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1:40 AM ET, March 19, 2015

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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Most millenials are ‘accidental news junkies’, learning about current affairs by spending a lot of time on social media, but not purposefully seeking news  —  Journalism in the Age of the Accidental News Junkie  —  Young Americans care about the news, honestly they do …
Discussion: INMA and @heyheyesj
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How The Irish Times developed its new (very relaxed) metered paywall  —  DUBLIN — On February 23, The Irish Times erected a metered paywall on its website, making it the first major daily Irish newspaper to do so. … In the United States, newspaper paywalls are familiar [pick one: annoyances, understandable business choices] by now.
Discussion: @rositaboland and @lindseymwagner
Roger Yu / USA Today:
USA Today offering buyouts to about 15%, or 90 of 600 staffers, who are 55+ and have been with the company for 15+ years  —  USA TODAY offers buyouts to veteran staffers  —  USA TODAY announced Wednesday that it will offer buyout packages to veteran employees to trim staffing …
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
In 2014 US censored or denied access to 39% of FOIA requests, with unanswered requests up 55%  —  US sets new record for denying, censoring government files  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second consecutive year, the Obama administration more often than ever censored government files …
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
New York Times adding 20 online opinion writers  —  The New York Times is bringing on 20 new online-focused writers as contributors for its op-ed and Sunday Review sections, editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal and op-ed/Sunday Review editor Trish Hall announced in a Wednesday afternoon memo.
Latika Bourke / Sydney Morning Herald:
Media companies welcome extra protections for journalists as metadata laws pass the lower house  —  Metadata never worried Tony Abbott the journalist  —  The Prime Minister says reporters need not fear police accessing their metadata to identify their sources- he never worried about his own metadata …
Financial Review:
News Corp raises stake in APN News to 14.99%; 30% of APN sold in $279M block trade  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp emerges with 14.9pc APN stake  —  of  —  About 30.8 percent of APN News & Media has been sold in $300 million block trade handled by Credit Suisse.  Robert Rough
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Mitra Kalita leaves Quartz to join Los Angeles Times as managing editor for editorial strategy  —  S. Mitra Kalita heads to the L.A. Times to ‘develop and refine new styles of journalism’  —  S. Mitra Kalita, executive editor-at-large at Quartz, will join the Los Angeles Times as managing editor …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Guardian, FT, CNN, Reuters, and Economist launch new programmatic advertising alliance Pangaea to take on Facebook and Google  —  Guardian, FT, CNN and Reuters in ad deal to take on Facebook and Google  —  Pangaea Alliance initiative will give brands access to more than 110 million online readers using programmatic advertising system
Emma Roller / National Journal:
One America News seeks to grow its conservative viewership through sponsorships, doubles staff  —  How One TV Channel Is Positioning Itself to Be the Next Fox News  —  One America News has the moxie.  But can it poach viewers from other cable news stations?
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia, starts at $50/month with about 50 channels including CBS, Fox, NBC  —  Sony's PlayStation Vue streaming TV service launches today in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia
 
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Kyle Russell / TechCrunch:
Ustream opening up its internal SDK and API to developers, enabling anyone to build Meerkat-like apps, by invitation only for now
Rich Kane / Editor and Publisher:
Australian news aggregator Inkl gives users ad-free access to paywalled stories on LA Times, SMH, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, others for $15/month
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
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Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits

Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry

Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat:
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