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6:10 PM ET, March 27, 2013

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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Entreaty to Cooper Suggests Shakeup at ‘Today’  —  Earlier this month an NBC executive contacted Anderson Cooper with a question that would flatter and intrigue just about anyone.  Would Mr. Cooper, the biggest star of CNN, consider replacing Matt Lauer on the “Today” show in the months to come?
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC: Anderson Cooper Not Approached for Matt Lauer Job  —  A source close to Cooper also denies the report, while both men's camps deny that Lauer called Cooper to register his disapproval  —  NBC's Today show is topic A in media gossip circles.  And a report Tuesday about CNN's Anderson Cooper …
Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:
Upfronts 2013: Participant TV's Cable Network Named ‘Pivot’  —  Channel targeting viewers 15-34 will offer broadband-only subscription  —  New York — Participant TV on Wednesday announced the name of its upcoming cable network targeting millennials: Pivot.
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AJ Marechal / Variety:   Wake Up, Kids: Disruptive TV Is Here Via Participant Media's Pivot Cabler
Reuters:
Portugal media demands Google pays for news  —  (Reuters) - Portuguese media companies, struggling through the worst recession since the 1970s, are pressing Google to pay for content on its news search engine, echoing similar demands elsewhere in Europe.  —  Alberico Fernandes …
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Bloomberg Wants to Win at Video  —  It's time for Bloomberg TV's noon news meeting on this Thursday, a meeting that is sandwiched around two momentous events: the day after the new Pope was announced and the day Samsung will release its new Galaxy S4 phone.  —  The packed conference room …
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Flipboard Wants To Redesign The Entire Internet  —  The battle to become the next front page of the internet.  —  Last night, Flipboard launched a new version of its reader app that lets anyone with a smartphone or tablet to create custom “magazines” from virtually any piece of internet content — a tweet, a news story, a photo.
Discussion: Poynter and The Huffington Post
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Jennifer Saba / Reuters:
Flipboard launches new edition, lets readers create magazines
Felix Salmon:
Paywalls rise  —  It's paywall season right now: the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Telegraph, the Sun — all have recently announced plans to erect paywalls in an attempt to extract subscription revenues from their most loyal online readers.
Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:
Instagram and the New Era of Paparazzi  —  Earlier this week, a rare and new photo of the pop star Beyoncé and her daughter, Blue Ivy, quickly spread around the Internet, on various celebrity and gossip sites.  —  There was nothing particularly unusual about the photo itself …
Discussion: GigaOM and Daily Dot
Paul Sloan / CNET:
The one bright spot for the music labels: Digital  —  The financial picture of the music industry is still bleak, but YouTube, Spotify, and other services are helping.  —  The music industry is still in rough shape, based on data released today by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Discussion: Billboard, Tone Deaf and The Verge
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Andrew M. Barker / Variety:   RIAA Reports Year of Relative Stability in Record Biz
Steve Rubel / AdAge:
Leaner, Meaner Media Finally Ready to Invade Agency Turf  —  In a Bid for Survival, Press Cozies Up to the Client Side  —  Everyone loves a Cinderella story.  Whether it's David slaying Goliath or a college basketball team's unlikely journey from dark horse to Final Four contender, it's hard not to root for an underdog.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Scratch Freston from Time Inc. CEO derby  —  Scratch Mtv founder Tom Freston from the list of potential Time Inc. CEOs.  —  Even before the search begins in earnest, Freston told Media Ink he isn't interested in the job.  —  That is sure to dash the dreams of Time Inc.'ers.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Guardian
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun paywall unavoidable, says News International chief executive  —  Mike Darcey says continuing to offer free content is untenable as website is threatening circulation and revenue of tabloid  —  News International's chief executive Mike Darcey has said the company had no choice …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Twitter's Revenue Forecast Jumps Again, This Time to Almost $1 Billion  —  Twitter's advertising business is growing so fast, it's hard to get a handle on.  —  For the second time in six months, eMarketer has revised its revenue estimates for the social messenging service sharply upward …
Bloomberg:
Ericsson Said to Discuss Buying Microsoft's TV-Software Unit  —  Ericsson AB (ERICB) is in talks to buy Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s IPTV business, which makes software used by phone companies such as AT&T Inc. (T) to deliver television over the Internet, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Steve Kovach / Business Insider:
Netflix Hires ‘The Matrix’ Creators To Make A New Original Sci-Fi Series That'll Premiere Next Year  —  Netflix secured three huge names in sci-fi entertainment this week to produce a new original series called “Sense8” that will start streaming in late 2014.
Los Angeles Times:
Web-based productions are taking off in L.A.  —  Filming for Web productions in L.A. rose 46% over 2011.  Such content has evolved from short episodes to full-length TV productions, some with budgets comparable to conventional TV shows'.  —  Ed Begley stars in Amazon Studios upcoming series, “Betas.”
Discussion: Variety
 
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Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC schedules face disruption from strike action on Thursday
Dave McNary / Variety:
WGA West Report Shows Diversity Still Lacking in TV Writing
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Creator Rob Thomas Calls The Veronica Mars Kickstarter Campaign A Guinea Pig For Cult TV Shows
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
Datawatch: Emerging economies' surging digital media adoption visualised
Discussion: MediaPost
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Redbox kiosks race past 1m film and video game disc rentals in Canada, 10 months after launch
Discussion: Electronista
 Earlier Picks: 
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Two jailed over Sun leaks
Discussion: Reuters, Sky News and BBC
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
EU regulators to approve Random House, Penguin deal: sources
Discussion: The Bookseller and paidContent
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Study: China Surpasses Japan to Become Second-Largest Pay TV Market Behind U.S.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
BBC suspends Sri Lankan broadcasts
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
In a Copyright Ruling, the Legacy of the Betamax
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Media start-up hatched at Columbia, ‘The Big Roundtable,’ looks for a new long-form business model
Discussion: Poynter and Kickstarter
Jack Shafer:
Is this story less than the Summly of its parts?
Discussion: MediaFile, Poynter, NPR and Deal Journal
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI debuts Stable Video 3D, a generative AI tool built on its Stable Video Diffusion model, letting users create 3D video from a text or image prompt

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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