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5:55 PM ET, April 1, 2014

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Jennifer Bjorhus / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor makes cash offer to buy Minneapolis Star Tribune  —  Glen Taylor makes move to buy Star Tribune  —  Taylor said Star Tribune will operate as a stand alone news organization.  —  Minnesota business magnate Glen Taylor has made a formal offer …
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
Comcast Plans $2.5 Billion More in Stock Buybacks  —  Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is planning to increase its share buyback program by more than 80 percent if investors approve its $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc., boosting shareholder returns.  —  Comcast will add $2.5 billion …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Reuters:
Comcast Stock Drop Complicates TWC Deal  —  Takeover Value Falls to $144 a Share, Giving Charter a Possible Opening  —  Comcast Corp.'s deal to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. has run into an unexpected source of turbulence: a weak stock price.  —  In the nearly seven weeks since the deal was announced …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Bloomberg considering launch of new politics site; in talks with John Heilemann and Mark Halperin  —  ‘Game change’ for Bloomberg?  —  As part of a developing digital strategy, Bloomberg L.P. has talked to the prominent political journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about launching …
Discussion: @joepompeo and @alexweprin
Philiana Ng / Hollywood Reporter:
Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Racial Tweet Outcry With ‘Colbert Report’ Segment  —  “The dark forces trying to silence my message of core conservative principles mixed with youth-friendly product placement have been thwarted,” Colbert said in Monday's episode, dedicated to the controversy.
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
London Live's top-rated show draws 22,000 viewers  —  Not the One Show pulls highest audience of night for new channel, but its repeat of Channel 4's Misfits reached just 2,000  —  Not the One Show: its mix of entertainment and current affairs made it the most popular show on the new channel
Discussion: AdAge and The Independent
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Upworthy moves into native advertising, inks ad deal with Unilever  —  Upworthy to Run Native Ads That Try to Make You Feel Good  —  Viral Site Eyes Revenue, Signs Unilever as Sponsor  —  Ad Age Digital Conference 2014  —  After two years of building a formidable traffic machine …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Thanks:@joshluger
Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:
Forbes' Lewis DVorkin responds to criticism of linking journalists pay to web traffic  —  Inside Forbes: The Role of Pay and Traffic in Our Search for a New Media Equation  —  Full disclosure: I've used this headline before.  Actually, only the second half of it.
Discussion: Gigaom, FishbowlNY and @davisshaver
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
‘60 Minutes’ Apologizes for Audio Editing in Tesla Report  —  “60 Minutes” has apologized for an editing error in Scott Pelley's feature on Tesla founder Elon Musk Sunday night.  —  As an electric car, the Tesla Model S doesn't make a typical engine noise, so the editor added some sound for effect.
Ed Sussman / PandoDaily:
A framework for social journalism by former fastcompany.com chief Ed Sussman  —  The New Rules of Social Journalism: A Proposal  —  My timing was not ideal.  —  Last Thursday, Fortune reported that a number of guest contributors on Forbes.com, Seeking Alpha, Wall Street Cheat Sheet …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Deadspin's Manti Te'o story among finalists for Mirror awards, honouring media reporting  —  Mirror Awards finalists announced  —  The 2014 Mirror Awards, which honor media industry reporting, announced their finalists Tuesday.  Winners will be announced June 4.
Richard Prince / The Maynard Institute:
FCC Vote Praised as Saving Jobs, Ownership Diversity  —  By 3-2, Panel Takes Action Against Media Consolidation  —  Diverse Startup Adds German Conglomerate as Backer  —  New Magazine Funded by Black Conservatives, Not Paper  —  Chavez Film Gains Following Where Leader Was Active
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
News Corp wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over phone hacking  —  (Reuters) - News Corp, its Chairman Rupert Murdoch and other top officials have won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders by concealing widespread, illegal phone hacking at two of its British newspapers.
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline.com
 
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Liz Shannon Miller / Gigaom:
The new British invasion: Why Amazon, Hulu and Netflix love UK TV shows
Paul Carr / PandoDaily:
Editor of Gawker's “Intern Horrors” section no longer suing Gawker over horrible internship
The Wrap:
Blue Ant Media Invests in YouTube Network Omnia Media
Discussion: Digital Journal
Todd Spangler / Variety:
StyleHaul Taps Paramount Exec as Content Chief (Exclusive)
Discussion: Tubefilter
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify Poaches Googler Alexander Kubaneishvili To Head Russia, Q3 Launch Planned
Discussion: VentureBeat
Press Gazette:
Glenn Greenwald named this year's recipient of the University of Georgia's McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage
Discussion: Washington Times
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Former Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt talks about new vertical, The Upshot
Discussion: @joepompeo
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Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch:
Jawbone acquires personalised music playlist app Playground.fm, deal said to be over 8 figures
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