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11:30 AM ET, March 26, 2015

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: @digitalshields
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 …
Discussion: TVNewser, OnPolitics and Politico
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Washington Post partners with Flipboard to reach ‘new, national audience’  —  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
Discussion: Washington Post, FishbowlDC and Vox
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 …
Discussion: RT
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Facebook introduces an embedded video player  —  At its F8 conference today, Facebook announced it is introducing a video player that can be embedded onto other sites - finally. fb embed video Facebook introduces an embedded video player Starting today, users will see an embed option on their videos.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook Opens Messenger App to Media Partners Including ESPN, JJ Abrams
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 …
Discussion: reddit and Slate
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.
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Brian Sullivan to step down as CEO of Sky Deutschland in June, will be replaced by sports, Internet and advertising head, Carsten Schmidt  —  Brian Sullivan Exits Sky Deutschland  —  Brian Sullivan is stepping down as CEO of Sky Deutschland, the pay-TV group controlled by U.K. pay-TV giant BSkyB, and will return to the United States.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
IPSO rules Sunday Mirror and Guido Fawkes undercover sex sting story did not violate Editors' Code of Practice  —  IPSO says reporter OK to pose as ‘PR girl’ and exchange explicit pictures with minister Brooks Newmark  —  The Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled …
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Firechat partners with Storyful to create Open Live Newsroom, a live news gathering off-grid chat app  —  How a Chat App for Burning Man Turned Into a Tool for Revolution  —  Open Garden's messaging app Firechat was initially launched as a way for people at festivals like Burning Man …
Discussion: PR Newswire and Medium
 
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Tiffany M. Davis / Medium:
The rise of sports blogging brings challenges for teams and leagues, especially the NBA
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Darwin G. Amojelar / Manila Standard Today:
Bloomberg TV will launch in Philippines this year, teaming up with Cignal TV
Richard Lewis / The Daily Dot:
Sources: YouTube plans to relaunch live streaming service this year with a focus on gaming, taking on Twitch
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Trinity Mirror and Media Trust team for community reporting
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Comcast/TWC merger review to last until mid-2015 after months of delays
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Capital New York:
Interview with incoming LA Times managing editor Mitra Kalita on the transition from Quartz, legacy vs. digital media, and plans for the Times
Association of Alternative Weeklies:
Euclid Media Group Acquires St. Louis Weekly, Riverfront Times
Canadian Press:
Regulator slams Bell Media after report exec meddled with CTV journalism
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Radio and TV Martí, U.S. Broadcasters to Cuba, Emerge From Cold War Past Facing Uneasy Future
Associated Press:
Charlie Hebdo magazine to receive PEN award
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
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Michael Kan / PCMag:
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Decrypt:
Eighteen US states, led by Kentucky, sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Chairman Gary Gensler, over its crackdown on the crypto industry
 
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