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5:40 PM ET, March 3, 2015

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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBCUniversal in early talks to bring former news president Andrew Lack back in senior role  —  NBC News Shakeup: Andrew Lack in Talks to Return in Top Role (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Former NBC News president Andrew Lack is in negotiations to return to a top post at the news division …
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Ben Thompson / stratechery:
What makes BuzzFeed the world's most important news organization is that it has a great business model  —  Why BuzzFeed is the Most Important News Organization in the World  —  Like a great many such things, some of journalism's most precious ideals were the happy result of geography and economics.
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg Business:
Saturday Night Live partners with tech firm Sohu.com to create a Chinese version of the show  —  ‘Saturday Night Live’ Going to China Through Sohu Partnership  —  Live from China: It's Saturday Night.  After 40 years as a weekend staple on U.S. television screens, “Saturday Night Live” …
Reuters:
Fugitive ex-U.S. spy Snowden in talks on returning home: lawyer  —  (Reuters) - A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor who leaked details of the government's mass surveillance programs was working with American and German lawyers to return home.
Susan Milligan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Gulf grows between White House and press corps as Obama's team manages news with its own tools  —  The president and the press  —  THE DAY AFTER the 2014 midterm elections was not a time of celebration for the losing Democrats, and the White House press corps was determined to get the party's …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Poynter's longtime faculty member Jill Geisler joins Loyola University as Bill Plante Chair of Leadership and Media Integrity  —  Jill Geisler joins Loyola University  —  Jill Geisler is Loyola University's first Bill Plante Chair of Leadership and Media Integrity, according to a news release from the university.
Discussion: @jillgeisler and @kristenhare
Harrison Weber / VentureBeat:
Change.org buys Versa, the sponsored commenting platform, will absorb Versa team of three and shut down service  —  With 90M users, Change.org buys Versa to expand its petition platform  —  Today Change.org, a rather large site for creating and promoting petitions, announced its third acquisition: Versa.
Discussion: Change.org
Sue-Lin Wong / Reuters:
Netflix eyes entering tricky China market on its own  —  (Reuters) - U.S. video service provider Netflix Inc is likely to enter the Chinese market without a local partner, which could make it harder to do business in the world's biggest internet market widely known for censorship and strict regulation.
Jeremy Caplan / Idea Lab:
Tow-Knight Announces a Record 21 New Fellows  —  We recently welcomed our fifth cohort, our biggest ever, with 21 fellows from eight countries.  In addition to developing their own startup projects and taking entrepreneurial journalism classes, our fellows will participate in weekly workshops …
Henning Meyer / Social Europe:
Poor reporting from Axel Springer's main titles raises questions about quality of Politico.EU before it's even launched  —  “Will POLITICO.EU Be Like ‘Die Welt’ And ‘BILD’?” by Henning Meyer  —  The European media scene is in for a bit of a shake-up in the coming months.
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 …
 
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