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12:50 AM ET, March 26, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps  —  Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks  —  Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Source: Gawker paid Condé Nast executive the site outed an undisclosed amount in order to avoid another lawsuit  —  Gawker's Season of Fear and Loathing  —  The now-pariah gossip website may be bruised in the aftermath of its Hulk Hogan verdict, but those anticipating its demise might be sorely disappointed.
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Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Judge in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker has been reversed on appeal more times than any other judge in her county  —  Trial judge in Hulk Hogan-Gawker case is most reversed in Pinellas  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Hulk Hogan has plenty of reasons to celebrate his $140 million win against the website Gawker over its publication of a sex tape.
Discussion: @barthubbuch and @felixsalmon
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Digital news jobs are concentrating in New York and a few other big coastal cities, leading to unrepresentative media  —  The game of concentration: The Internet is pushing the American news business to New York and the coasts  —  Editor's note: Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with their new issue — go check it out.
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Q&A with Ev Williams on Medium's evolution, monetization efforts, Matter's spinoff as an independent studio, and Backchannel's future  —  How Can Marketers and Publishers Best Use Medium?  Ev Williams Shares His Vision  —  Ahead of Ad Age's Digital Conference, Co-Founder/CEO Talks …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Apple working with Will.i.am on unscripted TV show about apps  —  Apple's First Foray Into Original TV Is a Series About Apps  —  Apple's ambitions to go head to head with Netflix and create its own lineup of exclusive movies and TV shows has long been the subject of much chatter and speculation.
Amber Bouman / Engadget:
Engadget shuts down comments for seven days to figure out how to improve quality of system  —  We're shutting down our comments ... see you next week  —  A few months back, we rolled out a new comments system.  This was, in the words of Douglas Adams, widely regarded as a bad decision.
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Dow Jones launches investigation into pay disparity claims  —  Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal are examining the company's hiring and compensation practices in response to a report that found evidence of wage disparities at the company.  —  William Lewis, the CEO of Dow Jones …
BBC:
Turkish Cumhuriyet journalists to be tried in closed court  —  Two prominent Turkish journalists, charged with revealing state secrets, will have their trial held in a closed court, a judge has ruled.  —  Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, from the newspaper Cumhuriyet, were arrested in November …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Hulu launches Gear VR app for watching its limited library of 360-degree videos, or any normal video in a virtual living room  —  Hulu Releases Virtual Reality App for Samsung Gear VR (Exclusive)  —  Hulu just took its first step into virtual worlds: The streaming service released an app …
Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
HarperCollins to offer its entire audiobook catalog via Hoopla streaming to over 950 US public libraries  —  HarperCollins Teams with Hoopla to Offer Audiobooks to Libraries  —  HarperCollins this week announced that it has signed a deal with library service provider hoopla digital …
 
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John Sudworth / BBC:
Source: China has detained 16 staffers connected to Wujie News over letter calling for President Xi Jinping's resignation, bringing total detained to 20
John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
New report finds growing surveillance of consumers by ISPs and other video providers
Discussion: MediaPost
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Redbox planning to launch a new digital video-on-demand store called Redbox Digital
Murad Ahmed / Financial Times:
Google fined €100K over right to be forgotten rules by French data regulator, which says links must be removed globally
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Playboy Enterprises explores sale, could bring in $500M+, hires banker Moelis & Co.
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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Activist investor Starboard names nine candidates to replace Yahoo's entire board, launching proxy fight
Associated Press:
Japanese journalists allege government pressure on media
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi found not guilty of sexual assault charges in first of two trials
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN has snared six primary debates and seven town halls by not choosing political sides
Discussion: Washington Post and FTVLive
Leslie Picker / New York Times:
Sources: TiVo in merger talks with Rovi, would own about 30% of the combined company