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8:25 AM ET, March 10, 2014

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Vox:
Ezra Klein's “Project X” launching soon as “Vox”, will serve as Vox Media's general news site  —  Nine Questions About Vox  —  What is Vox?  Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century.  Its mission is simple: Explain the news.
David Carr / New York Times:
Barely Keeping Up in TV's New Golden Age  —  Not long ago, a friend at work told me I absolutely, positively must watch “Broad City” on Comedy Central, saying it was a slacker-infused hilarity.  —  My reaction?  Oh no, not another one.  —  The vast wasteland of television has been replaced …
The Editorial Board / New York Times:
Editorial Board reflects on 50th anniversary of landmark New York Times v. Sullivan press freedom case  —  The Uninhibited Press, 50 Years Later  —  Perhaps no one understood both the necessity and the costs of a free press better than Thomas Jefferson.  In a 1787 letter to a friend …
Discussion: @jeffjarvis and @raju
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Barbara Chai / Wall Street Journal:
‘True Detective’ Finale Crashes HBO Go  —  The season finale of HBO's “True Detective” aired Sunday night, but fans who hoped to watch the episode on the cable network's “HBO Go” website reported crashes and delays.  —  HBO Go, which usually airs episodes in real time, requires a login and password …
Justin Lafferty / Inside Facebook:
Facebook launches Public Content Solutions to help media partners with trend data  —  As more and more people talk about current events on Facebook, developers within the media industry are looking for some way to join the conversation.  So to offer companies a solution into the data behind trending topics …
Sarah Silbert / Engadget:
NYT Now is a mobile news platform with a dedicated staff curating stories  —  SXSW is a veritable playground for journalists, with panels catering to media professionals and — most importantly — no shortage of free food.  We're not surprised, then, that The New York Times chose Austin as the venue for an announcement this week.
Ann Friedman / Columbia Journalism Review:
“Prestige” media jobs are no longer just at big, old news organizations  —  The new dream job  —  For years, even as most print-centric publications downsized, they maintained their status as the crème de la crème.  The journalistic reputations of these former titans …
Discussion: @kimbui and @mathewi
Paul McNally / Press Gazette:
BBC denies report that subscription service being considered as option instead of license fee  —  Funding report advises BBC to pursue more commercial opportunities  —  A report into the future of BBC funding has recommended that the corporation make more money through commercial ventures …
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Couric's Yahoo show takes shape  —  Katie Couric's Yahoo program is finally beginning to take shape.  —  In January, Couric released a test show in which she interviewed former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.  On Friday, Couric will debut another interview, this time with former …
Discussion: TVNewser and Capital New York
Molly Wood / New York Times:
Cartoon Network plans free mobile “micro-network” to deliver original 15-second content pieces  —  Cartoon Network Aims at Devices With Its ‘Micro-Network’ Launch  —  Cartoon Network will release an app later this year that will deliver original 15-second content bites …
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Half of Broadcast TV Viewers Are 54 and Older—Yikes  —  More like ... greys' anatomy.  Right?  —  In the last 20 years, the median age of Americans has increased from 34 to 37.  The median age of broadcast TV viewers has increased from 41 to 54.  Not a three-year jump, but a 13-year jump.
Discussion: @petercwilkinson
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
How a press release about a pot ad that never aired on TV misled dozens of major media outlets  —  How a marijuana ad went up in smoke  —  This is a yarn about how a single press release about pot misled dozens of major media outlets.  —  The press release in question was published Monday …
 
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
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Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Forbes Distances Itself From Ukrainian Magazine As Oligarch Owner Wanted For Corruption
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Next week Medium is launching an iPhone app for reading but not writing posts
Discussion: App Advice and The Verge
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Julian Assange at SXSW: ‘national security reporters are a new kind of refugee’