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12:25 PM ET, March 11, 2014

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Tony Haile / TIME:
Chartbeat CEO: “We confuse what people have clicked on for what they've read.”  —  What You Think You Know About the Web Is Wrong  —  If you're an average reader, I've got your attention for 15 seconds, so here goes: We are getting a lot wrong about the web these days.
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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 …
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.
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Upworthy partners with ProPublica and advocacy media groups on original content  —  When Upworthy raised an additional $8 million in September of last year, they wrote a blog post thanking their readers and making them a promise.  The new funds, they wrote, will “help us branch out into new editorial areas.
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.
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.
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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.
@jeffsharlet:
Discussion: Poynter
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: Variety and TVSpy
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 …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Jimmy Kimmel: It's ‘easy’ to fool the media  —  In an interview from Austin, Texas, Peter Kafka asked Jimmy Kimmel about his hoax videos, like the Sochi wolf and the twerking disaster video.  —  “I've heard people suggest that these will get harder for you to do, because people will catch on.
Discussion: Re/code and @poynter
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 …
John McDermott / Digiday:
Twitter testing ‘click-to-call’ button which allows mobile users to call advertisers directly  —  Twitter's direct response pitch: a new ‘click-to-call’ button  —  As part of its continued effort to evolve and broaden its advertising capabilities, Twitter is now touting itself …
Discussion: Street Fight, @digiday and SocialTimes
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
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.
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
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Netflix got a bit faster on Comcast after opening its wallet
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 …
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
 
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Lance Whitney / CNET:
iTunes Radio now third most popular streaming music service
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Jeremy Barr / Poynter:
Are pen names ever OK in journalism?
Discussion: @davidkenner
Sam Petulla / The Content Strategist:
How Buzzfeed Manipulates Fast and Slow Thinking to Win the Internet
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Baidu's Iqiyi overtakes Youku as China's most popular video service
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Journalist Lyra McKee uses Beacon to crowdfund investigation into a 33-year-old Belfast murder
Discussion: muckraker.me
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Kaylin Bugos / AJR.org:
Life After Patch: Former Editors Start Their Own Hyperlocal Sites
Discussion: @dankennedy_nu
Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Snowden has shown the ‘huge disparity of surveillance and power’, says Gellman
Jay Rosen / Pressthink:
Newsweek's cover story on Bitcoin shows why old media practices are ill-suited for the Internet age
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Warner Bros. Is Buying a Stake in Struggling YouTube Net Machinima. Here's Why
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Gigaom
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News
John McDuling / Quartz:
“The Upshot” is the New York Times' replacement for Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight