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2:05 PM ET, April 4, 2013

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Eric Deggans / Tampa Bay Times:
Bill Adair, editor of Pulitzer Prize winning website PolitiFact, to leave Tampa Bay Times for Duke University  —  Bill Adair, PolitiFact editor, to leave for Duke University.  —  Bill Adair, the Washington Bureau Chief who created and edits the Tampa Bay Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning …
Discussion: Poynter, Politico and @dylanbyers
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Three lists about BuzzFeed's serious journalism  —  A little more than a year ago, BuzzFeed made the leap into the realm of serious journalism.  It hired some known journalists and a lot more hungry young writers, expanded its verticals, and announced a plan to create serious content to go alongside the site's trademark clever lists.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Broadcasters Looking Into Aereo-Dish Network Discussions  —  Dish Network is looking to quash a subpoena.  In a court filing, the company says that TV networks aren't entitled to learn whether it has plans to incorporate Aereo technology.  —  Dish Network co-founder Charlie Ergen
William Alden / DealBook:
Twitter Arrives on Wall Street, Via Bloomberg  —  Largely blocked on Wall Street, Twitter is making its big debut on trading desks — via Bloomberg terminals.  —  Bloomberg L.P. announced on Thursday that it was incorporating tweets into its data service, which is widely used in the financial industry.
Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press:
Arthur Frommer gets Frommer brand back from Google  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Travel guru Arthur Frommer said Wednesday that he has reacquired rights to his travel guidebook brand from Google, and that he intends to resume publishing Frommer guidebooks.  —  Google acquired the Frommer brand …
AdNews:
Fairfax Media CEO Hywood's memo to staff on restructure  —  Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood sent a note to staff this morning detailing the second round of a sweeping restructure underway at Fairfax as it reengineers for structural change in the media sector.  Here's his full message:
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Intercontinental collaboration: How 86 journalists in 46 countries can work on a single investigation  —  On Thursday morning, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists will begin releasing detailed reports on the workings of offshore tax havens.
Karen Fratti / 10,000 Words:
Vourno: A Crowd-Funding Platform for the News  —  If Joe Verdirame has his way, we're all going to be ‘vournos’ pretty soon.  You heard me: vourno, or a video journalist.  Along with his brother and some friends from college, none of whom are practicing journalists, Verdirame has created …
Ryan Holiday / Medium:
Our Regressive Web  —  An entrepreneur friend of mine remarked to me recently that if someone invented the nightly news today—or a show like Brian Williams' “Rock Center”—we'd all think it was a great idea.  —  Think about it: Instead of having to follow all these different news sources …
Discussion: paidContent and Beyond Search
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
The Big Bet at Intel Corp. That Could Change TV … Employees at Intel Corp. are free to roam almost anywhere across the vast Santa Clara, Calif., campus they call home.  Certain laboratories are off-limits of course; that's understandable when the assembly of microprocessors could be contaminated by a human eyelash.
Mike Shields / Adweek:
Warner Bros. Consolidates Digital Sales  —  Warner Bros. is consolidating its digital sales operations as it looks to build out an entertainment-focused ad powerhouse on the Web.  —  The company plans to announce the formation of the Warner Bros. Digital Entertainment Group …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Online music licensing revenues pass radio for first time  —  Google Play and Xbox licensing agreements help digital revenues jump 32.2% in 2012, from £39.1m to £51.7m  —  British songwriters, including acts such as Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris, netted a record total of £51.7m …
Discussion: Fast Company, Engadget and Electronista
Erik Malinowski / BuzzFeed:
If You Don't Have Cable TV, Sports-Streaming Apps May Be Going, Going, Gone  —  Last season, watching March Madness was a breeze: you could drop a few bucks and have streaming goodness across your computer and every mobile device.  This year?  No such luck.
 
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Catherine Dubouloz / Worldcrunch:
Shoe Leather And Paywalls: A New Website Shakes French Politics, And Turns A Profit
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
End of an Era  —  As many U.S. news organizations wind …
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney Halts Game Development at Lucasfilm in Licensing Push
Susan Currie Sivek / MediaShift:
Digital Magazines Dive Into Native Advertising
Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:
Universal Publishing and SACEM sign global licensing agreement with YouTube
Discussion: Mashable and The Slanted
Say Media:
Say Media Appoints Owen Thomas as Editor-in-Chief of ReadWrite
Discussion: Folio, TechCrunch and ReadWrite
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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
With New Weather Channel Deal, Twitter Aims to Make It Rain for Brands
Discussion: AdExchanger, Mashable and CNET
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Web discovery engine Trapit launches publisher tools, with Here Media as first client
Discussion: TechCrunch, Digital Trends and VentureBeat, Thanks:@dmfreeman
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Orange County Register's contrarian paywall
Discussion: Kirk LaPointe's …
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Amazon adds vinyl to its AutoRip service, offering a free digital copy of every LP bought since 1998
Discussion: Amazon.com, Wired, TechSpot and VentureBeat
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico Puts Web Show On Hold To Retool As Washington Post Staffs Up Video