Top News:
Will Oremus / Slate:
Facebook tinkers with News Feed to favor live video, making the site more like cable news — Facebook Is Becoming Less Like a Newspaper ... and More Like Cable News — Facebook's News Feed long functioned as a sort of personalized newspaper—a collection of stories, pictures …
Discussion:
Facebook, Digiday, Fone Arena, @digiphile, Adweek and Engadget
RELATED:
Dan Rys / Billboard:
Tidal sued in claim for royalty payments by Yesh Music, which has also sued Slacker, Deezer, Rdio, Rhapsody, and Beats Music — Tidal Hit With Lawsuit Over Royalty Payments — EMAIL ME — The company calls for tort reform in a statement refuting the suit's claims.
Discussion:
Techdirt, Vanity Fair, @mylestanzer, Fortune, RAIN News, Music Week, Vulture, The Root, The FADER and Fortune
RELATED:
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Jay Z's streaming music service Tidal has fired CFO Chris Hart and COO Nils Juell — Tidal fires its CFO and COO — Tidal has let go of its CFO Chris Hart and COO Nils Juell, the company confirmed to The Verge. The news of their terminations was originally reported by the Swedish news site Breakit …
Discussion:
dn.no, Mashable, Forbes, Engadget, The Wrap, Patently Apple, Digital Music News, The Source, hypebot, Music Week, Vibe, Complex, Billboard, Business Insider, SiliconBeat and Variety
The Awl:
New Yorker Managing Editor Silvia Killingsworth to join The Awl as editor-in-chief in April, will relaunch The Hairpin — Job Filled — We're thrilled to announce that Silvia Killingsworth will be joining us here in April. Silvia is currently the Managing Editor of the New Yorker …
Discussion:
@laurenzcollins, FishbowlNY, @hhavrilesky, @mattbuchanan, @max_read, @annehelen, @lauraolin, @margarita, @knguyen, @sdkstl, @cncep, @ted_scheinman, @justinnxt, @scoutstout and @silviakillings
Nieman Lab:
How news organizations like Bloomberg, Washington Post, and Boston Globe are covering US primary results with social tools, video, results maps, and more — This just in: How 9 news organizations are reporting election results live on the web … NPR — Domenico Montanaro …
Discussion:
@margarita, @margarita, @margarita, @evanwyloge and @niemanlab
RELATED:
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Melissa Harris-Perry rejects MSNBC deal in scathing farewell — Melissa Harris-Perry has chosen the freedom to speak over an exit package. — On Tuesday, the outgoing MSNBC host said that her exit negotiations with the network fell through after she refused to accept the terms …
Discussion:
The Daily Banter, New York Magazine, @jeangreasy, @parisburned, @brianstelter, @twitlertwit, @jasonhitchcock, Breitbart, Vox, @gabrielarana, @mharrisperry, @mharrisperry, The Wrap and Mediaite
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
AT&T says it plans to launch a web TV service by this fall, to have three tiers including free — AT&T and DirecTV to launch streaming TV service later this year — AT&T has announced that it plans to offer internet-based streaming TV service later this year.
Discussion:
AT&T, Forbes, CNNMoney, Deadline, Multichannel News, PCMag India feed, Home Media Magazine, The Drum, Ad Age, TIME, DSLreports, @directv, Engadget, Re/code, @pkafka, @shaliniwsj, @pkafka, Reuters, CNET, USA Today, Broadcasting & Cable, @brianstelter, Fortune, SlashGear and Variety
Crispian Balmer / Reuters:
Sources: Italian daily newspapers La Repubblica and La Stampa likely to merge — Italy's L'Espresso, Agnelli family mulling newspaper merger: sources — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and CIR holding are considering merging their two editorial operations, which include La Stampa and la Repubblica newspapers, sources said on Wednesday.
Discussion:
Bloomberg Business
Mercury News:
Bay Area News Group consolidating multiple newspapers into East Bay Times and The Mercury News starting April 5, with reduction in staff; 3 weeklies to be added — Bay Area News Group announces newspaper rebranding — The Bay Area News Group announced Tuesday that it is combining …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
WNYC used Twilio to program 300K texts to 15K podcast listeners in a week-long series and test on information overload, received 1700 voicemail responses — WNYC's Note to Self sent 300,000 texts to 15,000 people; here's how they did it and what they learned
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Hachette reaches deal to buy publishing business of Perseus Books Group, 18 months after first attempt — Hachette Reaches New Deal With Perseus Books — The Hachette Book Group has reached an agreement to buy the Perseus Books Group's publishing business, 18 months after its previous attempt to acquire the company fell through.
Discussion:
Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, PR Newswire and GalleyCat
Columbia Journalism Review:
Why private-college police forces are a new front in the fight over public records — In 2014, Paula Lavigne, a reporter for ESPN's Outside the Lines program, began investigating college athletes and the justice system. Lavigne wanted to know whether prominent athletes receive preferential …
Discussion:
@massnewspapers, @wpmarble, @ryanmartin, @emilymanna and @jonathanwpeters
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
