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11:05 PM ET, March 13, 2015

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John Cook / Gawker Politburo:
Gawker sues US State Department, seeking emails of senior Clinton adviser and spokesman Philippe Reines  —  Gawker v. Department of State  —  Today, Gawker Media filed a Freedom of Information Act complaint in U.S. District Court against the Department of State, seeking email correspondence …
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Associated Press:
New players replacing newspapers in seeking government info  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newspapers were once the dominant force in dislodging documents and other records from reluctant federal government agencies, but a new crop of media players, advocacy groups and corporate interests now drive the release of information.
Gary Pruitt / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Laws created to give US citizens information about their government aren't working, and the system is getting worse  —  Public's access to government records faces roadblocks aplenty  —  NEW YORK — It's getting harder and more expensive to use public records to hold government officials accountable.
Kelly Weill / Capital New York:
NYPD computer network used to edit Wikipedia articles about victims of police altercations, stop-and-frisk, and prominent political and police leaders  —  Edits to Wikipedia pages on Bell, Garner, Diallo traced to 1 Police Plaza  —  Computers operating on the New York Police Department's computer network …
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Kelly Weill / Capital New York:
Twitter bot based on open-source code will track Wikipedia edits made from NY police department IP addresses  —  Twitter account to track NYPD's Wikipedia edits in real time  —  A new Twitter account will automatically track the NYPD's anonymous edits to Wikipedia.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Newsonomics: Single-copy newspaper sales are collapsing, and it's largely a self-inflicted wound  —  Have you bought a lonely single copy of a newspaper lately, from a newsstand or a newspaper box?  Probably not.  Neither are many other people.  —  Single-copy newspaper sales …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC and NowThis team up for two daily programs to premier on Facebook, plans to co-produce for Twitter, Vine, and Snapchat  —  MSNBC To Launch Daily Facebook Videos  —  MSNBC's two newest programs won't be seen first on the cable-news network.  —  In the latest example of so-called …
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Lance Ulanoff / Mashable:
Twitter's TV Timelines experiment collects show conversations and features related photos, videos, and more  —  Twitter experiments with ‘TV Timelines’  —  Twitter is launching a bold TV experiment and if it takes, it could change the face of second-screen viewing — at least as far as Twitter is concerned.
Marc Graser / Variety:
Dennis Maguire, president of worldwide home media distribution for Viacom's Paramount Pictures, is stepping down  —  Dennis Maguire Exiting as Paramount's Home Entertainment Chief (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Dennis Maguire, who has served as president of worldwide home media distribution for Paramount Pictures since 2009, is leaving the studio.
Josh Halliday / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror may face corporate charges over alleged phone hacking  —  Newspaper group is ‘co-operating suspect’ in investigation into voicemail interception at Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and the People  —  Trinity Mirror is facing a possible corporate prosecution over allegations …
Guardian:
Jay-Z wins control of Aspiro, owner of music streaming services WiMP and Tidal, after more than 90% of shareholders accept $54M offer  —  Jay-Z wins battle for music streaming company  —  Minority shareholders in Sweden's Aspiro accept £36m offer as competition in the streaming market intensifies
 
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