Mediagazer: Twitter introducing 15 new ad types over the next 6 months, will debut app ads in a few weeks (Yoree Koh/Wall Street Journal)

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Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Vox.com looks to technology to move beyond constraints of print media — Vox.com Takes Melding of Journalism and Technology to Next Level — WASHINGTON — Ask Ezra Klein what prompted him to leave a high-profile position at The Washington Post to start a new website, and the answer is a little wonkish …

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Vox:

Welcome to Vox: a work in progress — Welcome to Vox.com! Again! On March 9, we launched Vox.com, which included our first videos, and we started talking to readers on our Facebook page and on our Twitter feed. Today marks phase two of Vox's launch: the beginning of our effort to build …

Discussion: New York Magazine, @binarybits, @stevebenen, @rafat, @bankoff, @jayrosen_nyu, @bankoff, @buzzfeedben, @blehnert, @jeffjarvis, @justinwolfers, @jeffjarvis, @clockwerks, @ezraklein, @mathewi, @reckless, @drew, @reckless, @reckless, @ismh, @backlon, @jeffjarvis and @fionaspruill

Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:

Snowden docs show GCHQ discussed using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for covert propaganda — The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket — A woman uses her cellphone as she sits on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Image credit: Franklin Reyes/AP

Discussion: Softpedia News and RT

David Rodnitzky / Marketing Land:

Some native advertising probably violates US FTC rules, but strict enforcement is unlikely — Is Native Advertising Legal? Does It Matter? — I start this article with three controversial statements: — Native advertisers and publishers will profit tremendously from these violations …

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Martin Weil / Washington Post:

Charles S. Stone Jr, founder of National Association of Black Journalists, dies at 89 — Charles S. Stone Jr., journalist and professor, dies at 89 — Charles S. (Chuck) Stone Jr., a prominent and pioneering American journalist who touched and shaped many lives as a big-city newspaper columnist …

David Carr / New York Times:

Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow — It is hard to say how rugged the questions will be when Comcast goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to defend its proposed megamerger with Time Warner Cable. — We do know that Comcast is feeling pretty confident about its chances.

Discussion: @samgustin

Columbia Journalism Review:

Can The Washington Post's national push help support local news? — When The Washington Post announced in mid-March that it would provide free digital access to subscribers of a half-dozen local papers around the country, the consensus take was clear: After years of hesitation, the Post …

Luke Harding / Guardian:

Kidnapped Ukrainian journalist's body found near Kiev — Friends of Vasily Sergiyenko, who was also a member of the right-wing Svoboda party, say he was tortured before being killed — The body of a kidnapped journalist who took part in protests against Ukraine's president Viktor Yanukovych …

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Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Android TV revealed: Google's simple set-top box interface for movies, shows, apps, and games — Exclusive: this is Android TV — Google's plans for the living room come into focus with a simple TV interface, apps, and games — Every so often, some enterprising computer company will claim they've finally fixed the TV.

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Megan Rose Dickey / Business Insider:

How Techmeme Became The Must-Read News Site For Everyone In The Multibillion-Dollar Tech Industry — Over the past 10 years, the technology industry has evolved from photo-sharing websites like Flickr to photo-sharing apps like Instagram. — And, we suppose, there's been a few other changes along the way.

Discussion: @hunterwalk, @rafat, @jtemple and @caseynewton

Adrienne LaFrance / Medium:

Journalists need to look outside of journalism to reinvent the future of news archives — Journalists need to look outside of journalism to reinvent the future of news archives — To understand how the news industry has transformed in the past decade and a half, it helps to consider …

Myriam Robin / Crikey:

The new media cadets: older, more experienced, exhausted by the climb — In today's competitive hustle for journalism jobs, you're never too old or too qualified for an entry-level position. Crikey goes behind the scenes on Fairfax's gruelling cadet application process

Discussion: @crikey_news