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8:05 AM ET, March 8, 2016

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Michael R. Bloomberg / BloombergView.com:
Michael Bloomberg says he won't enter presidential race because he can't win and running could lead to a victory by Donald Trump or Ted Cruz  —  The Risk I Will Not Take  —  Americans today face a profound challenge to preserve our common values and national promise.
Sheila Burke / Associated Press:
Fox reporter Erin Andrews awarded $55M in suit against hotel owners and stalker after being secretly recorded nude at hotel  —  Jurors award Erin Andrews $55M in suit over nude video  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million on Monday in her lawsuit against a stalker …
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Facebook announces a WordPress plugin that lets publishers easily create Instant Articles  —  As Facebook prepares to roll out Instant Articles to all publishers next month, the company said Monday that it's partnering with WordPress.com's parent Automattic to release an Instant Article WordPress plugin.
Natasha Onwuemezi / The Bookseller:
Journalists from BuzzFeed, GQ, and the Mirror join Index on Censorship campaign condemning seizure of Turkish newspaper Zaman  —  Pullman condemns seizure of Turkish newspaper  —  Authors including Philip Pullman and Tom Holland, and journalists from Buzzfeed, GQ and the Mirror have joined Index …
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Turkish court appoints trustees to manage Cihan, another opposition-linked news agency  —  Turkey Appoints Trustees to Opposition-Linked News Agency  —  ANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish court has ordered a news agency linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top foe placed under the management of trustees …
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Hulk Hogan's lawyer says Gawker posted sex tape to ‘harm’ him  —  That was the message from Hogan's attorney Shane Vogt to jurors on Monday, as Hogan's $100 million civil trial against Gawker Media kicked off in St. Petersburg, Florida.  —  Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, will testify later in the day.
John Reynolds / Press Gazette:
UK newspaper The Sun appoints Gordon Smart as deputy editor  —  Gordon Smart returns to England to be The Sun's deputy editor  — John Reynolds's blog -  —  Gordon Smart, editor of The Scottish Sun, is returning to England to become The Sun's deputy editor.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Millennial news site Mic acquires Hyper, mobile app which aggregates video content into magazine format  —  Mic Acquires Mobile Video App Hyper  —  Millennial-focused Web publisher looks to curate top video content each day  —  Many digital media companies are focused on distributing content …
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Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
The New York Times Begins Testing Ad Blocking Approaches  —  Some Visitors With Ad Blockers Are Asked to Either Whitelist the Times or Subscribe  —  Viewability and Verification in the Age of Programmatic  —  The New York Times on Monday began testing out “various approaches” to combatting the rise of ad-blocking technology.
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Sources: Snapchat is targeting $300M to $350M in revenue in 2016, compared to $50M in revenue Snapchat projected for 2015  —  Snapchat Thinks It Will Generate at Least $300 Million in Revenue This Year  —  Investors are buying into Snapchat's massive $16 billion valuation because its business is growing significantly.
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Virginia first state to legalize daily fantasy sports, firms to pay $50K reg fee, undergo two audits/year, impose policies to ensure players are 18 years+  —  Virginia becomes first state to formally legalize daily fantasy sports  —  Virginia today signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act …
 
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Jennifer Van Grove / The San Diego Union …:
Amazon to open its second physical bookshop in San Diego this summer
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Michael Finnegan Named President of Atlantic Media
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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
NBCU veteran Alison Moore joins SoundCloud as chief revenue officer
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Apple loses Supreme Court appeal in ebook price-fixing case, must pay $450M
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Spy Magazine co-founders, Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, two reporters who covered Trump closely in 1980s, discuss the candidate
 

 
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Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

 
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