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2:50 PM ET, June 9, 2016

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
How changes to Apple's App Store subscriptions, including the 85/15 revenue split for subscriptions after 12 months, could affect publishers  —  Monday is Apple's big day for software announcements at its annual WWDC conference, but we got an early peek at one of them at The Verge …
Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
Vermont newspaper owner to give paper to winner of essay contest detailing plans to keep the print publication afloat in the digital age  —  When Ross Connelly “croaks,” he doesn't want it to be in front of a computer screen while he's trying to make the deadline for next week's newspaper.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook hires CollegeHumor's Ricky Van Veen as head of global creative strategy  —  Goodbye, Barry Diller.  Hello, Mark Zuckerberg.  —  Last year, Ricky Van Veen argued that Mark Zuckerberg is the most powerful person in the world.  —  Now he's going to work for him.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
German publishers, including Axel Springer, Bertelsmann Group, and Der Spiegel, pool reader data to compete with Google and Facebook  —  Google and Facebook are now commanding 85 percent of incremental digital ad spending, with publishers left to fight it out over the leftovers.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
New York Times Deputy Washington Editor Jon Weisman says he's leaving Twitter after facing anti-Semitic tweets and inconsistent Twitter response to trolls  —  Inundated with anti-Semitic tweets and frustrated by Twitter's initial response, New York Times editor Jon Weisman is packing up and leaving the social media platform.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Honolulu Civil Beat drops paywall and launches membership program as it becomes a nonprofit  —  The Honolulu Civil Beat, the six-year-old Hawaii-based news site launched by Pierre Omidyar, is becoming a nonprofit, the organization said Wednesday.  It's dropping its metered paywall and introducing a membership program.
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
PwC: Internet Advertising Will Overtake Broadcast Advertising in the U.S. Next Year  —  Although TV advertising will remain strong as the industry evolves over the next five years, internet advertising will overtake broadcast advertising in the U.S. next year.
John Koblin / New York Times:
Netflix study: binge watchers take about a week average for the first season of a show, watching about two hours per day, horror and thrillers viewed fastest  —  At a time when there's more scripted television than ever, how long does it take to finish a complete season of a show?
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Long-time Twitter executive Ross Hoffman named vice president of global media, reporting to Ali Jafari  —  Ross Hoffman is the third person to fill the role in the last six months.  —  Longtime Twitter exec Ross Hoffman has been tapped as Twitter's new VP of global media, according to sources …
Emily Stewart / TheStreet.com:
USA Today editor in chief David Callaway appointed CEO of TheStreet, replacing interim CEO Larry Kramer  —  David Callaway has been appointed chief executive officer of TheStreet (TST) , replacing Larry Kramer, who has served as interim CEO since February 2016.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Examining the pundits at CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, as cable news reports less and speculates more  —  Babblers, bomb throwers and bloviators: A visit to the wacky land of Punditstan  —  Today is Wednesday, the day after Donald Trump's big victory in the New York primary, so today, pundits …
Marty Swant / Adweek:
Pandora to begin beta testing responsive mobile ads, and introduce muted video ads in August as it moves away from pop-up ads  —  Pandora is overhauling its ads to create a more dynamic experience for some 80 million monthly users—blending images and sound, and integrating native video into its mobile experience.
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Two Toronto Star managers lose newsroom jobs after reporter's suicide; policies on workplace relationships and conflicts of interest to be “amplified”
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Probate judge delays ruling on Sumner Redstone's competency after Redstone removed Viacom representatives from board of family trust
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $1.8B, net profit down 69% YoY to ~$182.5M, and lowers its FY 2025 Switch sales forecast to 12.5M from 13.5M
 
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