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9:45 PM ET, March 11, 2015

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Celeste LeCompte / Nieman Lab:
In media companies, the editorial staff shouldn't be kept in the dark about finances  —  When a tiny post appeared on Gigaom Monday night, noting that the company had ceased operations and was now controlled by its creditors, every push notification I allow on my phone started buzzing, flashing, and beeping.
Discussion: @justinnxt
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Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Gigaom's Mathew Ingram on the site's sudden closure: “One minute you're working on a story, and the next minute someone is telling you you don't have a job”
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Associated Press sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records after repeated unfulfilled FOIA requests, including one from 5 years ago  —  AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal:
Guardian corrects, clarifies articles on Whisper app privacy, takes down commentary post  —  Guardian Backpedals on Whisper App Privacy Violations  —  The Guardian on Tuesday clarified and corrected a series of controversial articles it published late last year about Whisper, a mobile app designed to transmit messages anonymously.
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Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Ex-soccer player Paul Gascoigne says Mirror Group phone hacking drove him to severe paranoia and alcoholism
Discussion: Associated Press
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Jay Rosen's NYU class releases trailer and website from Future of New York Times course  —  The Future of The Times, as Seen by an N.Y.U. Class  —  Jay Rosen, who does lots of innovative things in his role as journalism professor at New York University, came up with a new wrinkle for the current semester …
Discussion: @jmcunning and Poynter
John McDermott / Digiday:
Snapchat seeking deals with sports leagues and networks to feature live sports, starting with NCAA Final Four, plans ad revenue split  —  Coming to Snapchat: live sports broadcasting  —  Snapchat has grand ambitions to become a dominant mobile media platform, and it has taken one step closer with live sports.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media Launches Entertainment Division, Signs With WME (Exclusive)  —  A version of this story first appeared in the March 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.  —  Vox Media is looking to video for its future.  —  The digital media company, which owns and operates a collection …
Kevin Young / BBC Blogs:
Behind BBC's “Live and Social” desk, which verifies breaking news on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and regularly beats wires  —  When Twitter's ahead of the wires it pays to be ‘Live and Social’  —  is a senior broadcast journalist in the BBC Newsroom
Discussion: @dw_innovation and @sarahmarshall
Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Outgoing White House comms director Dan Pfeiffer: disaggregation of media makes impact harder to achieve, but going direct to specific audiences is easier  —  How Obama Became a YouTube (and Buzzfeed, and Funny or Die...) Star  —  White House Communications Czar Dan Pfeiffer reveals the strategy …
Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Nokia paying Wired magazine millions to produce editorial-style site MakeTechHuman in year-long content marketing campaign  —  Nokia Taps Wired for Seven-Figure Content-Marketing Campaign  —  Magazine's Brand Lab Plans to Tackle Thorny Topics  —  Nokia — the technology supplier …
Discussion: Forbes
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Leslie Moonves: Showtime OTT Service Coming in ‘Not Too Distant Future’  —  CBS Corp. chief Leslie Moonves has made it clear that Showtime is poised to join HBO in offering an OTT service “in the not too distant future.”  —  Speaking Wednesday morning at the Deutsche Bank investor conference …
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Inside The Blade's settlement with the US government  —  The US government and The Blade of Toledo, OH, agree on at least one thing: The government owes the newspaper $18,000.  —  That's the result of a settlement agreement announced last week that arises from a March 2014 incident …
Capital New York:
Interview with Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler on competition, Reuters TV, websites, layoffs, Jack Shafer, more  —  The 60-second interview: Stephen Adler, editor in chief, Reuters  —  CAPITAL: Reuters has competed historically against newswires like the Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Joe Otterson / The Wrap:
AwesomenessTV, DreamworksTV Team With Verizon on Over-the-Top Channels  —  AwesomenessTV and DreamworksTV are teaming up with Verizon for two new over-the-top channels, the companies announced on Wednesday.  —  The multi-platform AwesomenessTV will produce more than 200 hours of original content per year for the wireless provider.
Sonia Perez D. / Associated Press:
Gunmen kill 2 journalists in southern town in Guatemala  —  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed two journalists and wounded a third Tuesday as they walked in a park in southern Guatemala, the editor of Prensa Libre newspaper said.  —  Danilo Lopez, the local correspondent for Prensa Libre …
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Seattle's GeekWire marks four years as an indie tech news site, profitable and growing, funded through ads, events, membership  —  GeekWire at 4 years: How we've evolved, and what's next in our startup adventure  —  Four years ago this week, we left our jobs at a big media company and launched GeekWire …
 
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Chris Davies / SlashGear:
After 11 hours, the App Store and iTunes are back online
Wall Street Journal:
Sony to offer PlayStation Vue Internet TV service in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia within two weeks, plans nationwide rollout by the end of the year
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times Launches City Guide/New York, a Chinese-Language Print Publication …
Discussion: Capital New York
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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
The Times's media editor, Alex Spence, departs after Page 3 drama
Discussion: @anyabike and Press Gazette
David Gilbert / International Business Times:
Anonymous launches boycott of Daily Dot after it published a review by a hacker who worked with FBI
Discussion: The Hill