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Dylan Byers / Politico:
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
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
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.
Adam Ragusea / Nieman Lab:
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
Hadley Freeman / Guardian:
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?
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
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
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
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
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
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
Emily Steel / New York Times:
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
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
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
Wall Street Journal:
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
Lizzie Plaugic / 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
Michael Ballaban / Jalopnik:
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
Dalya Alberge / Guardian:
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