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1. Facebook is Getting Ready to Test Paid Subscriptions With Publications (Lucia Moses / Digiday)
2. News Outlets to Seek Bargaining Rights Against Google and Facebook (Jim Rutenberg / New York Times)
3. Google is Funding a New Software Project That Will Automate Writing Local News (April Glaser / Recode)
4. Podchaser, an “IMDb for Podcasts,” is Building a Big Tags-Based Database to Help People Discover Shows (Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab)
5. Alt-weeklies Look for Lifeline From Nonprofits (Gwyneth Doland / Columbia Journalism Review)
6. Dissatisfied With the National Media’s Frame, Appalachia Finds its Own Voice (Catherine V. Moore / Columbia Journalism Review)
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