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4:45 PM ET, March 21, 2016

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Bloomberg Business:
On Twitter's 10th anniversary, Jack Dorsey talks about its past, current changes, and future  —  The Future of Twitter: Q&A with Jack Dorsey  —  An in-depth conversation on 10 years of tweeting, the importance of live media, and “the puddle.”  —  Last year, amid a cratering stock price …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Medium spins off publication Matter as Matter Studios, which aims to be HBO for digital storytellers, funded by Ev Williams, led by Mark Lotto and Hillary Frey  —  Medium spins off Matter into new company owned by Ev Williams  —  The self-publishing service and social network Medium …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media  —  Did you catch the Trump-Kelly bout Friday night?  What a show.  —  It had Donald J. Trump, The Likely Republican Presidential Nominee, throwing the first punch (of that day) at the star Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly by composing …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
VICE's February traffic plunges 17.4%, to 49.1M unique visitors, compared to 59.5M in January  —  Vice Media Traffic Plummets, Underscoring Risky Web Strategy  —  Vice Media has come into the month of March looking more like a lamb than the proverbial lion.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal's E! cable network launches daily talk show on Facebook Live, “Live from E!”, shot using iPhone 6s Plus  —  E! Launches Live Talk Show on Facebook (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Facebook is getting a daily live talk show from NBCUniversal's E! cable network …
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Best-selling author James Patterson to launch Bookshots, short novels that can be read in a single sitting  —  James Patterson Has a Big Plan for Small Books  —  People already read James Patterson's books — and in staggering numbers.  Last year, he and his team of writers had 36 books land on the New York Times best-seller list.
Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:
The New Republic shuts down content marketing arm, Novel; number of staff departing from company on April 1, including chief revenue officer Kayvan Salmanpour  —  New Republic Pulls the Plug on Novel  —  Hamilton Fish, who recently joined New Republic as publisher and editorial director …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon partners with Comcast to sell Xfinity bundles, quietly launches Amazon Cable Store  —  Amazon.com Starts Selling Comcast Xfinity TV, Internet Service  —  Amazon.com is now selling a range of Comcast Xfinity bundles, as the cable giant seeks to get its cable TV …
Angela Doland / Ad Age:
GroupM: 49.7% of total ad spend in China will go toward the Internet this year, up 30% year-over-year; 31% of worldwide ad spend will go toward the Internet  —  Half of China's Ad Spending Will Go Toward the Internet This Year, GroupM Says  —  The Flipside: Spending on TV is Expected to Drop 4.5% in 2016
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Report forecasts U.S ad spending to grow 3.7% this year, digital to overtake TV as biggest category in 2017  —  U.S., Global Ad Forecasts Cut Slightly, Digital Poised to Overtake TV Spending in 2017  —  EMAIL ME  —  “Digital continues to grow at the expense of print media as consumers shift …
Discussion: Variety
David Kaplan / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
Investigative stories lead to billions in fines for governments, yet independent press is poorly funded  —  Investigative Journalism & Foreign Aid: A Huge Return on Investment  —  It is a windfall of epic proportions.  In February, Russian/Norwegian telecom giant Vimpelcom announced …
 
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Sky to make live sport available to all its TV customers at no extra cost
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
European pay-TV giant Sky's CFO Andrew Griffith adds COO title to responsibilities
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EU Commission inquiry reveals 68% of digital content providers geo-block in EU, content supplier contracts forcing it may be investigated
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Alphabet's Jigsaw launches Unfiltered.News, a data visualization tool using Google News data to show undercovered and popular stories by region
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Tom Risen / US News:
The unpredictable primary season has brought ratings and revenue to cable TV networks, who have helped turn the election into a reality show