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Guardian:
Supreme court clears way for release of secret Prince Charles letters — Ruling overturns government attempt to block release of ‘black spider memos’ to ministers after decade-long battle between the Guardian and Whitehall — The supreme court has cleared the way for the publication …
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Julia Boorstin / CNBC:
Vice to produce half-hour weekday newscasts for HBO and HBO Now — Vice and HBO announce content partnership — In a partnership that elevates upstart Vice Media, and brings HBO into the daily news business for the first time, the firms are announcing the most expansive content deal for either company.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter launches Periscope: replays are its killer feature, push notifications are noisy — Periscope, Twitter's answer to Meerkat-style live streaming, is now available — Live-streaming apps are the thirstiest of all media. A Facebook post wants a like, a tweet begs for favs, and a snap means little without a response.
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The Wrap:
Advocacy groups call Deadline column about Hollywood's ethnic hiring “patently offensive” — Deadline Backlash: Black, Latino, Asian, Native American Advocacy Groups Slam Site for ‘Offensive’ Article — A controversial Deadline article by co-editor-in-chief Nellie Andreeva …
New York Times:
Apple unable to persuade record labels to lower licensing costs for Beats streaming music service; will be priced similarly to rivals at around $10 — Apple and Beats Developing Streaming Music Service to Rival Spotify — In what would be the biggest change to its music strategy in years …
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Chris Thompson / Poynter:
Reddit rolls out embeddable comments in countermove to BuzzFeed — On Monday, Reddit announced the unveiling of a new feature that could make life for BuzzFeed and Gawker a little more awkward: embeddable comment threads. From now on, if media outlets want to use content from Reddit …
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Flipboard — WaPo announces it will be adding all editorial content to the magazine-style aggregation app - and does not rule out hosting content on Facebook — Credit: Image courtesy of Washington Post press office — The Washington Post is producing …
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Nieman Lab, Washington Post, FishbowlDC and Vox
Julia Payne / Reuters:
Nigeria's military detains two Al Jazeera reporters — (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has detained two Al Jazeera journalists in the northeast city of Maiduguri since Tuesday, the television broadcaster said on Thursday, days ahead of the country's general elections.
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International Business Times, Agence France-Presse, ewn.co.za, DW.DE and Al Jazeera English
Wall Street Journal:
Bleak outlook for TV upfronts as industry continues to push ad dollars into digital platforms — Changing TV Landscape Colors ‘Upfront’ Sales Outlook — With U.S. consumer confidence up, an improving employment picture and low gas prices, television executives should have a little spring …
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@baekdal, @digitalshields and @asharma
Roger Williams / Florida Weekly:
NewsByMe citizen journalism app uses geolocation to broadcast real-time local events — A New Age of NEWS — NewsByMe poised to usher in a new era of citizen reporting — When it came online in the Apple store last week, few knew the pedigree of NewsByMe, a new free app for smart-phones and other devices.
Warren Strobel / Reuters:
New report calls for strengthening US counter-propaganda efforts and an overhaul of the government's international broadcasting arm — U.S. losing ‘information war’ to Russia, other rivals: study — (Reuters) - The United States is losing an information war to Russia, Islamic State and other rivals …
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Clipping Startup Whipclip Launches, Teams With Comedy Central Ahead of Justin Bieber Roast — Clips from Comedy Central's Justin Bieber roast have already generated millions of views on YouTube, and the cable network expects even more engagement around the special when it airs March 30.
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TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Business, PR Newswire and Mashable
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
New White House press room seating chart includes more online and foreign outlets than in 2009 — How the seating chart of the White House press room has changed, in 1 cool graphic — This morning, USA Today's Gregory Korte tweeted out the new seating chart for the White House press briefing room …
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OnPolitics, TVNewser, Politico and @erichippeau