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Fox News' Roger Ailes: NBC should bring Brian Williams back — Fox News chief Roger Ailes says NBC should bring back disgraced “Nightly” anchor Brian Williams. — “I think Brian's a talent who made a dumb-ass error,” Ailes tells The Hollywood Reporter's Marisa Guthrie in a new profile.
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Hollywood Reporter and FishbowlNY


Vice, CNN, NBC and ‘Serial’ Among Peabody Winners — Vice News, CNN, NBC and the “Serial” podcast were among the winners for the 74th annual Peabody Awards. — Vice won for “Last Chance High,” a deep look at a Chicago high school with high-risk students running out of options.

SoundCloud doesn't recognise fair-use under US copyright law, removes student's radio story — Journalists shouldn't lose their rights in their move to private platforms — Here's a wakeup call to audio creators everywhere: SoundCloud does not recognize your fair use rights under U.S. copyright law.
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Center for Media & …, @giffordtweet and @niemanlab


Jon Stewart: why I quit The Daily Show — Stewart's decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election - and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?


Politico plans to double its reporting staff to about 500 — Policy and politics news outlet reveals strategy to grow beyond US and European operation, which launched this week — US-based policy and politics news outlet Politico is looking to double the number of journalists it employs …
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Capital New York, @maggieshiels and @joshluger


Condé Nast launches first Apple Watch app, cooking instructions from Epicurious — Epicurious Brings Cooking Instructions To The Apple Watch With New Smart Timer App — What will recipes look like on the Apple Watch? I'm not sure, but Condé Nast-owned cooking website Epicurious has taken a stab at figuring it out.
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Media Wire Daily, FishbowlNY, Re/code and AdExchanger


NYT Labs developed a smart conference table that records, transcribes conversation around it — The New York Times Invents A Conference Table That Takes Notes For You — Like most offices, the New York Times holds a lot of meetings. Editorial meetings, ad sales meetings, design meetings …
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Curbed National, Thanks:@steverubel


Netflix Is Betting Its Future on Exclusive Programming — LOS GATOS, Calif. — It is April 9 just before midnight in the war room of Netflix's headquarters here, where the smell of popcorn fills the air and a team of engineers, social media experts and other specialists starts counting …
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VideoNuze Analysis, @richbtig, The Verge and @ennisnyt


CBS 60 Minutes viewers largely supportive of decision to air Syrian Sarin gas attack footage — ‘Nauseating, but necessary:’ Sarin gas attack in Syria shown on ‘60 Minutes’ — Ahead of Sunday's “60 Minutes,” CBS said the newsmagazine would be airing “some of the most disturbing footage in its 47-year history.”
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TVNewser, Poynter, Variety, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hollywood Reporter and Code Words


Comcast, TWC will meet with Department of Justice for the first time since the merger was announced to negotiate concessions that could ease regulatory approval — Comcast and Time Warner Cable to Meet With DOJ to Negotiate Merger — Regulators examining whether Comcast lived up to NBCUniversal deal concessions, sources say
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TVNewser, Forbes, Bloomberg Business, Engadget, New York Times, CNNMoney, @brianstelter, USA Today and The Verge


In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio — Norway will shut down FM radio in the country beginning in 2017, Radio.no reports. The Norwegian Ministry of Culture finalized a shift date this week, making it the first country to do away with FM radio entirely.
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Gizmodo, Radio.no, Guardian, The Week, Business Insider, Engadget and Electronista


CNN has a video it will play when the world ends — This Is The Video CNN Will Play When The World Ends — Thirty-four years ago, at the launch of Ted Turner's Cable News Network, the founder made a grandiose and specific promise about his newly created round-the-clock operation.
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Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, The Verge and The Daily Caller


Random House sued by estate of Joseph Goebbels for quoting extracts from his diary in biography — Random House told it should pay to quote Joseph Goebbels in biography — Nazi minister's estate sues Random House Germany and imprint Siedler over the use of extracts from his diaries
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@popehat, @marciahofmann, @ww1pows, @c3o, @lilianedwards, @xor, @sarahjeong, Melville House Books and Bookseller News