Top News:
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Screenshots shared on social media give readers a chance to supplement or replace headlines — How The Screenshort Could Save Us From Horrible Headlines — So far screenshorts — screenshots of text shared on social media — have had an excellent 2015. They're bleeding from their origins …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Lawyer for failed buyer of Maxim charged with wire fraud in bid to raise $8M for magazine — N.Y. lawyer charged for alleged role in scheme over Maxim magazine — (Reuters) - A New York lawyer was charged on Wednesday over his alleged role in a scheme by a former United Parcel Service Inc executive's son …
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera journalist says Canada not issuing him passport — TORONTO (AP) — Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, who remains in Egypt on bail while awaiting trial on terror charges, said Wednesday Canada is refusing to issue him a new passport. — Fahmy, who was born in Egypt …
Discussion:
@clairetrevena and @mffahmy11
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
The 2016 Election Will Be Live-Streamed: 'We're All C-SPAN Now' — NEW YORK — Mark Halperin just bought a tripod. — The flexible Joby Gorillapod isn't for the crew on “With All Due Respect,” his Bloomberg TV show with John Heilemann. He purchased the iPhone 6 mount, which can wind around a tree …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Ad tech stocks like Rocket Fuel and Tube Mogul face falling stock prices in first quarter — Ad Tech Stocks Keep Falling in First Quarter — Advertising technology companies have had a rough ride in the public markets over the past couple of years, and the trend is showing no signs of changing.
Discussion:
Business Insider and AdExchanger
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sling TV will offer HBO for $15/month by April 12 as part of Dish and Turner distribution deal — Sling TV's Service For Cord Cutters Will Offer HBO Starting Next Month — Sling TV, Dish's new over-the-top service designed for cord cutters, announced today that it will become …
Ed Christman / Billboard:
Concord Music Group and Bicycle Music merge, form Concord Bicycle Music, raise $100M, and acquire Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records — Concord and Bicycle Merge to Form Concord Bicycle Music, Acquires Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records — Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs on stage
Discussion:
AllAccess.com and New York Times
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
68% of smart phone users occasionally and 33% frequently follow breaking news via mobile — Pew Report: News consumers are increasingly using smartphones — A report from the Pew Research Center released Wednesday shows that smartphone ownership has nearly doubled in recent years …
Discussion:
Multichannel News, Pew Internet, Quartz and @pewinternet
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Rubicon Project acquires Canadian ad intent marketing firm Chango for $122M in stock and cash — In Advertising Technology Deal, Rubicon Buys Chango — The advertising company Rubicon Project said on Tuesday that it had agreed to buy the Canadian start-up Chango for about $122 million …
Discussion:
investor.rubiconproject.com, VentureBeat, AdExchanger and Marketing Land
Julie Posetti / WAN-IFRA:
Three months after the Charlie Hebdo killings, Paris newsrooms remain under armed guard — Three months after ‘Charlie’, Paris newsrooms are still under armed guard — There has been a significant increase in threats to Paris newsrooms in the past two months in the aftermath …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple wants TV networks to handle infrastructure and costs of streaming for its video service — Apple Asks TV Programmers to Supply Their Own Streams for Apple's TV Service — Apple wants the TV guys to provide their shows for its proposed streaming video service.
Discussion:
@paulgreenberg, @stevekovach, The Verge, @jyarow, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, @monkbent and AppleInsider
Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press:
Independent Crimean station ATR ceased broadcasting after repeated Russian broadcasting license refusals — Crimea's only Tatar TV station goes off air — MOSCOW (AP) — Crimea's independent television station ATR went off air at midnight on Tuesday after Russian authorities repeatedly refused to give it a broadcasting license.
Discussion:
Guardian