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8:05 PM ET, March 4, 2015

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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's use of private email helped stonewall FOIA requests by Gawker and the Associated Press  —  Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests  —  WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP considering legal action for Clinton docs  —  The Associated Press is considering legal action for extremely long delays on its Freedom of Information Act requests for records related to Hillary Clinton's tenure at the Department of State.  —  “We have not received any documents yet …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Longtime Clinton aide Philippe Reines exchanges barbs about FOIA and email records with reporters for Free Beacon and Gawker, copying in other reporters  —  So, Philippe Reines Sent Us an Email  —  Philippe Reines, the longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, sent Gawker a long note last night …
Michael Learmonth / International Business Times:
Sources: HBO's new streaming service to be called “HBO Now”, will cost $15/month, include Apple TV as launch partner  —  HBO In Talks With Apple To Be Launch Partner For Coming Web Service ‘HBO Now’: Exclusive  —  HBO is in talks with Apple to make Apple TV one of the launch partners …
James King / Gawker:
Former Daily Mail US writer talks about the publication's dishonesty, sensationalism, plagiarism, more  —  My Year Ripping Off the Web with the Daily Mail Online  —  On July 11 of last year, I arrived to work at the MailOnline newsroom in New York City and saw Keith Poole, our managing editor, standing outside smoking a cigarette.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Weak Tribune Publishing and Scripps earnings make the case for spinning off newspapers
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
AP will use software to write NCAA game stories  —  Automated Insights, a company that provides language generation software to The Associated Press and other organizations, announced Wednesday the news cooperative will use the software to produce thousands of stories about collegiate sports.
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Guardian:
BBC to broadcast Delhi rape documentary banned in India on BBC4 tonight at 10pm  —  India's Daughter: BBC brings forward airing of Delhi rape documentary  —  Film on brutal attack on Jyoti Singh to be broadcast in UK on Wednesday night despite being banned by Indian authorities
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Annie Banerji / Agence France-Presse:
India bans broadcast of BBC film showing gang-rapist
Brent Lang / Variety:
Major theater chains to boycott Netflix-owned drama over simultaneous streaming and theatrical release plans  —  Major Theater Chains to Boycott Netflix's ‘Beasts of No Nation’  —  Major theater chains will boycott the release of “Beasts of No Nation,” the Cary Fukunaga drama that Netflix bought …
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Interview with Hearst exec Steve Swartz on investment in business media, spinouts, and streaming  —  Cosmo Aside, Information Is Sexy for Hearst  —  Magazine and TV giant invests in business media and young digital brands  —  As chief executive of Hearst Corp., Steve Swartz leads …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
China Monthly Box Office Tops U.S. for First Time Ever  —  Chinese box-office revenue edged ahead of the United States in February for the first time ever as a record Lunar New Year bonanza brought in $650 million in the second-largest movie market, according to data from research firm Entgroup.
Nate Rau / The Tennessean:
US legislators reintroduce Songwriter Equity Act that allows royalty rate board more leeway in setting digital rates  —  Songwriter Equity Act introduced again in Congress  —  A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation designed to give songwriters and publishers more favorable digital royalty payments.
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Rupert Murdoch's UK company pays out over email hacking claim  —  British-Irish Rights Watch wins confidential settlement over legal action  —  It has emerged that a legal claim over email hacking made against Rupert Murdoch's former UK outfit, News International, has been quietly settled.
Discussion: @themurdochtimes and @brehonisbest
 
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