Mediagazer: Vimeo for Roku now lets you buy on-demand content straight from your TV (Nate Swanner/The Next Web)

12:15 PM 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 …

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, New York Times, CNNMoney, Reynolds Center, Mediaite, Variety, Editor & Publisher, Fortune, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @nycjim, The Huffington Post, Guardian, Doha News and BBC

Oriana Schwindt / International Business Times:

Rentrak: Viceland averaged just 55K+ viewers a day in first three weeks after Feb. 29 launch, compared to 241K for last three weeks of H2, a channel it replaced — Viceland Ratings: Here's How Many People Are Watching Vice Media's New Cable TV Network — What happens when you make TV for people who don't watch TV?

Discussion: @sdbcraig, @bluechoochoo, @mlcalderone, @learmonth, @crupicrupicrupi and @schwindter

Nate Swanner / The Next Web:

Vimeo for Roku now lets you buy on-demand content straight from your TV — Roku is still a great way to view video, but wasn't good for creators — until now. Vimeo has announced it is bringing transactional support to Roku, which means creators can now make money via Vimeo on Roku.

Discussion: Vimeo, TechCrunch and VentureBeat

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren becomes the new CEO as part of management makeover — Pandora has appointed cofounder Tim Westergren its new CEO as part of a broader management makeover, the company announced today, — Stating that it “remains 100 percent committed to growth strategy,” …

Discussion: Pandora, TechCrunch, Radio & Television …, ZDNet, Re/code, Variety and Fortune

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.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Re/code, @fieldproducer and InformationWeek

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 …

Discussion: @tati_wm and @niemanreports

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.

Discussion: @geetadayal, @calsunday, @huckberry, @simonparkin, @silviakillings, @willystaley, @justinbolois and @isaacfitzgerald

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 …

Discussion: @sdbcraig

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson joins The Guardian as a political columnist — Jill Abramson, Former New York Times Editor, to Write Guardian Column — Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of The New York Times, will formally join The Guardian as a political columnist, the newspaper said Monday.

Discussion: @lee_glend, @lpolgreen, @brianstelter and @doughenwood

Micah Singleton / The Verge:

Spotify CEO confirms the service now has 30M paying subscribers, up from 20M in June 2015 — Spotify hits 30 million subscribers — The streaming service isn't slowing down — Spotify has 30 million paid subscribers, CEO Daniel Ek announced today in a tweet.

Discussion: @eldsjal, The Source, @pkafka, @sophiabendz, Tech Times, Billboard, SiliconANGLE, Music Times, TrustedReviews, @trengriffin and Pocketnow

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 …

Discussion: @digiday