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Sources: Spotify retaliates against artists who give exclusives to rivals by demoting their songs in search results and excluding tracks from promoted playlists — Service said to tell labels it may keep tracks off playlists — Apple Music emerges as largest challenge to streaming leader
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Business Insider, Billboard, Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web and Daring Fireball
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Frank Ocean's exclusive, independent release of new album highlights tensions among artists, music labels, and digital services — The shoo-in for No. 1 on Billboard's next album chart is Frank Ocean's “Blonde,” which has charmed critics and enthralled fans who had waited four years since his last record.
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Fast Company, Pitchfork, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Variety, @1000timesyes, @forbestech, @ennisnyt, @leftsentthis, @forbes, hypebot, Complex, @judystakee, @anildash, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The FADER, Complex, Business Insider, The FADER, Engadget, The Drum, Complex, hypebot, Fast Company and Fortune
Alex Spence / Politico:
After the US election, alt-right website Breitbart News intends to launch in France, seeing a business opportunity in the rise of nationalist politics — LONDON — Stephen Bannon intends to get Donald Trump into the White House — and then he's set on conquering Europe.
Facebook Newsroom:
Facebook will now select stories and excerpts automatically for Trending topic pages, show topics instead of story descriptions in Trending section — Today, we're making some changes to the Trending feature on Facebook that will make the product more automated and will no longer require people …
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Recode, TechCrunch, @dseetharaman, @anildash and Mashable
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Tronc mulls a third purchase offer from Gannett, at more than $18 per share, and moves forward with a formal counteroffer — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much. — It's apparently no longer a question of whether to sell or not, but for how much.
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The Wrap, Deadline, @politico_media, @pkafka, @markcaro, @jonchesto, @kdoctor, @kdoctor, @alexweprin and FishbowlNY
Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:
Study: frequent readers of partisan news sites are more likely to hold misperceptions even if they're aware of evidence — Reading lots of partisan news online makes you more likely to hold inaccurate beliefs even if you are aware of the prevailing evidence, according to a study published …
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@edkelley16, @heddingkj, @poynter, @lmoliva_, @wpmediainsights, @samrat, @brikeilarcnn, @_hgz_, @journalismfest, @msidealab, @mantzarlis, @mediashiftorg, Wiley Online Library, @poynter and Cision
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter is working on an anti-harassment tool to let users filter posts using keywords — Abuse has led to depature of several high-profile users — New solution is similar to Instagram's keyword-based filter — Twitter Inc. is working on a keyword-based tool that will let people filter …
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@sarahfrier, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, @digiphile, @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @willoremus, MacRumors, The Verge, @kcoxdc, @oliverdarcy, @kantrowitz, Engadget, @torbahax, CNET, @nicholasadeleon, @caseynewton and Consumerist
Juliette Garside / Guardian:
Draft rules for EU would let publishers demand payment from Google and Facebook for article extracts in services like Google News — Measures are part of a series of planned European commission changes designed to strengthen rights of creators and publishers
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Editor & Publisher, IT ProPortal, @jeffjarvis and @mathewi
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, it remains unclear if prized anchor Megyn Kelly will renew her contract with Fox; if Bill O'Reilly stays on, one source says, Kelly is likely to go — Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
NBCUniversal's partnership with BuzzFeed for Olympics Snapchat coverage garnered 35M viewers over two weeks, with 2.2B views and 230M minutes of consumption — NBCUniversal decided to turn over the keys to its Snapchat account to BuzzFeed for the Olympics.
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Strategist, @joelcifer, @mattjroper, @hearstcorp, @andrewgauthier, @tomgara, @peretti, @poynter, @digiday and @niemanlab
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT is launching digital-first teams to cover gender, education, and climate change as part of a strategy to disentangle itself from the daily print bureaucracy — The New York Times appears to be getting further away from its print roots in a bid to cover the news on a variety of platforms.
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The Daily Caller, @amyalex63, New York Times, @danfagin, @yannicrack, @poynter, @benmullin and @craigtimes
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Reuters partners with tech firm ONEm to deliver news via text or voice mail to users around the world without mobile internet — Reuters has struck a deal that it says will bring its news content to millions of people worldwide who don't have access to smartphones or mobile internet.
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FishbowlNY, Thomson Reuters and @mobileworldlive
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