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June 9, 2015, 6:55 AM

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Apple announces Flipboard-like app News, new rich media format for news items; publishers keep revenues from ads they sell, 70% from iAd ads; kills Newsstand  —  For news organizations, this was the most important set of Apple announcements in years  —  There wasn't a lot of buildup beforehand …
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Spotify plans more competitive pricing to match Apple Music's family plan of $14.99 for up to six people  —  Spotify plans to match Apple Music's very cheap family plan  —  Apple rolled out its new music service today.  It has the very original name of Apple Music.
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Apple Music Will Allow Downloads for Offline Listening  —  Apple's forthcoming subscription music service will indeed allow for offline playback of songs or videos, keeping the service on par with rivals such as Spotify.  —  That was a key question left unanswered during either Monday's keynote presentation …
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Apple Music launching June 30 on iOS, Mac, and PC with 3 months free, then $9.99 per month, coming to Apple TV and Android phones this fall  —  Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music.  All in One Place.  —  Apple® today unveiled Apple Music™, a single …
The Verge:
Apple announces Apple Music: music streaming, human-curated playlists, Beats 1 24/7 radio, Connect to allow artists to interact with fans  —  Apple announces its streaming music service, Apple Music  —  Apple has finally jumped into the music streaming race, unveiling Apple Music at WWDC this afternoon.
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:
Messaging app Jott works without a data plan or WiFi connection, hits 500K active users in US, mostly junior high and high school students  —  Messaging App Jott Is Blowing Up Among Junior High And High Schoolers  —  As Facebook and YikYak try to grow a younger audience …
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Apple announces version 2 of its Swift programming language, plans to open-source it  —  Apple will open-source its Swift programming language  —  Apple is taking a big step to make its Swift programming language more and more pervasive.  The language's compiler and libraries for iOS …
Martha C. White / New York Times:
Airlines restrict data sharing with third-party fare comparison sites to push bookings via their own sites  —  Seeking More Bookings, Airlines Limit Sites That Show Their Fares  —  When Josh Marion had to book a last-minute business trip to New York, he knew the plane ticket wouldn't be cheap.
Apple:
Apple Previews New Apple Watch Software  —  watchOS 2 Introduces Native Third-Party Apps, New Watch Faces & Enhanced Communications Features  —  Apple® today previewed watchOS™ 2, the first major software update for Apple Watch™, giving developers the tools to build faster …
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Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
FBI wants data access to encrypting or data-destroying instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, Wickr, and Surespot that could be used by terrorists  —  With Islamic State using instant messaging apps, FBI seeks access to data  —  Gov. Brown talks about the drought Tuesday night at USC.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Kobalt expands its global music licensing service with recent purchase of AMRA, American Mechanical Rights Agency  —  Kobalt Quietly Acquired AMRA To Launch Its Own Global Collection Group For Digital Music  —  Kobalt, the London-based startup that has built big-data technology …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon wants to be your SSL certificate provider, applies to be a root Certificate Authority  —  Amazon Web Services continues to extend its reach into IT products, applying today to Mozilla and the Android Open Source Project to become a root Certificate Authority, also known as a CA.

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