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12:40 PM ET, April 15, 2013

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Wall Street Journal:
Dish Launches $25.5 Billion Bid for Sprint  —  Satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. is making a $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., an effort to derail the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier's acquisition by Softbank Corp. of Japan.  —  Dish said Monday it is offering to pay $4.76 in cash …
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
This Man Wants To Kill Your Cable And Wireless Companies  —  In a surprise move, satellite-TV operator Dish Network has made a $26 billion bid for Sprint, the U.S.'s third-largest wireless operator.  Sprint is already in the approval process to be sell a majority stake to Japanese telecommunications firm Softbank.
Discussion: Business Insider
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Great Long-Form Journalism, Just Clicks Away … In the age of hundreds of cable channels, millions of 140-character bulletins and an untold number of cat videos, a fear has been growing among journalists and readers that long-form storytelling may be getting lost.
Roy J. Harris Jr / Poynter:
Winners to watch for when the Pulitzers are announced today  —  About a half-dozen journalism organizations have already weighed in on their versions of 2012's best reporting, commentary and press photography.  Today at 3 p.m. ET, it's the Pulitzer Prize Board's turn — for the 97th time …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Jeff Zucker at CNN Hires Michael Bass, a Deputy From His NBC Past  —  Jeff Zucker, who left Katie Couric's syndicated talk show, “Katie,” at the end of last year to take over CNN Worldwide, is bringing in one of the show's top producers to join him.  —  Michael Bass, a longtime deputy …
David Carr / New York Times:
More Cracks in Television's Business Model  —  For the longest time in the media business, the concept of the bundle has been foundational.  Ads go with editorial content in print, commercials go with programming on television and the channels you desire are paired with ones you did not in your cable package.
Discussion: Prof Chris Daly's Blog and @cdixon
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
Texas Tribune Scores $1.5 Million Knight Foundation Grant  —  There's not a lot of good news about the the economics of serious public-interest journalism these days, so pay attention, because this is pretty good.  —  The Knight Foundation is giving a $1.5 million grant to the Texas Tribune …
Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Simon & Schuster launches ebook lending pilot with New York City public libraries  —  Simon & Schuster will finally make its ebooks available to libraries, through a one-year trial with New York City's public libraries.  The publisher is making all of its titles available in the trial …
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Guardian:   LSE students on North Korea trip with BBC team ‘have received threats’
Sara Morrison / Columbia Journalism Review:
New from NYT R&D: Quips  —  Now you can highlight and mark up an online New York Times article just like you would a book  —  Those who have walked through the New York Times lobby have no doubt seen Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin's data-art installation “Moveable Type,” a series of small screens …
Lorelei Marfil / WWD:
Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design Opens in London  —  STYLE SCHOOL: The first students to study at the Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design will sit down at their desks today.  For 10 weeks, the inaugural intake of 45 students from 23 countries will take part …
Christopher Heine / Adweek:
NBC News Turns Big Flipboard Presence Into Ad Sales  —  About a year ago, NBC News established an account on Flipboard—the increasingly popular magazine-formatted, social mobile app—and has since grown its presence to a whopping 1.3 million monthly active readers.
 
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