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4:40 AM ET, March 8, 2015

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The Awl:
The Awl's “Concessionist” takes on the myopism of a writer with severe BuzzFeed envy  —  I Hate Myself Because I Don't Work For BuzzFeed  —  The Concessionist gives advice each weekend about the sordid choices of real life.  Trouble?  Write today.  —  Hi Concessionist,
Toronto Star:
Toronto Star eliminating its paid digital subscriptions on April 1, making all content free  —  Note to Readers: Star to end paid digital subscriptions on April 1  —  We are announcing the cancellation of Digital Access, our paid digital subscription program for readers of our website, thestar.com, effective April 1, 2015.
Discussion: @mathewi and @ivortossell
Ilya Marritz / WNYC News:
Deal with New York State allows Time Inc. to cut 917 jobs by 2017 and still retain subsidies  —  Taxpayer Subsidy Allows Time Inc. To Slash Jobs  —  Time Inc., the publisher of Time, Sports Illustrated, People, and many other magazines, is planning a move from Midtown to downtown Manhattan, with the help of public subsidies.
Discussion: @thesnydes, @jimschachter and Mediaite
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Guardian's reporting on CIA-style “black site” for detentions by Chicago police gets scant follow-up from local media  —  The Guardian's Homan Square story was huge on the internet—but not in Chicago media  —  CHICAGO, IL — On Election Day just over a week ago …
Discussion: Beachwood Reporter and @cjr
Ed Sherman / Poynter:
ESPN's 12K word Alex Rodriquez profile doesn't quote the athlete once; writer says it would detract from what he wanted to accomplish with the story  —  Why there's not a single Alex Rodriguez quote in ESPN's 12,000-word profile  —  J. R. Moehringer spent more than 100 hours with Alex Rodriguez.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Major Chinese internet firms including Youku and Tencent delete links to pollution documentary “Under the Dome”  —  China Blocks Web Access to Documentary on Nation's Air Pollution  —  BEIJING — “Under the Dome,” a searing documentary about China's catastrophic air pollution …
Chris Leo Palermino / Digital Trends:
New report finds 119M people listen to online radio weekly and 45% of them use Pandora  —  Who's the king of online radio?  New report crowns the winner  —  Online streaming music has been abuzz for years now, but how many people are actually listening?  What's the most popular service?
Discussion: Billboard and SlashGear
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
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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Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Pandora to release day pass for ad-free listening  —  Credit: Shutterstock / Evgeny Korshenkov  —  Credit: Shutterstock / Evgeny Korshenkov  —  Pandora is looking to add a paid day pass to its service later this year, company executives revealed during Pandora's investor day Thursday.
Discussion: SlashGear and The Verge
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.
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.
 
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Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
The Times digital team launches open-source ‘quoteable’ image tool
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sling TV's Web-TV Service Attracts at Least 100,000 Sign-Ups in Its First Month
Discussion: Multichannel News
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