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6:30 PM ET, March 30, 2015

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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’  —  In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
Ben Popper / The Verge:
Jay-Z relaunches Tidal with $9.99/month standard and $19.99/month high-quality tiers, with top artists as co-owners  —  Jay Z relaunches Tidal with music's biggest artists as his co-owners  —  At a press conference in New York City this afternoon, Jay Z and a huge group of musical stars took …
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Tony Gervino / Billboard:
Jay Z Talks Tidal, Jimmy Iovine, Rewriting the Music Business Rulebook  —  Jay Z performs onstage at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival to end extreme poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 27, 2014 in New York City.  —  Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival
Discussion: BuzzFeed, @benedictevans and @tidalhifi
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Andrew Sullivan: Blogging nearly killed me  —  For years, Andrew Sullivan blogged at a prolific rate.  —  His prodigious output was supplemented by dispatches from readers, public debates with fellow bloggers and ruminations on everything from the Geneva Conventions to “South Park.”
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and The Awl
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Kinsey Wilson named executive vice president of product and technology at The New York Times  —  The New York Times on Monday announced that Kinsey Wilson, who was previously The Times' editor for strategy and innovation, will be executive vice president of product and technology.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Launches Private Magazines For Groups  —  Flipboard, an online and mobile service that allows readers to explore content from around the web in a beautiful magazine-style layout as well as create topical, mobile magazines of their own, is today expanding its curation abilities with the debut of “Private Group Magazines.”
Discussion: BGR, Flipboard, The Next Web and WebProNews
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Expanded Vice-HBO news deal could rejuvenate the evening newscast, draw a younger audience, and make it commercially viable again  —  HBO-Vice Deal Should Scare the S*** Out of TV News  —  Leave it to an audacious company like Vice Media to strike a ballsy deal with HBO.
Discussion: @laramiedennis
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC News Is First TV News Service to Connect with Kik Mobile-Chat Service  —  NBC News — eager to reach younger audiences — is touting its pact with Kik, a mobile-messaging startup claiming to have more than 200 million registered users.  —  The deal makes NBC News the first TV news organization …
Zoë Schlanger / Newsweek:
Under Surveillance in Abu Dhabi: A Reporter's Saga of Being Followed, Bribed, and Recruited as a Spy  —  Sean O'Driscoll, who co-wrote a damning investigation into human rights violations and brutal labor practices endured by migrant workers building New York University's campus in Abu Dhabi published …
Press Association:
Nick Clegg: reform needed on public interest defence for journalists  —  Liberal Democrat leader says prosecutors are relying on outdated laws to decide whether reporters should go on trial  —  A reform of the law is needed to ensure a proper public interest defence for journalists, Nick Clegg has said.
Mic Wright / The Next Web:
Technology writers must tone down hyperbolic coverage of new apps like Periscope or Meerkat  —  Periscope won't change the world - but it appeals to journalists' vanity  —  The more people start to get excited about an app, the more the instinct to push back starts kicking around in my guts.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Former BBC presenter and former Cosmopolitan editor create The Pool, an online platform with content aimed at a female audience, launching before Easter  —  Lauren Laverne launches online platform aimed at women  —  BBC 6 Music presenter teams up with former Cosmopolitan editor Sam Baker …
 
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
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Robert Griffiths / Press Gazette:
Ex-head of complaints at Press Complaints Commission, Scott Langham, joins Daily Mail as Deputy Editor
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