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10:20 PM ET, March 24, 2014

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Jim Romenesko:
Ben Richardson quits Bloomberg News over handling of investigative piece  —  Ben Richardson has resigned from Bloomberg News after 13 years to protest editors' handling of an investigative piece reported from China - a story that the bosses feared would get them expelled from the country.
Ronald Grover / Reuters:
Exclusive: Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million  —  (Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios for $500 million, becoming a major online video distributor through the purchase of one of YouTube's largest networks, according to a person familiar with the deal.
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Why Disney Is Taking the Huge Risk of Buying Maker Studios  —  Commentary: MCN model still unproven but there are plenty of ancillary benefits to the purchase  —  By Disney standards, acquiring Maker Studios for less than $1 billion is chump change considering the eye-popping purchases the conglomerate has made over the years.
Discussion: AdAge
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Bob Iger: ‘Work Ethic, Intellect and Curiosity’ Helped Ben Sherwood Land Top Disney Job  —  It was no knee-jerk appointment: Bob Iger's decision to name ABC News chief Ben Sherwood as Anne Sweeney's successor atop Disney/ABC TV Group had been in the works for nine months. as far as Iger was concerned.
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Back to the newsroom: A new program lets professors go back to the thick of today's news work  —  Before joining the faculty of Savannah State University last year to teach multimedia journalism, Jessica Sparks had spent her career working for local, community news organizations like Bluffton Today …
Discussion: @raju
Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Meet Business Insider's Newest Political Columnist — Anthony Weiner  —  Business Insider is very pleased to announce former New York City mayoral candidate and Congressman Anthony Weiner will be contributing a new monthly column to our politics page.  —  The new column, which will be titled …
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Bloomberg hires Inside.com CCO Gabriel Snyder and ex-AOL Live president Nathan Richardson  —  Bloomberg Media Makes First Moves Toward New Digital Products  —  Justin Smith has taken the first major steps in his revamp of Bloomberg Media with the hiring of former AOL Live president Nathan Richardson …
New York Times:
Journalists Group and Internet Lawyers Challenge Turkey's Ban on Twitter  —  ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's leading press organization and two experts in Internet law took legal action Monday to try to overturn a government ban on Twitter, even as the government intensified its efforts to block access to the social media site.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Apple-Comcast TV Pact?  Don't Hold Your Breath  —  A long history of failed dealmaking should cast doubt on this one working out  —  The mere prospect that Apple and Comcast could be joining forces for a new joint TV service, as the Wall Street Journal first reported Sunday, has revived a fresh round of hyperventilation.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Shares Tumble Following Apple-Comcast Report
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and TVWeek.com
Nitsuh Abebe / New York Magazine:
Watching Team Upworthy Work Is Enough to Make You a Cynic.  Or Lose Your Cynicism.  Or Both.  Or Neither.  —  Rebecca Eisenberg, an editor for the viral website Upworthy, works from the back of her Jersey City apartment, surrounded by Star Trek posters, felt ­Muppet versions of herself …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
In Hollywood News Wars, TheWrap Rebounds  —  LOS ANGELES — Talk about going from fizzle to sizzle.  —  A year ago, TheWrap.com was still trundling along as an also-ran in Hollywood's hotly competitive trade news wars.  The Hollywood Reporter was riding a slick redesign.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
iTunes Radio Gets News Radio, Via NPR  —  When iTunes Radio launched last fall, the service was designed for music fans (and music labels).  Now it is branching out: National Public Radio is adding the first news station to Apple's audio streaming service, with more on the way.
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
The Verge hires Matthew Schnipper as deputy Managing Editor to oversee longform and culture  —  Don't call it a tech blog.  Vox Media's The Verge may be best known for its Apple event liveblogs and product design deep-dives, but the site has also reviewed films like “Divergent” and reported on the U.S. military's toxic burn pits.
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Bloomberg:
Murdoch-Backed Vice Media Weighs IPO With Gonzo Reports  —  Vice Media Inc., the company that combines punk culture with online journalism, is poised to double revenue to $1 billion by 2016 and may pursue an initial public offering, co-founder Shane Smith said.
 
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Record numbers are watching March Madness online, but only the good parts
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Press Gazette:
Labour backs licence fee law change: ‘No one wants to see people in prison for non-payment’
Discussion: Forbes
Laura Hazard Owen / Gigaom:
New York Public Library partners with Zola to offer algorithmic book recommendations
Discussion: GalleyCat and The Verge
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
TV news presenters join campaign to free jailed Al-Jazeera journalists
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Rowena Mason / Guardian:
Downloads of books, music and apps in the UK could face 20% value-added tax starting in 2015
Miles Weaver / ReadWrite:
The Remote Control Needs To Die So The Television Can Live
Discussion: @rjcc
Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
For the WSJ, access doesn't pay off
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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