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You might have heard: Axel Springer is looking to increase its current 7 percent stake in Business Insider (Reuters)
But did you know: Axel Springer is reportedly closing in on a deal to buy Business Insider for $560 million (Re/code)
German publishing company Axel Springer is close to a deal to buy Business Insider for $560 million, Peter Kafka reports. Axel Springer bought a minority stake in Business Insider in January, and it was reported last week that Axel Springer was now looking to buy a controlling stake. Since 2007, Business Insider has raised $57 million, and it was valued at $200 million during its last funding round in January. Kafka reports that a deal between the two companies could close within the next few weeks.
+ Noted: After adjusting its 2015 forecast downward and largely blaming its Southern California papers, Tribune Publishing’s shares fall by 20 percent (Poynter); Former Circa editor in chief Anthony De Rosa hired by The Daily Show’s digital team (Poynter); Sue Cross named executive director and chief executive officer of Institute for Nonprofit News (Institute for Nonprofit News); Poynter names Alexios Mantzarlis as director and editor of the new International Fact-Checking Network (Poynter)
How NBCUniversal built a tool to centralize information and reporting across its platforms (Nieman Lab)
To improve communication between its thousands of employees, NBCUniversal built NewsConnect, a dashboard that helps staff share information and story updates. NewsConnect is organized around the story, which users then add information to in the form of a document, fact, video, or other update. Stories are then categorized as “submitted,” “working,” or “ready.” NBCU’s vice president for transformation Ryan Osborn says NewsConnect may be available to be licensed to other news organizations in the future.
Google’s appeal against ‘right to be forgotten’ denied by French data regulator (Guardian)
French data regular Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés has denied Google’s appeal against the global enforcement of the “right to be forgotten.” Google’s appeal argued that the search engine delisting in Europe should not apply to the Google.com domain, but the data regulator ordered Google to apply the removals to not only European domains but the global .com domain as well. In response to the right to be forgotten, the BBC is listing its pages removed from Google on its website.
+ Earlier: How the right to be forgotten could come to the U.S.
+ Guardian digital strategy editor Wolfgang Blau talked to South Korea’s The JoongAng Ilbo about the need for better metrics in journalism: “[The metrics often used] only tell us what happened while you were with us as a reader or viewer. What happened, though, after you saw that video or interactive or after you have read that article, and even after you posted a user comment about it or shared it on social media?” (Medium)
Oyster, a subscription service for e-books, is shutting down (Re/code)
After two years, e-book subscription service Oyster will be shutting down over the next few months. Often referred to as “Netflix for books,” Oyster offered unlimited access to a million titles for $9.95/month. Peter Kafka and Mark Bergen report that most of the Oyster team, including its CEO and co-founders, are headed to Google Play. Though it’s not an acquisition, Kafka and Bergen also report that Google will pay Oyster’s investors for the right to hire some of its staff.
Apple’s News tries to be the ideal news app for readers, but its idea may be flawed (Slate)
Many people have tried to create an ideal news app over the years, Will Oremus writes, but no one has quite succeeded. The latest attempt by Apple in its News app has the potential to do well, but Oremus writes that its recommendations have to succeed — and so far, they don’t appear to be. Oremus writes: “It isn’t enough for publishers to like Apple News, Snapchat Discover, and Facebook Instant Articles. Readers have to find them compelling too. … In order for Apple News to succeed, it will need to be much more than a fancified RSS feed of stories from each user’s favorite sites.”
8,000 journalists have been accredited to cover Pope Francis’ visit to the US (Politico Media)
Pope Francis’ arrival in Washington, D.C., today kicks off a six-day tour through the U.S., a historic event that media organizations are in a frenzy to cover. Politico Media reports that 8,000 journalists worldwide have been accredited to cover the visit. A more selective pool of journalists called Vatican Accredited Media Personnel, which includes journalists from the New York Times, Time magazine and NPR, will travel with the Pope aboard his chartered plane.
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