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4:30 PM ET, March 4, 2013

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Joel Johnson / Gizmodo:
Hold On Tight, Gizmodo Is a TV Show Now  —  If we made a Top Gear for gadgets, would you watch it?  In two weeks, you'll have your chance.  —  Nearly ten years ago, when I first ran Gizmodo, gadgets were as niche of a topic for news and debate as could be.
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Lisa Campbell / The Bookseller:
BBC says no deal done yet for Lonely Planet  —  The BBC has denied “a deal has been done” to sell a majority stake in Lonely Planet, after a report said it was on the cusp of being sold to an American landowner.  It said it was continuing to explore “strategic options” for the travel publisher.
Discussion: Skift
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
YouTube's Show-Me-the-Money Problem  —  The big picture for YouTube looks good.  The world's biggest video site keeps getting bigger, generating more video views and more ad dollars.  —  Things are fuzzier for some of YouTube's biggest programming partners.  Their views are also increasing.
Tanzina Vega / New York Times:
Guardian Aims to Turn American Readers' Heads  —  NEWSHOUNDS have no shortage of resources, particularly on the Web.  And whether you define news as the latest updates on the Kardashians or the conflict in Syria, enough digital sources abound to satisfy every taste and to feed the incessant demands of social media.
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Dennis Rodman in North Korea, With Vice Media as Ringleader  —  Imagine being the HBO executive who hears this from one of the channel's producing partners: “We think there's an opportunity for us to get into North Korea.”  —  The executive was Michael Lombardo, and the partner was Vice Media …
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Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:
The Pirate Bay claims it is now hosting from North Korea
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The battle for Roger Ailes's legacy  —  Roger Ailes is used to being in control.  For almost a half-century — from his days as Richard Nixon's media strategist to his creation and expansion of the Fox News empire — he has exerted incalculable influence over the public image of politicians, presidents, even the Republican party.
Discussion: @mlcalderone and @shawncp92
Chi Chi Izundu / BBC:
Film to be distributed via games console for first time  —  An independent British film is being released and distributed via a digital games console platform, rather than through the cinema, for the first time.  —  Pulp, a comedy about a struggling comic book publisher recruited by the police …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Monday Q&A: Raju Narisetti on designing for mobile, the paywall fallacy, and reinventing ads  —  Last February, Raju Narisetti had just returned to The Wall Street Journal after spending three years working on the integration of print and digital at The Washington Post.
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
Vanity Fair Pulled Jessica Chastain Criticism While She Chased Best Actress Oscar  —  EXCLUSIVE: We all know that tensions rise during those final weeks leading up to the Academy Awards as media outlets decide who's worthy and who's not.  So this begs the question: with so much money and prestige at stake …
Discussion: Poynter and @buzzfeedben
Christopher S. Stewart / Wall Street Journal:
As Pirates Run Rampant, TV Studios Dial Up Pursuit  —  By the glow of six flat screens inside a windowless room in a California office tower, three content cops from NBCUniversal watch as pirated versions of the cable-TV drama “Suits” begin popping up on the Internet within minutes of the show's closing credits.
Discussion: paidContent, ZDNet and The Verge
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Washington Post's new ombud replacement ‘sounds like a customer relations person’  —  Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth announced Friday that the newspaper would not appoint a new ombudsman, because “The world has changed, and we at The Post must change with it.”
Katherine Rushton / Telegraph:
Tesco gears up for online fight with Amazon  —  Tesco has hired one of Facebook's most senior European executives and is launching a slew of online entertainment stores as it gears up for battle with Amazon.  —  Blinkbox's sales model allows it to offer recent box office hits, such as Skyfall, much earlier than its rivals
 
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Katie J.M. Baker / Jezebel:
2012 VIDA Byline Gender Parity Count Is Out and Depressing As Ever
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
Amazon execs set to testify in price-fixing case against Apple
Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:
Syrian president insists Marie Colvin was not deliberately targeted in army shell attack
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Reuters:
Hackers attack Czech news websites in latest media assault
Discussion: ITProPortal
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
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