Top News:
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
No One's Looking at Your Native Ads, Either — Advertisers love the idea of “native ads” — marketing messages that sort of look like “real” content — because they think that Web surfers who ignore other ads will pay attention to the new format. This sounds interesting in theory …
Discussion:
@themediaisdying and @lererventures
RELATED:
Tony Haile / TIME:
Chartbeat CEO: “We confuse what people have clicked on for what they've read.”
Discussion:
@hiddenbrain, @adamostrow, BuzzMachine, @ryanchittum, @clarkgilbert, @magnus_, @neilvoss and @moore
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Demands Dismissal of Quentin Tarantino Lawsuit — The news site says that reading a screenplay is not a copyright infringing act. — Gawker is asking a California federal judge to reject a lawsuit filed by Quentin Tarantino over a leak of the director's unproduced script Hateful Eight.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Variety, Home on Entertainment, The Wrap and Deadline.com
Erik Wemple:
John Cook bolts Gawker for the Intercept — John Cook had fun as editor in chief of Gawker. For instance: When he wanted to commandeer a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, he fired up a “Crackstarter” campaign that raised $200,000 for the cause. Publicity followed.
Discussion:
New York Times, Politico, Business Wire, @susie_c, Mediaite, @socarolinesays, FishbowlNY, @antderosa, @thestalwart, The Huffington Post, @ggreenwald, @mattbuchanan, @goldsbie, @natashavc, @jwherrman, @snpsnpsnp, @paulcarr, @joemfbrown, @jaredbkeller, New York Magazine, @neetzan, @sluggahjells and The Intercept
RELATED:
Matthew Shaer / New York Magazine:
Raging Against Hacks With Muckraker Turned Magazine-Maker Matt Taibbi
Discussion:
@nymag, @kierafeldman, @sarahljaffe, The Corsair and The Raw Story
Dan Taylor / BBC:
Introducing the new BBC iPlayer — Hello, I'm Dan Taylor, Head of BBC iPlayer and today I'm delighted to share how we are evolving BBC iPlayer for the multiscreen world, starting today with the rollout of a new version for computers, tablets, mobiles and connected TVs.
Discussion:
TechCrunch, NetNewsCheck Latest, Engadget, The Next Web, @graham_matthews, @neilbramah, Pocket-lint, @jemstone and Silicon Republic
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News — CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has reached an agreement to resign from CBS News ahead of contract, bringing an end to months of hard-fought negotiations, sources familiar with her departure told POLITICO on Monday.
Discussion:
FishbowlNY, Erik Wemple, TVNewser, TVNewser, @robertraves, @alexweprin, @robertbluey, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Gawker, @theanchoress, Twitchy, The Huffington Post, @ingodidotrust, New York Magazine, @slone, @sharylattkisson, Variety, @dylanbyers, @zhanover, @hadas_gold, @nycsouthpaw, @johnnydollar01, @mlcalderone and Mediaite
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
CBS chief says network could go all-Internet if Aereo wins — CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that his company's namesake broadcast network could go “over the top,” or be delivered via the Internet, if Aereo's model of streaming over-the-air programming is ruled legal.
Discussion:
Reuters
Reuters:
Journalist Shot Dead In ‘Brazen’ Kabul Attack — KABUL, March 11 (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead a Swedish journalist outside a restaurant in a brazen attack in one Kabul's most heavily guarded districts on Tuesday, police and embassy sources said, underscoring growing insecurity threatening next month's elections.
Bloomberg:
Sean Combs Said to Bid $200 Million for Fuse TV Network — Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul now known as Diddy, has bid about $200 million for the Fuse cable-TV channel, said three people with knowledge of the situation. — Combs, 43, rose to fame as rapper Puff Daddy and has since founded fashion …
Discussion:
C21Media, Mashable, The Wrap, Deadline.com and Variety
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Strictly algorithm: how news finds people in the Facebook and Twitter age — Many people assume important news will find them online, but don't understand the algorithms defining how — From Spotify and Netflix recommendations to Facebook's news feed or Google's search results …
Discussion:
@jcstearns, @jason_kint, @sonaliranade and Capital New York
Associated Press:
Los Angeles Register newspaper to launch April 16 … LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freedom Communications says it has set April 16 as the launch date for its latest newspaper venture, the Los Angeles Register. — The expansion is the latest for the ambitious newspaper company that Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz bought in 2012.
Discussion:
Orange County Register, LA Observed and @rsylvester
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Netflix reportedly reaches another Comcast-style agreement, but with a Norwegian ISP — Netflix's oddly public peering agreement to connect directly with Comcast has, as many expected, been followed closely by a similar deal. What may surprise some is that this arrangement is with Norway's Telenor …
Discussion:
Telecompaper and Electronista
RELATED:
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Netflix got a bit faster on Comcast after opening its wallet
Discussion:
TIME, Netflix US & Canada Blog, Wired and ZDNet
Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio now third most popular streaming music service — iTunes Radio is only six months old but it's already snagged third place among people in the US who listen to streaming music services, at least based on a recent survey. — Polling more than 2,000 people in the US …
Discussion:
Fortune, AppleInsider and MacRumors
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Baljeet Singh, developer of skippable pre-roll ads for YouTube, joins Twitter — Twitter poaches YouTube executive in new push for video ads — Twitter has hired former YouTube executive Baljeet Singh as a product director in its revenue organization, where he will work to improve …
Discussion:
Business Insider, @mamoonha, SocialTimes, @kevinweil, VentureBeat, Business 2 Community and Silicon Republic
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
News Corp. taking cautious approach to acquisitions and investments — Thomson says News Corp. will take it slow — News Corp. made waves in December when it bought the video startup Storyful for $25 million. — But the company is taking a slow, cautious approach to acquisitions, chief executive Robert Thomson said yesterday.
Discussion:
@raju
Los Angeles Times:
Apple is asking record labels for exclusive iTunes releases — Apple contends streaming services such as Spotify and Beats Music have begun to cannibalize download sales on iTunes. — Apple's push for a new release window — similar to the one that some Hollywood studios impose …
Discussion:
@mellevandijk and The Verge
Tamara Baluja / J-source.ca:
Toronto Star builds technology to post professional camera photos instantly on live blogs — Imagine a gadget that attaches to a professional DSLR camera and sends photos directly to a live blog, almost as fast as you can snap them. Taras Slawnych did—and then he built one.
Discussion:
@saila, @coreymintz, @tara_deschamps, @russellphotos, @ericmarkdo and Poynter
Michael King / Austin Chronicle:
Greenwald on politics, privacy, journalism — Reporter/editor says bigger Snowden revelations to come — Glenn Greenwald, the Constitutional attorney who became a blogger and then reporter - and Ed Snowden's go-to journalist to publish his cache of National Security Agency documents …
Discussion:
@imagethink and VentureBeat
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
