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10:30 AM ET, April 4, 2013

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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.
Discussion: Fast Company and @jayrosen_nyu
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
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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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: Beyond Search
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 …
Discussion: paidContent, The Verge, Skift, Skift and CNET
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.
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 and Engadget
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.
Jackie Spinner / American Journalism Review:
End of an Era  —  As many U.S. news organizations wind down their presence in Iraq, journalists reflect on an all-consuming, fascinating and sometimes career-defining assignment.Wed., April 3, 2013.  —  Jackie Spinner (jackiespinner@mac.com) is a journalist based in the Middle East …
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.
Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Confirms Fallon Will Succeed Leno  —  “The Tonight Show” will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television.  —  NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon as the show's sixth host …
Felix Salmon:
How paywalls are evolving  —  Last week, I hypothesized that the publishing industry was going to informally settle on a single management-consultancy company to ask for paywall advice from.  That consultancy, having seen everybody's internal figures, could then tell everybody else what “industry best practice” was.
Discussion: @alessaprentice, paidContent and Guardian, Thanks:@ianchaffee
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
With New Weather Channel Deal, Twitter Aims to Make It Rain for Brands  —  Forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of promoted tweets.  —  Aiming to attract more big-brand ad dollars, Twitter and the Weather Company have a new deal to create custom content around weather-related Twitter activity.
Discussion: AdExchanger and Mashable
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Dara Kerr / CNET:
Twitter adds more ‘Cards’ for app and photo gallery embeds
 
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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: TechCrunch and ReadWrite
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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
Greg Sandoval / The Verge:
Spotify doesn't appear to be slowing Pandora's growth
Discussion: MarketWatch
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Four years in the making, Vdio finally opens up to Rdio subscribers in the US and UK
Bill Mickey / Folio:
FT Relaunches Web App
Discussion: paidContent and Mashable
TJ Raphael / Folio:
Louis Cona Promoted to President, CRO of Condé Nast Media Group
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Times Internet Is Bringing Business Insider To India, Adding To Its Gawker Media Partnership
Discussion: MediaNama and Poynter