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11:25 AM ET, March 16, 2016

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Alex Hern / Guardian:
Major sites including New York Times and BBC hit by ‘ransomware’ malvertising  —  Adverts hijacked by malicious campaign that demands payment in bitcoin to unlock user computers  —  A number of major news websites have seen adverts hijacked by a malicious campaign that attempts to install …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump campaign blocks Politico reporter Ben Schreckinger from Tuesday night press conference  —  POLITICO reporter denied access to Trump event  —  POLITICO reporter Ben Schreckinger was denied entry to Donald Trump's press conference on Tuesday night, despite having previously been granted credentials by the campaign.
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
After an article on the legislative record of Bernie Sanders was widely shared, The New York Times made significant edits to make it less flattering  —  How the ‘New York Times’ Sandbagged Bernie Sanders  —  Online, we see both faces of the Gray Lady  —  The New York Times ran a piece …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN announces major digital expansion, complete with ‘restructuring’ pain  —  CNN Digital is “embarking on a strategic restructuring,” according to a note this morning from Andrew Morse, executive vice president of editorial, CNN U.S. & general manager of CNN Digital Worldwide.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Les Moonves says CBS will sell, swap, or spinoff its radio assets in the coming year  —  CBS Plans to Sell Radio Station Group  —  CBS plans to sell or spinoff its radio assets in the coming year, acknowledging that the business has become slow-growth and a drain on resources …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler poised to circulate draft order approving Charter-TWC deal as soon as this week, with clauses ensuring growth of online video  —  FCC Drafting Order to Approve Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal  —  Order, expected as soon as this week, will set conditions focusing on promoting online video competition
Geoffrey Mohan / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune Publishing's bid for O.C. Register faces antitrust hurdles, DOJ says  —  Newspaper boxes outside the Orange County Register in Santa Ana.  A $45.5-million bid from Digital First Media for the assets of parent Freedom Communications will be the “stalking horse” bid in an auction Wednesday.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart sends ‘cease and desist’ letters to former staffers  —  Breitbart is getting litigious.  —  The company sent out cease and desist letters to some of the employees who left the company in the past week, multiple sources with knowledge of the letters told POLITICO.
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Breitbart News Chairman Stephen Bannon must approve everything written about Trump at site  —  The G.O.P.'s Civil War Comes to Breitbart  —  A staff rebellion at Breitbart suggests all is not well in Trumpworld.  —  Breitbart, the far-right news Web site started …
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Instagram to begin testing an algorithm-based personalized feed for users, moving away from reverse chronological order  —  Instagram May Change Your Feed, Personalizing It With an Algorithm  —  For years, we have been trained to view web postings from our friends in a certain order.
New York Times:
Analysis shows Trump has earned close to $2B in free media, yet spent less than any other major candidate on advertising  —  Measuring Donald Trump's Mammoth Advantage in Free Media  —  Of all the ways Donald Trump has shocked the political system, one of the most significant is how he wins primary …
Guardian:
WPP founder and CEO Martin Sorrell receives £62.78M share award, one of the largest in UK corporate history  —  WPP hands CEO Sorrell one of biggest pay cheques in UK corporate history  —  Founder and chief executive of advertising group receives £63m share award plus salary, bonus and other benefits
 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users' privacy and security

Reuters:
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