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1:45 PM ET, March 3, 2016

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Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Spotify expands music discovery with Fresh Finds, a weekly playlist of music from new artists culled from music blogs and review sites  —  Spotify is using 50,000 anonymous hipsters to find your next favorite song  —  Spotify's personalized Discover Weekly playlist has won millions of fans …
Ken Doctor / Politico:
The impact of Tribune Publishing changes: editor-publisher roles, the Maharaj memo, the exit of executives Denise Warren and Michael Rooney, and la.com plans  —  Between the lines of today's big Tribune reshuffle  —  The Jack Griffin era at Tribune Publishing is over - almost before it had really taken hold.
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Newsy, bought by E.W. Scripps in 2013 for $35M and aimed at young audiences, is added to Sling TV along with Univision-Bedrocket channel Flama  —  Newsy, Flama Join Sling TV Lineup  —  Adding more millennials-focused fare to the mix, Sling TV has added Newsy and Flama to its core, $20 per month “Best of Live TV” package.
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Sources: ComScore charges publishers between $10-$20K to track traffic on platforms like Facebook and Flipboard in addition to costs for main site measurement  —  Publishers Have to Pay Up to Track Their Audiences on Distributed Platforms  —  And ComScore Measurement of Apple News Is Still Pending
Discussion: @jeremymbarr and AdExchanger
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
CNET launches Technically Literate, a monthly fiction series featuring short stories about technology, to entice new readers to its 33M+ monthly audience  —  Tech Site CNET Tries Something Completely Different: Publishing Fiction  —  The technology news site CNET is known for covering the latest digital products.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Times of India group acquires US cricket broadcaster Willow TV, committing $100M for purchase and future investments in cricket rights, acquisitions, marketing  —  Times Group Buys Only U.S. TV Network Devoted to Cricket  —  Buyer commits $100 million to purchase of Willow TV and investments in rights, acquisitions, marketing
Dale Maharidge / The Nation:
As newsrooms slim down, veteran reporters are forced from the profession, leaving younger journalists without mentors and confidence in the future  —  These Journalists Dedicated Their Lives to Telling Other People's Stories.  What Happens When No One Wants to Print Their Words Anymore?
John Koblin / New York Times:
MSNBC President Phil Griffin says network wasn't trying to end Melissa Harris-Perry's show  —  Melissa Harris-Perry Says MSNBC Show Deserved ‘Proper Burial’  —  Melissa Harris-Perry is still frustrated with MSNBC.  —  Ms. Harris-Perry, the former weekend morning host …
Amy Qin / New York Times:
China extends censorship to online TV industry as new prohibitions on depictions of gay relationships, smoking, reincarnation, and more  —  China Cracks Down on Online Television  —  BEIJING — The authorities in China are tightening their grip on the country's booming online television industry …
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Rhapsody's losses nearly doubled last year to $35.5M on revenue of $202M as costs of growth rose  —  Rhapsody's Losses Nearly Doubled Last Year to $35.5 Million  —  Rhapsody, operated under the Napster brand outside of the United States, is showing how difficult the subscription music service business …
Chia Lun Huang / WAN-IFRA:
Hong Kong's The Initium has attracted 4M monthly uniques in its first six months with coverage about investigative journalism in China, Taiwan's election, more  —  New Hong Kong media startup capturing Chinese global market  —  A new media startup in Hong Kong is on its way to become …
Discussion: China Digital Times
 
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How Turner's new social aggregation site Surf.co connects to third-party sites like Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, and Giphy
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Interview with founders of email newsletter Clover, which aims to inform teen girls about news and has had a daily 70% open rate since launch February 1
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Mike Snider / USA Today:
Sony cuts monthly rate for PlayStation Vue to $40, a $10 drop, and adds ESPN and Disney channels in 7 cities
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
How The New Yorker uses SnapChat to attract a young audience and experiment with its brand
Discussion: @digiday
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Las Vegas Review-Journal editor-in-chief Keith Moyer plans to bring back in-house page design and copy editing, hopes to restore AP service, more
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is prioritizing security over new features to win back consumer trust, as it scrambles to respond to new attacks from Russia-linked hackers

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Threads expands Hidden Words to let users filter out words, phrases, or emoji, and tests the option to mute notifications and ways to select who can quote posts

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google Meet rolls out an update to let users seamlessly transfer calls between devices “without hanging up and rejoining” via its Android, iOS, and web apps
 
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