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3:05 PM ET, March 17, 2016

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube and Google Play agree to join T-Mobile's Binge On Program, following criticism of video throttling  —  YouTube and Google Play Movies & TV will now participate in T-Mobile's “Binge On” program, which offers cellular subscribers the ability to watch a variety of services without those streams counting against users' data plans.
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Guardian Media Group to cut 250 jobs in bid to break even within three years  —  Publisher of the Guardian and Observer says it hopes cuts, which include target of 100 editorial roles, will all be voluntary  —  Guardian Media Group is planning to cut 250 jobs - including 100 in editorial …
Owen Williams / The Next Web:
Twitter quietly turned on its new algorithmic timeline for everyone  —  Twitter's new algorithmic timeline was heralded as the end of the service by many, but when it launched, it amounted to nothing more than the natural evolution of the prior ‘while you were away’ feature.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Tribune Publishing wins $56 million auction to acquire OC Register  —  One of the largest newspapers in California may soon have a new owner.  —  Tribune Publishing, the newspaper chain whose holdings include the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has agreed to purchase …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
The Independent launches £12.99 a month subscription app in advance of print closure, includes news, business, comment, sports, and columns  —  Independent launches paid-for digital edition  —  Independent Daily Edition subscription app contains news, business, comment and sport sections, offered in free trial
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Independent's hiring writers to do both native ads and edit content  —  With its print papers ceasing production in the next two weeks, The Independent is being forced to quickly re-fashion itself as a pure digital-only business.  —  That means native ads, naturally.
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The New York Times should have alerted readers and explained post-publication changes to Bernie Sanders article  —  Were Changes to Sanders Article ‘Stealth Editing’?  —  Bernie Sanders supporters have been unhappy with The Times in recent months, but it looked as if they were beginning …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Hulk Hogan's legal team trying to stop court from releasing documents before Gawker verdict  —  Hulk Hogan's legal team is trying to delay the public release of documents related to his $100 million invasion of privacy suit against Gawker Media until after the jury hearing the case renders a verdict.
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Fairfax Media to cut 120 full-time jobs at Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, and The Age  —  Fairfax Media journalists on strike until Monday after 120 jobs axed  —  Staff at Sydney Morning Herald, Age and Australian Financial Review respond after editorial director announces major redundancy program
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fullscreen Buys StageBloc, Startup That Powers Fan Engagement for Metallica, Keith Urban  —  Through acquisition, Fullscreen promises new ways to let top creators monetize their fanbases  —  Fullscreen is promising digital stars new ways to make money from their legions of devoted followers …
Jonathan Soble / New York Times:
Junpei Yasuda, Japanese Journalist Missing in Syria, Surfaces in Video  —  TOKYO — A Japanese journalist believed to have been captured by militants in Syria last year appeared in a video posted online on Thursday.  He delivered an emotional message to his family but revealed little about his captors' demands or intentions.
Chris Lehmann / The Baffler:
Breitbart has never been a journalistic enterprise and its handling of recent crisis is in spirit of the site's founder Andrew Breitbart  —  The Breitbart Betrayals  —  There aren't many hard-and-fast rules left in the grand digital Guignol of political journalism but, without question …
Discussion: @thebafflermag, Salon and @washspec
 
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
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Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
UKTV executive sacked after stealing huge cache of confidential TV data from media regulator
Discussion: Guardian
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Coral Project to release Trust open source comment management app in beta later this year, will be tested at The New York Times and Washington Post
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Reuters:
German court rules Apple violated OpenTV streaming video patents, orders company to stop selling infringing products in Germany
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Producers of Spotlight movie, Open Road Films, acknowledge fictionalized dialog after Boston College High School worker Jack Dunn asks for scene to be removed
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Viacom Elects Frederic Salerno to Be Independent Director
Associated Press:
Indian journalists see more threats, attacks with Modi as PM