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1:35 AM ET, March 28, 2013

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HEARST Corporation:
Steven R. Swartz to Succeed Frank A. Bennack, Jr. as Hearst Corporation's CEO in June 2013  —  Bennack Continues as Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Among Other Leadership Roles  —  Hearst Corporation today announced that Steven R. Swartz, president and chief operating officer of Hearst Corporation …
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New York Times:
Chief Who Led Expansion at Hearst Will Step Down  —  After nearly 30 years of running the Hearst Corporation, the privately held media company, Frank A. Bennack Jr. has announced that he is stepping down.  —  Mr. Bennack, the 80-year-old chief executive of Hearst, used profits from titles …
Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:
A Driving Force Behind Wikipedia Will Step Down  —  Sue Gardner, who oversaw a period of rapid growth and evolution at Wikipedia, said Wednesday that she would step down as executive director of the nonprofit organization that runs the free encyclopedia.  —  In an interview with The Times on Wednesday …
Discussion: @xor and Wikimedia blog
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
As Newspapers Experiment With Sponsored Content, Google Says Keep It Out Of Google News  —  Newspapers and news publications having “sponsored” content deals are on the rise, and Google's apparently concerned enough that it's issued a warning today that publishers should keep such content out of Google News.
Discussion: Google News Blog
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
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
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 …
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.
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 …
Erik Grimm / INMA:
Digital newspaper: same advertising impact and so much more  —  New research reveals advertising impact is just as powerful on tablets as it is in print, especially if the online edition carries over the look and feel of the news brand.  —  Dutch news media have invested heavily in editions …
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.
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.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Digital Ad Network Files For Bankruptcy  —  NEW YORK — CommonSense Media, a digital advertising network co-founded by film producer and Firedoglake publisher Jane Hamsher, has filed for bankruptcy to liquidate its assets.  —  Founded in 2007 by Hamsher, AJ Schuler and Deveria Flowers …
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
US government agencies are advertising on accused pirate sites  —  USC to report that US government is helping to fund intellectual property theft  —  The US president and vice president have come out against the theft of intellectual property; dozens of congresspeople have condemned illegal file-sharing.
Jason Deans / Guardian:
BBC schedules face disruption from strike action on Thursday  —  Union members will stage half-day walkout likely to affect live programming, including BBC News and radio news bulletins  —  BBC programmes face further disruption on Thursday when broadcasting union members stage a half …
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
NetNewsCheck:
SCOTUSblog, NYT's ‘Snowfall’ Win Peabodys  —  Tucked among the honor roll of television and radio winners of this year's Peabody Awards are two entirely digital efforts: SCOTUSblog, devoted entirely to news about the top court in the land, and The New York Times' much lauded longform multimedia showpiece …
Andrew M. Barker / Variety:
RIAA Reports Year of Relative Stability in Record Biz … Things might not exactly be returning to normal, but the record business can take some comfort in the fact that the long industry-wide slide appears to have reached ground level, as the RIAA reported a second consecutive year …
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Paul Sloan / CNET:
The one bright spot for the music labels: Digital
Discussion: Billboard, Tone Deaf and The Verge
 
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Dave McNary / Variety:
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Jasper Jackson / TheMediaBriefing:
Datawatch: Developing economies lead global online media surge
Discussion: MediaPost
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Sun paywall unavoidable, says News International chief executive
Discussion: TheMediaBriefing and BBC
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Redbox kiosks race past 1m film and video game disc rentals in Canada, 10 months after launch
Discussion: Electronista
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Two jailed over Sun leaks
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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.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Scratch Freston from Time Inc. CEO derby
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Guardian
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Bloomberg Wants to Win at Video
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
BBC suspends Sri Lankan broadcasts
Jenna Wortham / NYT Bits:
Instagram and the New Era of Paparazzi
Discussion: GigaOM and Daily Dot