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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 …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Two professors highlight fair use with Kickstarter to pay fee to quote the New York Times in their book; publisher Routledge asked professors to get formal OK — Obtaining formal permission to use three quotations from New York Times articles in a book ultimately cost two professors $1,884.
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Kickstarter, @gitagovinda, @jbenton, @jbenton, @chanders and @jeffjarvis
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.
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Poynter, FishbowlNY, Washington Post, Seven Days, Forbes and NewBostonPost
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.
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.
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@neilcybart, SocialTimes, Digital TV Europe, Tech2, Hollywood Reporter, Digital Trends, Digital Trends, VatorNews, Mashable, @dangillmor, @taylorbuley, Ricky Van Veen and Variety
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.
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USA Today, FishbowlDC, Wall Street Journal, FishbowlNY, Reuters and StreetInsider.com
Ian Burrell / The Drum:
Inside BuzzFeed UK's newsroom, focused on investigations, politics, and reach over clicks — Stencil-painted onto the wall above Janine Gibson's desk, directly over where she has proudly placed her Pulitzer Prize for journalism, is the typically BuzzFeed slogan: “Risk it, for a biscuit.”
Emily Steel / New York Times:
CEO Dauman says Viacom will still try to sell a 49% stake in Paramount, but any deal has been delayed beyond initial goal of end of June — Philippe P. Dauman, Viacom's embattled chief executive, said Thursday that the entertainment company was continuing its efforts to sell a stake …
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Adweek and Home Media Magazine
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.
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 …
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The Wrap, Business Standard, Hollywood Reporter, SocialTimes and Variety
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.
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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@fagstein, @kinsellawarren, @nutgraf1, Editor & Publisher, @gerritd and CBC News
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