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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 …
Arunima / IBNLive:
India plans legal action against maker of film about Delhi rape, asks that documentary not be broadcast anywhere in the world — Make sure Nirbhaya documentary is not aired abroad: Rajnath Singh to BBC, MEA, I&B Ministry — New Delhi: After banning the screening of Nirbhaya documentary …
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The Hindu, Firstpost, BizAsia UK, dna, @ibnlive and @tufailelif
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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 …
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Forbes, Quartz, Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, Netflix Life, Shadow and Act, Telegraph, Gigaom and Engadget
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.
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@brehonisbest and @themurdochtimes
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.
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CHINAdaily, New York Times, CNNMoney, Guardian, Guardian, Sky News, Quartz, EW.com, @rebeccaruiz, @melsil, The Week, Forbes and /Film
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Tribune Publishing Q4 misses earnings estimates, revenue down 5.5% to $457M, ended 2014 with 659K paid digital users, 61K digital-only subs — Tribune Publishing Company Misses Earnings Estimates, Tops Revenue Expectations — Tribune Publishing Company (TPUB) unveiled its fourth quarter 2014 financials …
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Capital New York, NetNewsCheck Latest, Associated Press, Chicago Tribune and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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Media Wire Daily and FishbowlNY
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Publishers love WhatsApp's click-through rates, but struggle with lack of metrics about users and management of news alerts — Publishers love Whatsapp's potential, but struggle with execution — Publishers have a love-hate relationship with WhatsApp. While many are seeing big numbers …
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@sarahmarshall
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Andrew Lack's return to NBC would drive a major executive shakeup and “near-guarantee” the reinstatement of Williams as Nightly News anchor — Andrew Lack's return to NBC could signal return of Brian Williams — Former NBC News president Andrew Lack's return to 30 Rock …
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Inside Cable News, Mediaite and Variety
T.R. Goldman / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Tampa Bay Times, with a distinguished history and multiple Pulitzers, must achieve financial stability and accelerate its digital transition to survive — What will happen to the Tampa Bay Times? — They are barely noticeable on the cream-colored wall of the seventh floor executive suite …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Ascap Topped $1 Billion in Revenue Last Year, Lifted by Streaming — Ascap, the music licensing agency, is in one sense fighting for its survival, seeking to change decades-old rules to fit the economics of online music. In another, it is finding ways to distribute more money than ever to its thousands of songwriters.
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Hollywood Reporter, Tennessean.com, Music Business Worldwide, Music Week, Radioandmusic.com and Billboard
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Newsquest's pro-Scottish independence title The National launches website behind metered paywall — Newsquest's pro-independence daily The National has launched a new website, www.thenational.scot, behind a metered paywall. — The title, a sister to the Herald, Sunday Herald and the Evening Times …
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HoldTheFrontPage and allmediascotland
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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