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5:05 AM ET, May 6, 2018

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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
UK's ICO orders Cambridge Analytica to hand over data it has on a US voter who brought a complaint, including how the data was obtained and what it was used for  —  In landmark cross-border decision, Information Commissioner's Office gives company 30 days to comply with David Carroll's request
Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Apple paid BuzzFeed for first-window rights for a documentary series and gave a cut of ad revenue, in a push to make Apple News a high-quality video distributor  —  Apple has become so serious about competing with Facebook, Google/YouTube and Twitter as a distribution outlet for news publishers …
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Max Willens / Digiday:   Business Insider's lifestyle brand, Insider, shifts staff from making News Feed videos to Facebook Watch and adds YouTube channels as Facebook engagement drops
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
At the Star-Tribune, budgeting starts with estimating print ad revenue decline and making up for it with events, digital subscription growth, e-commerce, more  —  Two years ago I chronicled how the Star Tribune of Minneapolis had become a widely celebrated fast horse in the slow field of metropolitan newspapers.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Italian startup Freeda Media raises $10M in Series A led by Alven Capital, plans to expand its female-focused branded content and native advertising to Spain  —  Italian startup Freeda Media is raising a $10 million Series A round led by Alven Capital.  U-Start and business angels are also participating in the round.
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of CNN's Brian Stelter, who says his job has changed from reporting facts to taking a stand and giving reported analysis in the Trump era  —  Screenshot via CNN.  —  On a recent Sunday morning, 20 minutes before his show goes live, Brian Stelter is multitasking.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Meredith CEO says deadline for first-round bids on Time, SI, Money, Fortune is May 11; company expects $100M for Fortune; SI expected to fetch $150, says source  —  More than 150 potential buyers are circling some or all of the four magazines that Meredith is selling off — Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money.
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Omaha World-Herald:
Warren Buffett says only perhaps the New York Times, WSJ, and Washington Post have a digital product with robust enough revenue to be viable over the long-term  —  Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, walks the convention floor during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting …
David McCabe / Axios:
Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents  —  People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of one-year-old The Triibe, a Chicago digital media site for black millenials that wants to counter the legacy media narrative of a broken city  —  Morgan Elise Johnson (left) and Tiffany Walden, co-founders of The Triibe.  Photo by Keeley Parenteau.
Scott Bay / Wired:
How filmmakers could use machine learning, trained on data from prior box office hits, to predict a movie's success by understanding what motivates moviegoers  —  Like, for example, Avengers: Infinity War, which made a record-breaking $258 million at the domestic box office last weekend …
 
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Consumers are coming around to paying for content again, and relying on readers for income presents fewer ethical dilemmas for editors than chasing ads