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2:00 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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Bill Graveland / Globe and Mail:
Former Canadian political candidate Arthur Kent wins $200K in defamation suit against Postmedia for column critical of his campaign  —  Former journalist Arthur Kent has won a lawsuit against Postmedia and one of its columnists over an unflattering article that called the one-time TV reporter a “Dud Scud.”
 
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Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — Reuters
Oil Reporter, Singapore — Bloomberg
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — AP
Business Reporter, SC — Post & Courier
State Government Reporter, WA — Seattle Times
Climate Crisis Columnist — Prospect UK
Multimedia Journalist, CA — Paramount
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — Freedom Forum
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — SFGATE
Staff Writer - Business, NY — WIRED
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — Toronto Star
Assistant Correspondent, DC — Kyodo News
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — Star Tribune
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — The Verge
Lead Business Reporter, TN — Daily Memphian
Managing Editor, WA — Everett Herald
Private Credit Reporter, NY — Debtwire
Trending News Reporter, TX — Houston Chronicle
City Correspondent, London — Financial News
Legislative Reporter, CA — Sacramento Bee
Reporter, PA — Tribune-Review
Visual Editor, Remote — Rest of World
Staff Writer, MI — Watershed Voice
Senior Political Reporter, DC — The Lever
California Playbook Writer, CA — Politico
National Investigative Reporter, NY — HuffPost
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — Las Vegas Sun
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — Island Packet
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — CT Mirror
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Global Voices teams up with MediaCloud on a two-year project to build tool that examines whether stories are over- or under-covered
Kathy English / Toronto Star:
Two Toronto Star managers lose newsroom jobs after reporter's suicide; policies on workplace relationships and conflicts of interest to be “amplified”
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Jake Edmiston / National Post:
Government orders Canada Post to stop delivering Your Ward News, a Toronto newspaper that has derided Jews, Muslims, women, and LGBT, calling it hate propaganda
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Vimeo CEO Trainor to Step Down From IAC's Web Video Service
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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