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8:40 PM ET, March 25, 2019

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Apple launches Apple News+ in US and Canada, a subscription service with news pubs like WSJ and 300+ mags, for $9.99/month and free sharing with family accounts  —  Apple unveiled a news subscription service called Apple News+ at its services event in Cupertino, Calif. Monday.
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William Gallagher / AppleInsider:
Apple announces Apple TV+, its new ad-free streaming service with original content from Spielberg, JJ Abrams, and others, coming to 100+ countries in the fall  —  At Apple's March special event, Apple has revealed its much-awaited Apple TV Channels streaming video service to the world …
Federico Viticci / MacStories:
A list of the 241 magazines that are currently available for Apple News+ in the US; 116 use the new Apple News Format, while 125 use traditional PDFs
CNN:
Sources: Trump's team plans to “slam and shame the media” over Mueller coverage, with the RNC and Fox News talk show hosts already launching attacks  —  New York (CNN Business)A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.  You can sign up for free right here.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media's coverage of the Trump team's Russia connections has not been invalidated by the Mueller report, but news publishers may mistakenly soften coverage  —  It should be no surprise to anyone that President Trump's reaction to the Mueller report is to attack reporters for doing their jobs.
Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside the Justice Department's press room on Friday, as reporters on the justice beat awaited the Mueller Report  —  When Sadie Gurman, a Justice Department correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, woke up on Friday, she had a nervous energy.  Like many journalists …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google denies report that YouTube has stopped accepting pitches for scripted shows, confirms it's debuting new ad-supported original programming in coming weeks  —  On the heels of Apple announcing paid, monthly subscription services for video, games, and news, YouTube says it is also doubling down original video content.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube has canceled plans for high-end dramas and comedies as it pulls back from earlier plans for a paid service with Hollywood-quality shows
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Medium's deputy editor Katie Drummond is leaving the site after less than a year to join Vice as senior vice-president of digital  —  Katie Drummond, who has worked as an editor in digital media and publishing for a decade, joined Vice Media as senior vice president of Vice Digital.
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Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the US-funded Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, or RFE/RL, for which 700 reporters sometimes risk death to chronicle war and politics globally  —  In Ukraine, separatists are holding Stanislav Aseyev, a reporter from the Donbas region, on the eastern border with Russia.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Business Insider's 13 international editions grew their ad revenue 40% YoY in 2019 and now generate 30% of its ad revenue outside the US  —  While many digital media publishers have been forced to pare down their international expansion strategies, Business Insider is moving full steam ahead.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Google launches Realtime Content Insights, a tool to help journalists identify trending news stories that could attract more readers  —  It's been just over a year since Google announced its $300 million News Initiative, which included funding for independent journalism efforts along with products developed by Google.
 
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