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10:55 AM ET, March 28, 2016

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CNN's Brian Stelter Looks Back at How the Media Got It So Wrong on Trump  —  How exactly did the media get Donald Trump so wrong?  Well, today, CNN's Brian Stelter devoted the entirety of Reliable Sources to answering that very question.  —  And what better way to illustrate the collective failure …
Adam Schreck / Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera to slash 500 jobs, many in its home of Qatar  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Qatar-based news broadcaster Al-Jazeera says it is slashing around 500 jobs as part of a worldwide workforce reduction.  —  The network announced the cuts Sunday, saying they are part of a …
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren becomes the new CEO as part of management makeover  —  Pandora has appointed cofounder Tim Westergren as its new CEO as part of a broader management makeover, the company announced today,  —  Stating that it “remains 100% committed to growth strategy,” …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Periscope Has Been Used for 200 Million Broadcasts, 100 Million Since January Alone  —  Twitter-owned social live streaming service Periscope celebrated its first birthday Monday by revealing a major usage milestone: Periscope has been used for more that 200 million broadcasts since its launch in March of 2015.
Tatiana Walk-Morris / Nieman Reports:
New fact-checking projects use automation tools like ClaimBuster to speed the process  —  The Future of Political Fact-Checking  —  New fact-checking projects use advanced technologies to automate and accelerate the process  —  In awarding its Lie of the Year title to Donald Trump last December …
Willy Staley / The California Sunday Magazine:
Profile of Jake Phelps, editor of Thrasher Magazine, which focuses on skateboarding culture and is referred to as “the bible” by skaters  —  Thrashed  —  Jake Phelps has run the bible for skaters for more than two decades.  He's nearly died a few times in the process.
John Glenday / The Drum:
Vice Media's head of ad sales Richard Beckman departs in wake of shock 17.4% decline in web traffic  —  Vice Media's head of ad sales departs in wake of shock 17.4% decline in web traffic  —  Vice Media has confirmed the departure of Richard Beckman, its head of ad sales, just ten months into the job …
Yuyu Chen / Digiday:
How sponsored content drives more than 60 percent of The Atlantic's ad revenue  —  Today, every publisher has some form of native offering.  For The Atlantic, sponsored content has proved better ROI than other ad formats.  —  Native advertising is estimated to reach around 75 percent …
Stephen Lovely / AllFlicks:
Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years  —  It's not your imagination - Netflix's catalog is getting smaller.  As competition in the OTT streaming space has increased, Netflix's once-massive selection has decreased.  In fact, it has shrunk by a third in less than two and a half years.
Poynter:
How Argentinian fact-checking website Chequeado created a fact-checking TV show  —  Moving fact-checking from the Web to TV is tough but important  —  At Chequeado, Argentina's foremost fact-checking website, we have wanted to bring our work to TV for a long time.  A really long time.
 
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP
 
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