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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian confirms it has stopped publishing its articles to Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles — Publishers aren't happy with the deal platforms are cutting them. Now, the Guardian has dropped both Facebook's fast-loading Instant Article format and will no longer publish content on Apple News.
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@mikeisaac, @nbj914, @joshspero, @maxwillens, @lmoses, @jackmarshall and 9to5Mac
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Sources: James Murdoch's discomfort with Fox's editorial approach will not cause him to change its programming and risk tampering with profits — Ex-Fox analyst: Bill O'Reilly was untouchable — What is Fox News without Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly? — That is the billion-dollar question surely …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ofcom's inquiry into Murdoch's Sky deal has been delayed until June 20, after the upcoming UK general election — Culture secretary extends deadline for Ofcom to submit its report into 21st Century Fox's £11.7bn bid — An investigation by the UK media regulator …
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CNNMoney, Independent.ie, Author stories and @thrmattbelloni
Harry A. Jessell / TVNewsCheck:
A day after FCC eased TV station ownership limits, Sinclair Broadcast Group announces acquisition of 14 TV stations in 8 markets from Bonten Media for $240M — The deal will add Bonten Media Group's 14 stations in eight markets that reach approximately 1% of the U.S. TV households.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times launches Due Diligence, a new subscriber-only M&A newsletter used partly to present scoops it can't fit elsewhere — “We want to draw people's attention to the fact that we cover the entire totality of a deal with the same aggression that we would try to get a scoop."
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@shannonpareil, @mbaste, @mlcwong and Publishing Executive
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Four senators write Steve Bannon and White House ethics official, asking questions about Bannon's contacts with Breitbart News — Senate Democrats want White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon to clarify recent contact he's had with Breitbart News, the conservative outlet he once ran.
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Natalia Mazotte / Nieman Lab:
How the Argentinian daily La Nación became a data journalism powerhouse in Latin America, with a six-person data team that works on collaborative investigations — “We have a role that is almost like an NGO. We build and open databases, break with the exclusivist paradigm — we even train competitors!"
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@natipecoraro, @laxmisarathy and @gingergorman
Nicole Kobie / The Outline:
The Daily Mail has not been banned from Wikipedia as previously reported, but editors are discouraged from linking to it when better sources exist — The digital encyclopedia has no real leadership, doesn't vote, and has no rules. So how does it govern itself?
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@joshuatopolsky
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa is taking over for the late Gwen Ifill as moderator of the long-running PBS show Washington Week — Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa is taking over for the late Gwen Ifill as moderator of the long-running PBS political talk show “Washington Week.”
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@kenburns, @hadas_gold and @costareports
Bérénice Magistretti / VentureBeat:
Quora raises $85M round led by Y Combinator to expand internationally and develop its ads business; CEO Adam D'Angelo says the platform has 190M monthly uniques — EXCLUSIVE: — Quora is known for being an under-the-radar company. But in an exclusive interview with VentureBeat …
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TechCrunch, Sam Altman, @jamesliamcook, @venturebeat and Mashable, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at whether Montana alt-weekly the Indy will remain a local media watchdog after being bought by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain — 1820 WORDS — THE MISSOULA INDEPENDENT, the decades-old western Montana alt-weekly, was acquired last week by Lee Enterprises, the state's largest newspaper chain.
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Missoula Independent …, @coreyhutchins, @coreyhutchins and @hollykmichels
Sean Craig / Financial Post:
Postmedia and union reach deal saving 21 jobs out of 54 planned layoffs at Vancouver Sun and Province — Union members at the Vancouver Sun and Province approved a new collective agreement with Postmedia on Wednesday that will save 21 jobs at the two publications.
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@nickeagland and Canadian Press
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