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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Report: Apple News+ will surface WSJ stories of general interest; subscribers will have access to 3 days worth of business and financial news in WSJ's archives — Apple News+ was officially announced earlier today, allowing users to pay $9.99 per month for access to 300 magazines and select newspapers.
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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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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple News+ is a fine way to read magazines, but its UX's roots in Texture makes finding content from newspapers and digital news outlets difficult — Few entities have the potential to help improve news production and consumption more than Apple. This falls short of hopes.
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Max Willens / Digiday:
Profile of Peter Stern, who has led business operations for Apple's services division, which now includes Apple TV+ and Apple News+, for the past year — Peter Stern joined Apple at a moment when its relationships with entertainment companies and publishers were at a low point.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Memo: following Apple announcement, WSJ EIC Matt Murray says the paper will be hiring dozens of staff and names Jennifer Hicks as Editor of News Partnerships — Wall Street Journal editor Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Monday:
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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
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
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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.
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Andrew McCormick / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside the Justice Department's press room on Friday, as reporters on the justice beat awaited the Mueller Report
Inside the Justice Department's press room on Friday, as reporters on the justice beat awaited the Mueller Report
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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
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
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify has acquired Parcast, a podcasting studio which focuses on stories about true crime, cults, and unsolved mysteries — The podcast studio focuses on stories about true crimes, cults and unsolved mysteries. — Spotify is adding to its podcasting portfolio.
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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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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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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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James Vincent / The Verge:
European Parliament approves the Copyright Directive, a controversial law including Article 11, dubbed the “link tax” and Article 13, dubbed the “upload filter” — Article 11 and Article 13 both approved by European politicians — The European Union has given …
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The Marshall Project:
Former NYT editor Susan Chira has been named editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, replacing founding editor Bill Keller who is retiring in April — Susan Chira, whose decorated four-decade career at The New York Times included stints as deputy executive editor, foreign editor …
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James Cridland / Podnews podcasting news:
The BBC has pulled its podcasts from Google search, Assistant, and Podcasts, claiming Google must sign a license to link them and supply the BBC with user data — Some time on March 19th, the BBC started blocking all access to its podcasts on Google search, Google Assistant, and Google Podcasts.
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