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2:50 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.
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.
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
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 …
Yvonne Villarreal / Los Angeles Times:
Netflix puts former Disney executive Anne Sweeney on its board  —  Anne Sweeney, the former co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group, has joined Netflix's board of directors.  —  Sweeney's addition to the board was announced Monday, along with that of Brad Smith …
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reform needed on public interest defence for journalists  —  Liberal Democrat leader says prosecutors are relying on outdated laws to decide whether reporters should go on trial  —  A reform of the law is needed to ensure a proper public interest defence for journalists, Nick Clegg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.
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
AP president: Killing of journalists should be a war crime  —  4 photos  —  HONG KONG (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press called on Monday for changes to international laws that would make it a war crime to kill journalists or take them hostage.
Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day:
Great content isn't commodified, and is a key differentiator for media companies, and Facebook hosting news won't change that  —  Facebook hosting doesn't change things, the world already changed  —  Like any industry, the media loves a bit of navel-gazing (what is the origin of this phrase …
Michael Rondon / Folio:
After year-long hiatus following a pivot in 2012 to become “a Reddit for social good”, GOOD relaunches its magazine  —  GOOD Goes Back to Print  —  As more publishers look to infuse social networking and other UGC elements with their traditional editorial models …
Discussion: @aubernalevy and @good
Mother Jones:
Cameraman disputes Bill O'Reilly's account that journalist rescued him during Falklands riot  —  O'Reilly Cameraman Disputes Fox News Host's Falklands “War Zone” Story  —  O'Reilly claimed he rescued his bleeding cameraman during a riot in Argentina.  But the journo who shot O'Reilly's video says this didn't happen.
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Launches Private Magazines For Groups
Discussion: BGR, Flipboard, WebProNews and The Next Web
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Sky News launches microsite, Biffed, providing satirical and wry look at UK general election
Robert Griffiths / Press Gazette:
Ex-head of complaints at Press Complaints Commission, Scott Langham, joins Daily Mail as Deputy Editor
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Spotify arrives on PS3 and PS4, replacing Music Unlimited, available in 41 countries
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Matthew S Carroll / Medium:
MediaShift's Mark Glaser talks innovation, news apps, and the future of investigative reporting
Chris Cooke / Complete Music Update:
Alliance representing songwriters express concern about digital rights and royalty disputes
Trevor Timm / Guardian:
The hypocrisy of leaking classified secrets: whistleblowers get jail time, US government officials don't
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
A $325K FCC fine against a Virginia station raises calls for changes to broadcast indecency rules
Discussion: @cjr
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Media outlets raided and banned as conflict spirals in Yemen
Discussion: Internet Society
Simon Owens / Nieman Lab:
How World Politics Review went from a side project to a paywalled news destination