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9:30 AM ET, March 25, 2015

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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
Streaming boxes and smart TVs still don't cover all TV bases and cost more than cable, so trim your cable subscription and use them as a supplement  —  Why Cable TV Beats the Internet, For Now  —  It's not time to cut cable yet, unless you're among the few cord-cutters who can clear enough hurdles
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix, Amazon and Hulu No Longer Find Themselves TV's Upstarts  —  Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have suddenly found themselves playing a new role: the establishment.  —  After years of waging an assault on the traditional television business, these companies now must defend their turf …
Jared Malsin / Globe and Mail:
In Egypt, Fahmy gets go-ahead to seek his Canadian passport back  —  An Egyptian judge took steps on Tuesday to help Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy regain a passport for the first time since his arrest in 2013, a measure that would allow him to get married and live a more normal life.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Atavist revamps its publishing software to push design and readability to the fore  —  The web made it easier for anyone to put their writing out in the world.  But what happens after the crowd gets used to becoming publishers?  They want it to look good, naturally.
Discussion: Co.Design and Capital New York
Felix Salmon / Fusion:
How Facebook could kill the news brand  —  It seems my prediction is coming true: Facebook wants news stories to live within its own app.  That's better for Facebook's readers, who don't need to click on links and wait for clunky external websites, and it's better for Facebook …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Instead of building bespoke platforms, publishers are turning to others, like Facebook
Cary Spivak / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the Medill Justice Project became a thriving journalism project after David Protess controversy  —  How the Medill Justice Project has thrived following controversy  —  More than four years after it was engulfed in controversy, the Medill Innocence Project remains in the headlines—and not always for the right reasons.
Discussion: @cjr and @usprojectcjr
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
Nielsen to Measure Netflix Viewing by Middle of This Year  —  (Bloomberg) — Nielsen, the company that measures TV audiences, will begin offering data on viewing by Netflix Inc. and Amazon Prime subscribers for the first time starting midyear, Chief Executive Officer Mitch Barns said Tuesday.
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Buzzfeed promised to open video studio and keep 200 jobs in New York State in exchange for $4M tax credit  —  The backstory of Buzzfeed's New York tax credits  —  Buzzfeed explored the option of moving 200 of its employees to office space in New Jersey before New York's chief economic …
Reuters:
Thai PM Prayuth warns media, says has power to execute reporters  —  (Reuters) - Thai junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha lashed out at journalists on Wednesday, saying he would “probably just execute” those who did “not report the truth”, in the latest outburst aimed at Thailand's media.
Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
French newspaper Le Figaro reports US and Syria in talks to release missing journalist Austin Tice  —  French newspaper: U.S., Syria in talks to free American journalist  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are negotiating with Syrian President Bashar Assad's government for the release …
Discussion: Houston Chronicle
Associated Press:
Trial set for videographer arrested covering Ferguson  —  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A video journalist arrested while covering the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown was fatally shot last summer plans to fight the charges at trial.  —  St. Louis-based videographer Mary Moore …
Discussion: bizjournals and RT
Tim Adams / Observer:
A photographer's project in Philadelphia documents the hollowing out of US metro newspapers  —  The slow death of the great American newsroom  —  The newspaper industry in the US is in freefall as the shift to digital news accelerates.  One photojournalist has spent five years lamenting the decline, and charting what has been lost
 
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Music labels push to limit free streaming as licenses come up for renewal, but Spotify has leverage with large subscriber base and proven revenue growth
Discussion: Quartz
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Hearst president David Carey: 'We're a content company with a platform mentality'
Discussion: @digiday
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Jason Kilar's Vessel Will Not Offer Long-Form TV Content Like Netflix
Discussion: Fast Company and CNET
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Ex-police chief calls for review of journalists being brought to trial
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
E-Book Startup Oyster Hires Jeannie Mun As Its First CFO
Discussion: GalleyCat and @ericstromberg
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
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