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4:25 PM ET, June 17, 2016

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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Snapchat is launching Real Life, a post-per-day digital publication about living with technology, on June 27, with Nathan Jurgenson as editor in chief  —  Snapchat doesn't just care about video.  —  The company is behind a new online magazine called Real Life, which will publish roughly …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sumner Redstone removes five members of Viacom's board of directors, including Philippe Dauman, who remains CEO for now  —  Among those ousted are Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman  —  Sumner Redstone's National Amusements on Thursday replaced five board members of Viacom Inc. …
Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:
Behind the scenes at Tumblr after the Yahoo acquisition: new competition, a $240M writedown in February, and an uncertain future  —  After Marissa Mayer promised ‘not to screw it up’  —  Marissa Mayer was running late.  This time, it wasn't for a dinner with skeptical advertisers nor …
Ellen Gamerman / Wall Street Journal:
As its famous hosts leave the airwaves NPR seeks a younger audience but is having trouble keeping up with innovative podcasters  —  With both its stars and audience aging, NPR is struggling to adapt to the digital age: ‘The most innovative people are doing podcasts’  —  Old hosts die hard in public radio.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Appeals Court Hands Vimeo a Victory in Liability for Copyright-Infringing Videos  —  A federal appellate court has ruled that Vimeo has limited liability over users' uploading of almost 200 videos with infringing music recordings, rejecting claims from record companies and publishers …
Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:
VR startup Vrse changes names to Within and announces $12.56M funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and including Fox, WME, and Vice  —  A shot from Chris Milk's ‘Evolution of Verse’ (Within)  —  For virtual-reality entertainment, the money keeps coming.
Matt Graves:
The history of Napster from rebel file-sharing software in 1999 to a legal music service in 2016  —  Yesterday afternoon, the Rhapsody music service announced that it will retire the Rhapsody name, and re-brand its service (and the company) under the Napster brand.
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Politico tests using Apple Wallet to send notifications with its EU Referendum Tracker tool, avoiding developing and maintaining its own app  —  Of all the possible applications of Apple Wallet — coupons, boarding passes, event tickets — news seems an unlikely one.  And yet Politico is giving it a try.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Interview with Sky News output editor Alan Strange on Sky's approach to Snapchat and why Snapchat is integral to breaking news  —  For 18 months, Sky News has been cultivating Snapchat Discover as a standalone editorial channel that can flex in response to breaking news.
Discussion: @digiday
Ruth Michaelson / Frontline Freelance:
An inside look at the challenges facing freelancers covering the refugee crisis  —  With each capsized boat and grim picture of beached bloated corpses that appeared in the summer of 2015, more journalists flocked to the shores of the Mediterranean to cover the refugee crisis.
Peter Rubin / Wired:
Lucasfilm's ILMxLAB and Magic Leap partner to produce mixed-reality Star Wars content  —  You're used to C-3PO being diplomatic and prissy, wringing his droid hands over any and every little setback.  You're used to him sticking close to R2-D2.  What you're probably not used to, though …
 
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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Matthew Keys to remain free for now as he awaits appeal of conviction for role in Los Angeles Times hack; appeals court will rule in coming weeks
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post:
Reddit is changing algorithms and processes after Orlando shooting fallout raised questions about volunteer mods, censorship, and small groups' influence
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Google says it will consolidate teams that focus on building AI models across Research and DeepMind, and move its Responsible AI teams from Research to DeepMind
 
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