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9:40 AM ET, March 3, 2015

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Tumblr Staff:
Tumblr metrics on #TheDress: 73M pageviews on original post, 140K pageviews per minute between 10:30-11:30 p.m. Thursday night  —  Remember last Thursday, when a single slip of fabric covered up the whole internet?  Here's a few stats about exactly how much and how quickly that dress blew up.
Discussion: CNNMoney and CBS Los Angeles
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Former NYC mayor candidate and supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis may be negotiating to buy New York Daily News  —  John Catsimatidis is mystery man behind Daily News sale  —  Maverick supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis is said to be the mystery suitor negotiating to buy the embattled Daily News from Mort Zuckerman.
Jamil Smith / The New Republic:
News organizations shouldn't just promise to “cover race”; they should dedicate a beat to it  —  Working on the Race Beat  —  The future of racial coverage at The New York Times and elsewhere  —  In November 2013, Tanzina Vega, a young reporter for The New York Times …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Sony Pictures TV Inks Deal With French Paybox OCS  —  PARIS- French paybox Orange Cinema Series (OCS) has signed a multi-year with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to gain exclusive first-window rights to the U.S. studio's movies and TV series.  —  OCS, which is majority owned by French telco Orange …
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Phone hacking widespread at Mirror titles, court told  —  Illegal practice allegedly rife on Daily Mirror, according to barrister acting for eight victims including Sadie Frost and Paul Gascoigne  —  Phone hacking was “in widespread and habitual use” at the Daily Mirror …
Discussion: BBC, @gazthejourno and @tamdeanburn
Matthew Keys:
Former Reuters deputy social media editor Matthew Keys announces $2.25-a-month premium membership option for The Feed newswire  —  The Feed: Introducing New Full Access Membership Plans  —  Today, I'm announcing a new paid membership service for The Feed, the media monitoring tool I've developed …
Discussion: @matthewkeyslive
Capital New York:
The 60-second interview: Scott Dadich, editor in chief, Wired, and Kim Kelleher, vice president and publisher  —  CAPITAL: How long has the redesign been in the works?  What was the initial impetus for it?  —  DADICH: You will think I'm exaggerating, but I literally started …
Debbie Emery / The Wrap:
Keith Olbermann returns from ESPN suspension, offers six-and-a-half minute apology for his Penn State tweets  —  Keith Olbermann Returns From ESPN Suspension, Calls His Penn State Tweets ‘Stupid and Immature’ (Video)  —  Keith Olbermann returned to ESPN2 on Monday after being suspended …
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Uber launches a quarterly print magazine, Momentum, for drivers in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Ohio, and Oklahoma  —  Uber just launched a quarterly print magazine, Momentum  —  Here's something different.  —  Uber, the $41 billion ride hailing company …
Niall Kennedy / The Twitter Blog:
Embed Twitter-hosted video on your website  —  With the new embedded video widget, you can highlight Twitter-hosted video on your website, enhanced by the same JavaScript used to render Tweet buttons and embedded Tweets.  —  Video embeds are available for videos captured …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube and Turner Sports partner to offer March Madness college basketball highlights  —  YouTube to Showcase March Madness Highlights  —  YouTube wants in on the madness.  —  The Web video powerhouse has seen Twitter strike deals to showcase both National Football League …
 
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William Dotinga / Courthouse News Service:
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Discussion: FishbowlNY
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted
 
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