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12:35 PM ET, March 24, 2016

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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Sources: Google building Periscope-like live streaming app YouTube Connect for iOS and Android  —  Google is building YouTube Connect, a livestreaming app to take on Periscope  —  EXCLUSIVE:  —  Google has quietly been building a new livestreaming app called YouTube Connect, VentureBeat has learned.
Leslie Picker / New York Times:
Sources: TiVo in merger talks with Rovi, would own about 30% of the combined company  —  TiVo Said to Be in Merger Talks With Rovi  —  TiVo, the digital video recorder company that popularized the DVR and revolutionized “time shifting” and fast-forwarding through advertising …
Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
Interview with Jeff Bezos about his deepening involvement in The Washington Post, Amazon Books retail store, and more  —  Bezos Prime  —  Amazon's CEO has driven his company to all-consuming growth (and even, believe it or not, profits).  Today, though, as he deepens his involvement …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Turner Plans to Spend $100 Million Expanding Bleacher Report  —  Investment over next three years will be used to hire more staff and build out the digital sports brand's video output  —  Turner plans to spend $100 million on Bleacher Report over the next three years to help build out the digital sports property.
Oscar Williams / Guardian:
British journalism is 94% white and 55% male, survey reveals  —  More women than men are entering the profession but female journalists remain underpaid and under-promoted, new research finds  —  The British journalism industry is 94% white, 86% university-educated and 55% male …
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi found not guilty of sexual assault charges in first of two trials  —  Jian Ghomeshi found not guilty of sexual assault  —  Disgraced former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty on Thursday morning in his first of two trials for sexual assault.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN has snared six primary debates and seven town halls by not choosing political sides  —  CNN on campaign 2016: We have ‘more access to both parties than any other channel’  —  What are the chances that the Republican National Committee (RNC) would partner with MSNBC on a GOP debate?
Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
Poynter creates resource guide highlighting Pulitzer winners participating in “social justice journalism”  —  Hate and racism in the South gave rise to ‘social justice journalism’  —  This year marks the centennial of the Pulitzer Prizes, a celebration in which the Poynter Institute is a key player.
Discussion: @timafranklin and @kellymcb
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 …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nielsen to Break Out Metrics for Apple TV, Roku, Other Connected-TV Devices  —  Nielsen promises to give clients a look next month at usage metrics for connected-TV devices — including Roku and Apple TV set-tops — segmented by individual brand and device type.
Fabio Bertoni / New Yorker:
The Hogan-Gawker sex-tape ruling risks courts determining editorial standards as video becomes the standard of proof online  —  The Stakes in Hulk Hogan's Gawker Lawsuit  —  On Monday afternoon, a Florida jury added twenty-five million dollars in punitive damages to the hundred …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
For France's Libération, Facebook Instant Articles drives a 30 percent increase in time spent  —  As an experiment, French political publisher Libération has spent the last two months publishing each of its 150 daily articles to Facebook Instant Articles.  It turns out, people like reading articles there.
Discussion: Business Insider and @mathewi
 
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