlin
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
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
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Vimeo CEO Trainor to Step Down From IAC's Web Video Service  —  Parent company is assessing future strategy for internet site  —  Streaming service began investing in original shows this year  —  Vimeo Chief Executive Officer Kerry Trainor is leaving his post atop IAC/InterActiveCorp's video website …
Discussion: @lucas_shaw
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 …
 
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Carrie Cummings / Adweek:
DailyMail.com names former Weather Channel SVP ad sales Alicia Muntzner as US chief revenue officer
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Blizzard announces it's integrating Facebook Live into all of its PC games for gameplay streaming
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
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter joining Spotify to help land exclusive deals and create new content
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
E.W. Scripps Co. buys podcast streaming app Stitcher from Deezer for $4.5M
 

 
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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

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

The Linux Foundation:
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor
 
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