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10:30 PM ET, March 12, 2015

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard's Apple Watch app integrates with iPhone for handoff of stories summarized on watch  —  Sneak Peek At Flipboard's Apple Watch App  —  Among the many new applications designed for Apple Watch, there are still a few big names who had yet to reveal how their apps will look and operate.
Discussion: Pocket-lint, Thai Tech and ReadWrite
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Helene Sears / Guardian:
Guardian Apple Watch app tailors news to time of day and week and features handoff to iPhone app  —  Introducing Moments from the Guardian App, built for Apple Watch  —  We're excited that soon the Guardian app will be updated with a brand-new experience created specially for Apple Watch …
Discussion: The Drum and Press Gazette
WWD:
WWD to change print frequency from daily to weekly beginning April 29  —  From the Editors: WWD Launching Weekly Format  —  The reader comes first.  That's the bedrock on which the best journalism is built and a core value of WWD for the past 105 years.  To better serve the global fashion …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Discover ad prices: $0.10/view, split 70/30 or 50/50 between publishers and Snapchat, depending on who sells ads  —  Snapchat's Discover Publishers Are Asking for Big Ad Rates — And They're Getting Them  —  Snapchat's Discover platform is one of the hottest properties in media.
Discussion: Business Insider and @kurtwagner8, Thanks:@steverubel
Tom Bergin / Reuters:
Google change allows company statements to top news searches  —  (Reuters) - A little-noticed change in the way Google selects search results has allowed company statements to top the list of news links shown when users search for information on businesses.  —  The measure may cost news …
Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Univision host Rodner Figueroa fired for racist Michelle Obama remark  —  In this June 22, 2014 file photo, Rodner Figueroa accepts the award for outstanding daytime talent in Spanish for “El Gordo y la Flaca” at the 41st annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Elena Milashina / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Russia files charges against Sergei Dorovskoi, accused of masterminding 2000 murder of journalist Igor Domnikov  —  In landmark case, Russia charges alleged mastermind in Domnikov murder  —  In an unprecedented move, investigators in Moscow officially filed charges today against Sergei Dorovskoi …
CB Insights:
Online media companies raised $813M in VC in 2014, a 145% increase over 2013, led by Vice with a pair of $250M investments in Q3  —  Venture Capitalists are Bullish on News: Funding to Media / Fat Content Startups Jumps 145% YoY  —  Venture capital investors continue to invade the media industry …
Bloomberg Business:
Charter in talks to buy Advance Publication's Bright House cable network in an all-stock deal worth about $12B  —  Charter Said in Talks to Buy Newhouse's Bright House Networks  —  (Bloomberg) — Charter Communications Inc., the U.S. cable company that was outbid in an effort to buy …
Jamie Talbot / Medium:
Medium lets select publications host Medium stories at their own domain in limited beta  —  Custom domains for publications  —  Everyone's stories and ideas, in more places.  —  Everyone who posts on Medium already owns the rights to the original content they publish …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal sign with Dutch ‘iTunes for news’  —  A picture of Blendle's laptop reader.  —  Business Insider |  Gigaom |  Nieman Lab  —  A trio of major American newspapers have signed up for Blendle, a so-called “iTunes for news” …
Natalie Mortimer / The Drum:
BBC to give out 1m coding devices to kids as part of new Make it Digital initiative  —  The BBC has launched a new digital initiative which will see 1 million coding devices distributed to to every child in year 7 across the UK.  —  The Make it Digital programme, which launched today …
John Consoli / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS and Turner say NCAA tournament ads have brought in 10% more revenue than last year  —  MBPT Spotlight: CBS, Turner Say They've Taken In Record Amount Of Ad Dollars For NCAA Men's Championship Tournament  —  The start of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship tournament is less …
Discussion: Forbes
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook teams with Turner sports to stream “bracket lounge” NCAA March Madness fan event
Discussion: Tubefilter
 
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Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Lionsgate Gets $375 Million for Film Production From China's Hunan TV
Discussion: Variety and Los Angeles Times
Deron Lee / Columbia Journalism Review:
Kansas statehouse press corps stage walkout rather than take part in an off-the-record briefing from legislators
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A competitive landscape, and disgruntled partners and advertisers, challenge YouTube's dominance
Discussion: @petersontee and VideoInk
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Sun raises weekend cover prices to 70p on Saturday and £1 on Sunday
Discussion: Guardian
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nuzzel Adds Custom Feeds To Help You Follow News About Tech, Beer, And Other Topics
Discussion: The Next Web
Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
FCC releases full net neutrality rules confirming it will treat Internet as telecommunications and decide what is acceptable on a case-by-case basis
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC, Yahoo Expand Partnership with ‘GMA’ Segment, Katie Couric Reports
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Amazon's ‘Write On’ Crowd-Publishing Platform Opens To All
Discussion: Good E-Reader and GeekWire
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
After the archive came down: The New Yorker's revamped paywall is driving new readers and subscribers
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Nielsen: 36% of US households subscribe to Netflix, 13% to Amazon Prime, 6.5% to Hulu Plus; traditional TV time falls almost 10% in second half of 2014
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3
 
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