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5:15 PM ET, March 12, 2016

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CBS News Reporter Sopan Deb Arrested While Covering Donald Trump Rally  —  He's charged with resisting arrest despite no evidence of doing so.  —  CBS News reporter Sopan Deb was arrested Friday night while covering protests surrounding Donald Trump's canceled rally in Chicago.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart reporter files police report against Trump campaign manager  —  Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields intensified her battle with Donald Trump's campaign on Friday, filing a police report against top aide Corey Lewandowski for allegedly strong-arming her earlier in the week.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart spokesman Kurt Bardella parts ways with site amid controversy involving Trump campaign manager  —  Breitbart spokesperson parts ways with website  —  Kurt Bardella, who had been serving as Breitbart's spokesperson, has parted ways with the company, he said in an interview.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Editor Ordered Staffers To Stop Defending Michelle Fields  —  “STOP tweeting about the story.  Stop speculating about the story,” editor-at-large Joel Pollak told Bretibart staffers in internal chats, screenshots of which were obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Video Appears to Show Trump Campaign Manager Reaching for Breitbart Reporter's Arm  —  A new video has emerged that appears to show Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reaching out and trying to grab Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields' arm seconds before she claims he pulled her to the ground.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Hulk Hogan's lawyer says Gawker makes millions off peoples' misery  —  Attorneys for Hulk Hogan rested their case Friday after telling a Florida jury that Gawker Media has made millions of dollars off the human suffering it has caused.  —  Hogan's lawyers began the morning in a St. Petersburg courtroom …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Boston Globe is shutting down its Catholic vertical Crux, citing a shortfall in advertising  —  “We simply haven't been able to develop the financial model of big-ticket, Catholic-based advertisers that was envisioned when we launched Crux back in September 2014.”
Discussion: Politico and Media Nation
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Ben H. Bagdikian, media critic and journalist with key role in Pentagon Papers case, dies at 96  —  Ben H. Bagdikian, a key figure in the publication of the Pentagon Papers by The Washington Post in 1971, which resulted in a momentous legal victory supporting freedom of the press …
Zheping Huang / Quartz:
A reporter blocked from leaving China to accept a prize says his craft is despicable—and noble  —  Veteran Chinese journalist and historian Yang Jisheng exposed the massive death toll of China's Great famine, and how Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong's wrong policies created it, in his 2008 book Tombstone.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
The New York Times acquires influencer marketing agency HelloSociety  —  The New York Times is expanding its native ad studio with the acquisition of HelloSociety, a digital marketing agency owned by Science, Inc.  —  Los Angeles-based Science both invest in startups and builds its own companies.
Wall Street Journal:
Publishers Petition White House to End Cuba Book Embargo  —  As U.S. moves to normalize ties with Cuba, book industry seeks an end to the embargo on books and educational materials  —  Three major U.S. book publishers, several trade groups and others in the publishing industry have signed …
 
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on stricter Title II regulations, Go90 and BingeOn, cable boxes, privacy, and being called a dingo by John Oliver
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Maira Sutton / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
TPP slants Internet regulations toward business interests, does little to counter issues like government censorship and free expression
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Musician Ryan Leslie raises $1.5M seed for Superphone, which helps celebrities manage fan relationships through SMS and Twilio
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Publicis Groupe consolidates its media agencies into four global brands: Starcom, Zenith, Mediavest Spark, and Optimedia Blue 449
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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