Mediagazer: Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter launches news site focused on tech, music and pop-culture, Smashd.co, ad-free at launch (Andrew Hampp/Billboard)

8:15 PM ET, March 2, 2015

Top News:

Bill O'Reilly's Own Video From Falklands Protest Contradicts His “War Zone” Claim — He has said he saw civilians massacred in Buenos Aires. The report he filed at the time said nothing of the sort. — Throughout the controversy set off by a recent Mother Jones article …

Discussion: TVNewser, @clarajeffery, @davidcorndc, @katz, Mediaite, @keitholbermann, @jeremyschulman, @nickbaumann, NY Daily News and Business Insider

Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story

Discussion: Pressthink, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, @beychok and @brucebartlett

Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Fox: O'Reilly Didn't See Bombings In Ireland, But He Saw Photos Of Them

Discussion: Gawker and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: @jamilsmith, @keldyortiz, @justinnxt, @johnmcquaid, @chrisgeidner, @loisbeckett and @jamilahlemieux

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Yahoo TV Converts to Tumblr-Based Digital Magazine Format — Yahoo's TV news and reviews section has adopted the company's “digital magazine” format, a visually oriented design based on the Tumblr mico-blogging website. — The new Yahoo TV digital magazine is the 11th title in the format …

Discussion: VentureBeat and Tubefilter

Scott Dadich / Wired:

Wired launches redesigned responsive site, web pages now load twice as fast — WELCOME TO THE NEW WIRED — Welcome to the new WIRED. This site is the culmination of more than two years of work by dozens of super-talented people, people I'm proud to have as colleagues.

Discussion: Folio, FishbowlNY, @marcuswohlsen, @rwd, @lavrusik, @ryantate, @sdadich, @davatron5000 and Talking Biz News

Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:

The New Republic's investment arm buys part of analytics startup Parse.ly, deal said to be in “mid-six figures” — The New Republic's investment arm buys up a piece of analytics startup Parse.ly — The New Republic's investment arm has made its first move in buying a piece of web analytics firm Parse.ly.

Discussion: @rustyk5, @parsely and @guyvidra

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.

Discussion: New York Times, Page Six, Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine

Andrew Hampp / Billboard:

Atom Factory CEO Troy Carter launches news site focused on tech, music and pop-culture, Smashd.co, ad-free at launch — Troy Carter's Atom Factory Debuts News Vertical Smashd — Troy Carter has already successfully tackled artist management, tech start-ups and even his own bottled water.

Discussion: Smashd, @adampopescu, @atomfactory, @slobotski, @smashdco and @johnlegend

Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:

Netflix will launch in New Zealand and Australia on March 24 — Netflix is announcing that its video streaming services will become available in New Zealand and Australia on March 24, 2015. — The service will be available on smart televisions made by Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Philips …

Discussion: Netflix, ZDNet, mUmBRELLA and The Next Web

John Plunkett / Guardian:

Russia Today faces inquiry over anti-western comments in Ukraine debate — Media regulator to launch investigation into views expressed during Crosstalk programme on Kremlin-backed broadcaster — Russia Today is to be investigated by media regulator Ofcom over anti-western comments …

Discussion: @stacyherbert, The Intercept, @wolgadeutscher, @miriamelder, World News Publishing Focus …, @maxkeiser and @ggreenwald

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Weakened BBC Would See “American Tastemakers” Dominate U.K., Chief Says — BBC director general Tony Hall said Monday that the U.K. public broadcaster must become an online “pioneer” to remain a key player in the digital age, promising a “myBBC revolution.”

Discussion: @saramorrison

Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:

Vox Media Snags The Mary Sue Founder Susana Polo — Launched in 2011, The Mary Sue, a leading genre entertainment site for women, must now make do without its founder. That"s because Susana Polo (pictured) has chosen to move on to Vox Media's video game vertical Polygon to serve as the site's first entertainment editor.

Discussion: @nerdgerhl, @nerdgerhl, @bankoff, @geektrooper and The Huffington Post

Dugald Baird / Guardian:

BBC should face criminal action over Rwanda documentary, says inquiry — Rwandan committee claims it has ‘serious evidence of criminal offences’ relating to a controversial film that questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide — An inquiry in Rwanda has urged its government …

Discussion: allAfrica.com, UPI, Agence France-Presse, BBC and The Beacon Review

Financial Times:

Rebekah Brooks set to run Dublin-based Storyful — Former tabloid editor cleared in hacking trial returning to Murdoch's News Corp — Rebekah Brooks, the former tabloid editor who was cleared of all charges in Britain's phone hacking scandal, is returning to News Corp to run Storyful, the company's social media news agency.