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3:40 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 …
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 …
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: The FADER
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.
Heidi Gaiser / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of the Flathead Beacon, a weekly newspaper in Kalispell, MT owned by Maury Povich  —  Why a weekly tabloid owned by Maury Povich might have ‘the best newsroom in Montana’  —  Beacon reporter Justin Franz holds a marker as Dan Fagre, climate change research coordinator …
Discussion: @wcpsarah and @cjr
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.
Juliet Eilperin / Nieman Reports:
To Stay Relevant, Newsrooms Rethink Campaign Coverage  —  Public disaffection and candidates' social media strategies force journalists to innovate beyond the horse race  —  Even in his first big presidential campaign, in a milieu where few people were short on confidence …
Discussion: @mgcleve and @niemanfdn
Meredith Blake / Los Angeles Times:
WGA West report finds that progress for female and minority writers remains slow ‘at best’  —  Screenwriter John McNamara accepts the Paul Selvin Award during the 2016 Writers Guild Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on Feb. 13, 2016, in Los Angeles.  —  Amid an ongoing debate …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with David Axelrod on his new podcast, Trump, and social media  —  David Axelrod's next act  —  Don't let David Axelrod's mellow voice fool you: The man is something of a machine.  Since 2013, the famed strategist behind President Barack Obama's White House bids has directed …
Discussion: @dannyfunt and bookforum.com
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:
The New Yorker uses adaptive algorithms in its caption contest, opens voting to everyone  —  How New Yorker cartoons could teach computers to be funny  —  The weekly magazine, started in 1925, is using crowdsourcing algorithms for the first time to find the funniest cartoon captions.
Karla Zabludovsky / BuzzFeed:
Two reporters at Mexican newspaper Milenio quit after accusing paper's leadership of caving to government pressure  —  Uproar In Mexico Over Latest Journalist Scandal  —  Two reporters have quit a Mexican newspaper after accusing the leadership of caving to government pressure.
Discussion: Karen Cota
 
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
CEO Peter Liguori talks about Tribune Media's changes and the February announcement that it's exploring partnerships or a sale
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
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