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1:30 PM ET, September 12, 2016

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Kwame Opam / The Verge:
Discussion: Cheddar
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Some UK publishers seeing additional revenue of tens of thousands of pounds per month by using Facebook's Instant Articles, others see page views drop  —  While still early, publishers are starting to gauge how beneficial posting fast-loading content directly to Facebook via Instant Articles can be to them …
Discussion: @digiday and @mattnavarra
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Jaunt, a virtual reality startup that has raised $100M from investors including Disney and Sky, hires Hearst exec George Kliavkoff as its new CEO  —  Jaunt has raised more than $100 million from Disney, Sky and other media backers.  —  You don't need more signs that virtual reality …
Discussion: Fast Company and Variety
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Lack of “protective pool” of reporters for Clinton and Trump leads to flawed, incomplete coverage during incidents like Clinton's stumble at 9/11 service  —  Hillary Clinton's wobbly, stumbling exit from Sunday's September 11 commemoration set off a flurry of questions and concerns …
Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
Sources: draft plan of BBC's Royal Charter, set to be published Thursday, contains plans to reveal salaries of staff paid £150K+, reduced from £450K+ threshold  —  The BBC will be forced to disclose the names of more than 100 stars paid more than £150,000 a year …
Discussion: Business Insider
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Behind Twitter's efforts to move away from being known as a social network, rebranding itself as a central destination for news and live events instead  —  Can the company's move to stream major events right inside its app, including Thursday night NFL games, woo the masses?
Kevin Draper / Deadspin:
Jason Pierre-Paul's lawsuit against ESPN for publishing photos of his medical records bears similarities to Hulk Hogan invasion-of-privacy case against Gawker  —  New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is scheduled to face off against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter in a Florida federal court next August.
Discussion: @alfiebcc and @mattzeitlin
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. launching free ad-supported video streaming service, People/Entertainment Weekly Network, on Sept. 13 covering human interest stories  —  Magazine publisher looks to counter print decline by pursuing a share of digital video advertising spending  —  The upcoming special …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Interview with Turner CEO John Martin on building his own consumer streaming technology, CNN's growth, overhauling TBS and TNT, digital investments, and more  —  CEO John Martin talks about selling his channels directly to his viewers, tangling with Vice and standing up to Donald Trump.
Jamie Ross / BuzzFeed:
Scottish blogger Wings Over Scotland suspended from Twitter over claims from Daily Express journalist that he instigated a “hate mob” against her  —  The decision came after a Daily Express journalist complained the blogger's followers bombarded her with abuse.  —  BuzzFeed News Reporter, UK
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
CNN, WaPo report drop in traffic from Apple News after a tweak to Spotlight feature means articles now displayed in-app, instead of linking to original story  —  Apple News got plenty of buzz when it launched a year ago.  But for publishers, another feature on Apple devices became a bit hit …
 
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Tom Grubisich / Street Fight:
Tracy Record, publisher of 10-year-old independent local news site West Seattle Blog, on social media, sticking with display ads, and outlasting the competition
Robert Andrews / Beet.TV:
Washington Post's head of product Joey Marburger: pageviews per visit are up 5 times for the paper's new mobile website based on Google's Progressive Web Apps
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