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1:55 PM 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
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
Johnston Press launches website to reach Belfast's ‘millennials’  —  Publisher expands its presence in Northern Ireland with a digital title  —  Johnston Press is expanding its presence in Northern Ireland by launching a digital title, BelfastVibe, aimed at a young audience, the so-called millennials, aged from 18 to 35.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press posts pre-tax loss of £23.9m  —  Regional newspaper publisher also unveils deal to print Richard Desmond's four Express and Star titles in the north of England  —  Johnston Press has reported a pre-tax loss of £23.9m for last year, and announced a lucrative deal …
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.
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.
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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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 …
Eric Blattberg / Digiday:
In YouTube's shadow, Condé Nast's The Scene struggles to take off  —  At a time when publishers like BuzzFeed and Mashable are pushing to publish directly on platforms, Condé Nast is working in the opposite direction with its 8-month-old video hub, The Scene.
Discussion: @pkafka and @digiday
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
Josh Stearns / Medium:
Interview with Justin Auciello, editor and publisher of Jersey Shore Hurricane News, which existed only on Facebook for over 3 years  —  The Opportunities and Threats of Publishing Direct to Facebook  —  Thoughts on Distributed Content and Building Community from a Facebook-Only News Site
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Felix Salmon / Fusion:
How Facebook could kill the news brand
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 …
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
New York Times chairman and publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to net $6.8M for fiscal year 2014; CEO Thompson's total pay $4.5M  —  Major Pay Bump for Arthur Sulzberger Jr. at The New York Times  —  NYT MAKES IT RAIN FOR TOP BRASS: The New York Times Co. revealed that chairman …
Discussion: JIMROMENESKO.COM and FishbowlNY
Associated Press:
Charlie Hebdo magazine to receive PEN award  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Hebdo, the Parisian satirical magazine that was a target of a deadly shooting in January, will be honored at this spring's PEN American Center gala.  —  The literary and human rights organization announced Wednesday …
Discussion: PEN American Center and Poynter
Jim Romenesko:
Forbes tells contributors they won't get paid as much for visits to older content  —  Forbes contributors were told Tuesday that their pay will be cut for visits to content that's more than 90 days old, because “advertisers are increasingly buying premium ads for new content, not old.”
Discussion: @pkafka, @ryanchittum, @raju and @margarita
 
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Associated Press:
Trial set for videographer arrested covering Ferguson
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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
Tim Adams / Observer:
A photographer's project in Philadelphia documents the hollowing out of US metro newspapers
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Atavist revamps its publishing software to push design and readability to the fore
Discussion: Co.Design and Capital New York
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Hearst president David Carey: 'We're a content company with a platform mentality'
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