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3:25 PM ET, March 23, 2016

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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Blendle launches pay-per-story app in the US with articles from The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and Financial Times, starting at $.09 each  —  Paid journalism startup Blendle launches in the U.S.  —  Blendle, the Dutch journalism start-up developing an iTunes-style payment method …
Nick Denton / Gawker:
Hogan suit was about racist comments on another videotape, and Gawker will win on appeal  —  The Hogan Verdict  —  The decision by a Florida jury to grant $140 million in damages for a story on Gawker.com about a Hulk Hogan sex tape was extraordinary.  The number is far larger than even the plaintiff himself had asked for in relief.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Interview with GroundSource founder Andrew Haeg, on using messaging over SMS, WhatsApp, more to build community for news sites and others  —  GroundSource is trying to help news sites build community through text-message conversations  —  “I can't imagine many stronger indications …
Guardian:
Sun publisher posts £250m loss due to write-down and hacking costs  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers pushed to loss as value of publishing rights falls and £50m is set aside to deal with continuing cost of hacking scandal  —  The publisher of the Sun has recorded a loss …
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC proposed cable box rules don't prohibit third party set-top box makers from inserting more ads next to TV channels or in frames around them  —  FCC's cable box rules won't prohibit extra ads around TV channels  —  Ban unneeded as companies like TiVo “are not disrupting advertising,” FCC says.
Discussion: FCC
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Supreme Court rejects Trinity Mirror challenge against paying damages of £1.2m to eight hacking victims  —  The Supreme Court has rejected Trinity Mirror's challenge against a £1.2m damages award made to eight victims of phone-hacking.  —  The publisher is facing at least 158 claims …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
How the Financial Times racked up 45M downloads of its 12 podcasts in 2015 and why it continues to launch more  —  The Financial Times racked up 45 million podcast downloads last year  —  Podcasting is the hot new thing to many publishers, but not to the Financial Times.
Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Times newspaper group 2015 revenue down to £345M, profit of £11M, digital subscriptions down 6% to 147K, print circulation up 1% to 394K over year to June  —  Profits rise at Times newspaper group  —  Rupert Murdoch's Times newspaper group substantially increased its profits last year …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Associated Press:
Activists call for investigation into March 10 death of Salvadoran radio journalist Nicolas Humberto Garcia  —  Human rights body condemns Salvadoran journalist's killing  —  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — An arm of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is condemning the slaying of a radio journalist in El Salvador.
Smartclip:
RTL, the German TV and Radio group, aquires video ad tech firm SmartClip for about €47M  —  Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland to acquire smartclip  —  Investment in online video advertising sales  —  Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland will make an important step in implementing its strategy …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
RIAA report: streaming accounted for more US recorded-music revenue than downloads in 2015, rising from 27% in 2014 to 34% in 2015  —  US recorded-music revenues rose slightly in 2015, says RIAA  —  US music industry body the RIAA has published its figures for 2015, revealing …
Agence France-Presse:
French news sites Le Monde, L'Equipe, and Le Parisien, plus music streamer Deezer ask users to disable adblocking tools in effort organized by trade association  —  French news sites block the adblockers, telling readers to uninstall or lose access  —  Websites including Le Monde …
Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK:
UK court rules that 8-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright in case brought by cricket board and Sky UK against Fanatix website and app  —  Eight-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright, says UK judge  —  Sharing key sporting moments on Fanatix site just not cricket, court decides.
Guy Chazan / Financial Times:
Bertelsmann plans to increase Penguin Random House stake  —  Bertelsmann, Europe's largest media group by sales, said it planned to increase its stake in Penguin Random House to as much as 75 per cent if co-owner Pearson exited the company next year.  —  Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann chief executive …
 
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