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7:15 PM ET, March 6, 2015

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New York Times:
Study finds at least 46K Twitter accounts linked to ISIS; from September to December Twitter suspended 1K accounts  —  ISIS Is Adept on Twitter, Study Finds  —  The Islamic State, the violent extremist group that espouses a return to a seventh-century caliphate, has been astonishingly successful …
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Sean Augustine-Obi / Capital New York:
Brooklyn-based digital magazine Bklynr folds after two years  —  After 44 issues, the Brooklyn digital magazine Bklynr announced on Thursday that the publication was shutting down.  —  In an email to staff and contributors, founding editors Thomas Rhiel and Raphael Pope-Sussman announced …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple negotiates with music labels for streaming licenses that would forego free tier, allow high-profile artists to distribute with Apple first  —  Apple, Music Labels Push Against Free Music on Spotify, YouTube  —  Right now it's easy to stream any song you want, whenever you want, legally, without paying a penny.
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
New editor Impoco has Newsweek back in the black  —  Newsweek hopes to expand editorial staff to 100 by next year.  —  One year after the embattled Newsweek returned to print as a small run weekly, Editor-in-Chief Jim Impoco has apparently done something that eluded previous high-flying editors Tina Brown …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Andy Lack named chairman of NBC News and MSNBC  —  Andy Lack, the former NBC executive who was rumored to be considering a return to the network, has been named chairman of NBC News and MSNBC, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke announced in a memo to staff Friday.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Tests New Ways To Mix Ads With News  —  Do ads belong in the ubiquitous news ticker that scrolls along during so many TV-news broadcasts?  CNN is willing to find out.  —  The Time Warner-owned cable-news outlet is open to the idea of running an advertiser's logo in its bottom-of-the-screen zipper …
Discussion: NewscastStudio, @bristei and FTVLive
Pedro Servin / Associated Press:
Paraguayan Journalist Shot to Death Along Brazil Border  —  A Paraguayan radio journalist has been shot to death in a Brazilian city bordering a crime-ridden area that is a hotbed for drugs and arms smuggling, officials said on Friday.  —  Gerardo Servian worked for a local radio station near the city of Pedro Juan Caballero.
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
The Times digital team launches open-source ‘quoteable’ image tool  —  The Times and Sunday Times is following in the footsteps of Vox Media and NPR by creating its own open-source image creation tool  —  Credit: Image by opensource.com on Flickr.  Some rights reserved.
Discussion: mUmBRELLA
Jack Riley / Nieman Lab:
How publishers like the Financial Times and Circa are thinking about using smartwatches for notifications, personalization, and revenue  —  The next stage in the battle for our attention: Our wrists  —  Editor's note: On Monday, Apple is expected to formally launch the Apple Watch, which will go on sale next month.
Discussion: @stumackintosh and @_jackriley
Rohin Dhar / Priceonomics Blog:
Top sites for Buzzfeed images include Tumblr, Instagram, Getty, YouTube, Flickr, Imgur, Giphy  —  Where Does BuzzFeed Source Its Content From?  —  BuzzFeed, the internet culture / news / listicle website, is on a roll.  Their ability to find interesting content on the internet is the envy of the media world.
Toledo Blade‎:
US government agrees to pay Toledo Blade $18K after seizing photographer's camera and deleting photos  —  Blade gets $18,000 from government for deleted photos  —  In what was seen as a victory for First Amendment rights, the U.S. government agreed Thursday to pay The Blade $18,000 for seizing …
Discussion: @jonathanwpeters and @onanews
 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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