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1:40 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon  —  Andrew Lack, the former and current head of NBC News, started his old job anew last week staring at a monumental dilemma: What to do about Brian Williams?  —  The anchorman who was the face of NBC News and its signature …
Discussion: @tvnewser, @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Tom Brokaw addresses Brian Williams controversy: ‘really, really serious’  —  As speculation swirls about Brian Williams' fate at NBC, his predecessor is calling for patience.  —  In his first extensive public comments on the matter, Tom Brokaw, who held the anchor chair at “NBC Nightly News” …
Kaya Burgess / The Times:
Warning to BBC over ‘suffocating local papers’ … The BBC risks suffocating local newspapers by being a “monopoly broadcaster”, the chancellor has said in a warning shot in advance of negotiations on its charter renewal.  —  The corporation has been criticised for threatening the existence …
Discussion: @editoryp_yep and HoldTheFrontPage
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Matthew Gilley / Press Gazette:
Londoners quizzed by Press Gazette disagree with Labour on need for tougher press regulation  —  Most members of the public quizzed by Press Gazette in a vox pop today did not appear to agree with Labour's manifesto plan for tougher press regulation.  —  The Labour Party's general election …
Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo UK:
Chancellor George Osborne Wants BBC to be Regulated by Ofcom
Jane Martinson / Guardian:   Conservatives give BBC warning of licence fee freeze
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and HarperCollins reach multiyear agreement for both print and digital, allowing HarperCollins to set prices for its ebooks  —  Amazon, HarperCollins Reach Multiyear Publishing Deal  —  New agreement expected to go into effect this week  —  Amazon.com Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
General Electric Planning Television Series Covering Science and Tech  —  In an age when viewers increasingly fast-forward past television commercials on their DVRs or bypass most advertisements altogether by streaming the programs, companies are constantly looking for new ways to reach consumers.
Discussion: @peterlauria3
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Net Neutrality Rules Face Court Challenge from Cable Industry Groups  —  The FCC's net neutrality rules are facing two more legal challenges from cable industry groups, as two trade associations filed notices of appeal in Washington on Tuesday.  —  The National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. …
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Brendan Sasso / National Journal:
Republicans Push Fast-Track Bill to Kill Net Neutrality
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Is No Longer Selling Its Original Ad Unit, Brand Stories  —  Snapchat is making a few tweaks to its six-month-old ad business.  —  The company has stopped selling Brand Stories, the first type of ad released by the company last fall, according to multiple people familiar with the move.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
BuzzFeed staffer Arabelle Sicardi resigns after her post critical of advertiser Dove was deleted and then restored after criticism  —  Arabelle Sicardi, Author of Deleted Dove Post, Resigns From BuzzFeed  —  Arabelle Sicardi, who wrote a BuzzFeed post criticizing Dove that was later deleted …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Vox Editor-In-Chief Ezra Klein apologizes to FiveThirtyEight for using graphic without link, blames carelessness, explains aggregation approach to words, images  —  How Vox aggregates  —  I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.
 
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Apple takes only 15% of new-subscriber revenue from some Apple TV partners, including Neflix, Hulu Plus, and MLB.TV, in contrast to its 30% iOS standard
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Watchup Streaming-News Startup Expands Local TV Reach in Deals with Meredith, E.W. Scripps and Others
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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

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The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

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