Mediagazer: The Guardian's costs soared under Alan Rusbridger, leaving the newspaper vulnerable despite resources of the Scott Trust (Stephen Glover/Prospect)

10:15 AM ET, March 20, 2016

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Nick Denton had expected he would need to appeal Hogan case, has begun preparing case — Florida Jury Hands Hulk Hogan a $115 Million Victory in the Gawker Sex Tape Trial — Round one in the Hulk Hogan/Gawker sex tape trial goes to the wrestler: A Florida jury found decisively in his favor …

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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:

Legal experts see damages award for Hulk Hogan likely to be reduced, and say verdict will have limited effect on press freedoms even if it survives appeal — Legal Experts See Little Effect on News Media From Hulk Hogan Verdict — Legal scholars were as startled as anyone by the scale …

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Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:

Unsealed records in Hogan sex-tape case suggest witnesses may have lied — ST. PETERSBURG — Court records unsealed Friday in former wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker contradict his sworn deposition in the case and that of several other key witnesses.

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The Intercept Editor-in-Chief Betsy Reed on working with strong personalities, government, transparency, and accountability — Betsy Reed — The editor putting big business and government under the microscope — In a bustling restaurant overlooking Union Square, Betsy Reed looks up cautiously.

Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:

Staffers at networks wrestle with Trump's unprecedented press restrictions and TV's role in his rise — How Donald Trump Bent Television To His Will — Staffers across the major networks have reservations about their role in Trump's rise. — Staffers at the five major television networks …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Trump not asked about alleged journalist assault by top aide in more than a dozen TV interviews

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Stephen Glover / Prospect:

The Guardian's costs soared under Alan Rusbridger, leaving the newspaper vulnerable despite resources of the Scott Trust — Who guards the Guardian? — Let's agree that the Guardian is a great newspaper whose survival should concern us all. It may sometimes be pompous and self-regarding …

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Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:

Viacom and comScore reach multi-year cross-platform measurement deal — Viacom Inks Big Cross-Platform Deal With comScore — Making good on its effort to push for more non-Nielsen based advertising deals, Viacom has made an agreement with up-and-coming media measurement firm comScore, in an extensive multi-year cross-platform deal.

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Financial Times launches Lantern, a newsroom analytics tool to make audience data accessible to journalists — The FT is launching a new analytics tool to make metrics more understandable for its newsroom — The Financial Times on Thursday launched a new newsroom analytics tool that's meant …

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Chatfuel lets publishers — and anyone — build bots for messaging apps — Chat bots are one of the hottest tech topics of the year. Inspired by trends from Asia, messaging apps like Telegram and Kik have adopted bots — automated accounts from third partners like publishers and brands …

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Amir Efrati / The Information:

Sources: with only 10% to 15% of Tumblr's advertising inventory used, Yahoo is considering letting Facebook sell ads within the Tumblr mobile app — Yahoo, Facebook in Ad Partnership Talks Over Tumblr — Yahoo is considering letting Facebook sell ads within the Tumblr mobile app …

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

Honduran journalist and director of Radio Globo and Globo TV sentenced to 10 years in prison for defamation — Honduran journalist sentenced to 10 years in prison for defamation — Honduran authorities should drop all criminal charges against journalist David Romero Ellner, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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