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7:15 PM ET, March 20, 2014

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Neil Gough / New York Times:
Bloomberg Should Have Rethought Articles on China, Chairman Says  —  HONG KONG — The chairman of Bloomberg L.P. said in a speech here on Thursday that the company should have reconsidered articles that deviated from its core business-news coverage in light of the huge potential for its products in the Chinese market.
Reed Hastings / Netflix US & Canada Blog:
Internet Tolls And The Case For Strong Net Neutrality  —  The Internet is improving lives everywhere - democratizing access to ideas, services and goods.  To ensure the Internet remains humanity's most important platform for progress, net neutrality must be defended and strengthened.
Variety:
‘This American Life’ Loses Public Radio Distributor  —  After 17 years, Public Radio International announced today that it will end distribution of one of its most popular shows, “This American Life.”  —  The Ira Glass-hosted program, which has been distributed by PRI since 1997 …
Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Twitter's new video hosting platform lets mobile users play clips with a single tap  —  Twitter Rolls Out Easier, Faster Video Playback  —  Over the past year, Twitter has worked closely with television networks and other professional video creators to upload and promote thousands …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Says It Really Didn't Want to Cut That Traffic Deal With Comcast  —  Remember last month, when Netflix and Comcast signed a deal to guarantee fast delivery of the video service's streams to the cable company's customers?  —  That's exactly the kind of deal Netflix shouldn't have to sign, says Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.
Discussion: Gigaom, Variety, @pkafka, @rsingel and @pkafka
Jessica Lessin / Guardian:
The future of news: know thy audience  —  As news businesses continue to redefine themselves for the digital age, knowing their audience is essential  —  When we launched The Information last December, many thought we were crazy.  How could a $399-a-year technology news publication compete …
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Tribune Company Built a Robot That Reads You The News  —  Shashi Seth Unveils First Product As Head of Tribune Digital Ventures  —  Krux  —  Shashi Seth loves NPR.  But he would like it a lot more if he could skip stories.  —  That was the kernel of the idea behind Newsbeat …
Stephen Gandel / Fortune:
At financial news sites, stock promoters make inroads  —  Several finance websites — including Forbes.com and Seeking Alpha — have published articles by guest contributors who were allegedly paid to promote the stocks they were writing about, raising ethical concerns.
Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sony to Add Original TV Shows for PlayStation  —  Move Is Part of Effort to Broaden Console's Appeal Beyond Videogames  —  Sony Corp. is venturing into original TV programming for its PlayStation as part of an ambitious effort to make the device a home for TV and not just videogames.
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Time Warner Cable CEO Due $80 Million as Deal Ends Short Tenure  —  Just months into his job as head of Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), Rob Marcus is set to receive a severance payment of $79.9 million in cash, equity and benefits because he's selling the company to Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)
John Reynolds / Guardian:
Huffington Post may charge for some content, says chief executive  —  As HuffPo UK is set to move into profit, Jimmy Maymann said the website would consider charging within five years  —  The Huffington Post's chief executive, Jimmy Maymann, believes in paid-for journalism and is open …
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
TV Subscriptions Fall for First Time as Viewers Cut the Cord  —  The U.S. pay-television market is passing its prime.  —  The number of Americans who pay for TV through cable, satellite or fiber services fell by more than a quarter of a million in 2013, the first full-year decline, according to research firm SNL Kagan.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
MP3Tunes Founder Michael Robertson Found Liable for Copyright Infringement  —  A jury finds that the once-popular website willfully blinded itself to thousands of songs being stolen.  —  On Wednesday, a jury in a New York federal courtroom found MP3Tunes founder Michael Robertson liable …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Is It Really News?’:  Cable Journos Squirm Over Flight 370 Overload  —  The disappearance of MA Flight 370 has proved a ratings bonanza, particularly for CNN.  But with no new developments, and wild conjecture filling the void, even CNN's own journalists are questioning its coverage.
Priya Ganapati / Wall Street Journal:
Time to Move on: Sony Shuts Down E-Reader Book Store … Sony is turning off the lights on its e-reader book store.  The company will shut down its online store for its Reader devices at 6 p.m. ET Thursday.  —  Sony Reader store customers will have to transfer their library to Kobo …
Chris Taylor / Mashable:
Twitter Blocked in Turkey as Prime Minister Pledges to ‘Eradicate’ It  —  What's This?  —  There's electioneering, and then there's what Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan said Thursday on the campaign trail.  —  “We will eradicate Twitter,” Erdoan told a rally in Bursa in the west of the country.
Daniel Holloway / Broadcasting & Cable:
Next TV: Viacom Settlement Illustrates Media Acceptance for YouTube  —  Entertainment chief Lee says YouTube ‘learned a lot’ from push into original content  —  New York—The settlement between Google and Viacom that ended a seven-year legal battle over the appearance of copyrighted video …
David Lieberman / Deadline.com:
Discovery Founder John Hendricks Will Retire In May  —  This is a milestone for the company, and the cable industry.  John Hendricks is one of the business' most influential programming pioneers, and possibly the most authentic and humble media mogul I ever met.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Yahoo's Tumblr First TV Ad Deal Is with Viacom  —  Tumblr, the blogging site Yahoo bought last year for $1.1 billion, has secured an advertising deal with Viacom, which plans to pitch cobranded campaigns on the site to marketers tied to TV programming for networks including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
David Smith / Guardian:
Rwanda criticised over media harassment after hostile tweets exposed  —  Press freedom group condemns government after US journalist who linked Twitter bullying to president's office is deported  —  Rwanda has been accused of “unacceptable acts of harassment and intimidation” …
Johana Bhuiyan / Capital New York:
The New Republic to launch public policy vertical led by Jonathan Cohn  —  T.N.R. to go deep on policy  —  The New Republic will be rolling out a new public policy vertical led by senior editor Jonathan Cohn, T.N.R. editorial director Michael Schaffer told Capital.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
Screenburn raises $500k to help sell films and music on Facebook  —  British startup has already worked with Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones on video-on-demand films  —  Paul McCartney is one of the musicians to have worked with Screenburn.  —  British technology startup Screenburn …
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