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11:30 AM ET, March 14, 2016

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BuzzFeed:
Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben Shapiro resign over site's handling of Trump controversy  —  Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign From Breitbart  —  “Today I informed the management at Breitbart News of my immediate resignation,” the reporter at the center …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart piece mocking Ben Shapiro was written under pseudonym his father used when writing for the site  —  Breitbart piece mocking editor who resigned was written under father's pseudonym  —  Early Monday morning Breitbart posted, and then deleted, a piece mocking Ben Shapiro …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Breitbart News Editor-at-Large apologizes for company's earlier statement on Fields, Shapiro resignations, says it was published as result of misunderstanding  —  Statement from Breitbart News Editor-at-Large and In-House Counsel Joel B. Pollak  —  Statement from Breitbart News Editor-at-Large and In-House Counsel Joel B. Pollak:
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Editor Ordered Staffers To Stop Defending Michelle Fields
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The Atlantic Editor in Chief James Bennet joining the New York Times as editorial page director; current director, Andrew M. Rosenthal, stepping down in April  —  James Bennet Will Lead Editorial Page at New York Times  —  James Bennet, the editor credited with revitalizing The Atlantic magazine …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Adds Another Publishing Partner — News Video Startup NowThis  —  Snapchat cares a lot about video — its users are watching eight billion of them every single day.  Now the mobile communications company has pegged NowThis, a video-only publisher, as its next partner for the app's Discover section.
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @ashishp
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Ahead of Viacom's annual meeting on Monday, shareholders express concern about the company's 11 directors and their ties to Viacom or the Redstone family  —  The 11 Executives, Lawyers and Celebrities Overseeing Viacom  —  A looming power struggle.  A salacious court battle.  A shareholder suit.
Discussion: TheStreet.com and @emilysteel
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
BuzzFeed unveils Swarm, which lets advertisers run simultaneous campaigns on its channels on Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, more  —  BuzzFeed Launches New Ad Format to Further Monetize Its Big Social Reach  —  BuzzFeed's made a name for itself with a cross-platform distribution model …
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Vox and The Washington Post pitch their content management systems to others at South by Southwest  —  Media Companies Focus on Marketing Their Publishing Platforms to Others  —  In the search for new revenue streams, publishers including Vox Media and The Washington Post are hoping …
Discussion: mUmBRELLA
Marianne Bouchart / Global Editors Network:
Q&A with CNN Digital Editor-in-Chief Meredith Artley on distributed content, mobile-centric projects, and in-house tech  —  CNN's Meredith Artley on distributed content, metrics and innovation  —  “Gone are the days of digital having the audiences but not the revenue”.
Discussion: Business Insider, Thanks:@geninnovate
Will Worley / The Independent:
Reports: Facebook and Twitter throttled or blocked among other media restrictions in Turkey following explosion in Ankara  —  Turkish government ‘blocks Facebook and Twitter’ following Ankara explosion  —  The Turkish authorities have reportedly imposed media restrictions and residents …
 
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John Plunkett / Guardian:
Government plan to directly appoint members to BBC's new oversight body threatens the corporation's independence, says BBC director of radio Helen Boaden
Discussion: Telegraph and RadioToday
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Wired's Scott Dadich Talks Tech and How Magazines Can Adapt to the Digital World
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Riff service uses a Chrome extension to play reaction videos alongside Netflix content
Guardian:
Advertising CEO Martin Sorrell of WPP stands to gain over £60M, or about $86M, in shares from bonus plan this week
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Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
North Carolina's new statewide newspaper, North State Journal, draws skepticism over business viability and wariness over political connections
Discussion: @cjr
Kelly Hinchcliffe / Poynter:
Interview with BuzzFeed data editor Jeremy Singer-Vine on his newsletter, Data Is Plural
Sean Hollister / CNET:
Snapchat's hiring of hardware designers, wearable experts, and former HoloLens recruiter indicates it may be working on AR or VR devices
Discussion: SlashGear
 

 
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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
Musk v. Altman: email shows Brockman and Sutskever had concerns about Altman in 2017, Musk claims Altman proposed OpenAI sell its own cryptocurrency, and more

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

Ari Levy / CNBC:
Palantir stock jumps 11% after announcing a move from the NYSE to the Nasdaq; its stock is up 50%+ since reporting better-than-expected earnings on November 4
 
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