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10:15 AM ET, March 29, 2016

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Brady Dale / The New York Observer:
Blogger sparks debate with demand that Genius Web Annotator allow opt-outs and abuse reporting feature  —  Genius Web Annotator vs. One Young Woman With a Blog  —  Can annotating text online straighten out our collective reasoning, or will it just be a new vector for trolls?
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NFL writer Peter King extends contract with Sports Illustrated, will continue to write Monday Morning Quarterback column and lead The MMQB  —  Peter King signs multi-year contract extension  —  With his contract coming due at the end of the month, Peter King flirted with leaving Sports Illustrated, his writing home since 1989.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Oculus Rift release to have a limited impact on journalism, as reviews say its adoption will be limited, given necessary PC requirements and prohibitive price  —  Oculus Rift for news?  Not quite yet  —  After years of anticipation and waiting, the Oculus Rift VR headset is finally here.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN Hires David Gregory as Political Analyst as 2016 Campaign Heats Up  —  David Gregory, who endured a long and difficult exit from his perch as the host of NBC's “Meet the Press,” is returning to a regular role on television as a political analyst on CNN, the network announced on Monday.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches SoundCloud Go music subscription service for $9.99/month in US  —  It's Go time for SoundCloud: $9.99 tier aims to rival Spotify with millions of premium music tracks  —  SoundCloud is often billed as the “YouTube for audio” because of its huge trove of user-generated music …
Discussion: Re/code, The Next Web and Forbes
Amrith Ramkumar / The Chronicle:
Stephen Glass has repaid $200K to four magazines he wrote for, including The New Republic; 40 articles in total  —  Discredited journalist Stephen Glass reveals $200,000 repayments to 4 magazines  —  Glass spoke to a journalism ethics class at Duke Wednesday
Ali Jaafar / Deadline:
Vice Media acquires majority stake in UK production company Pulse Films; financials not disclosed  —  Vice Media Acquires Majority Stake In UK Production Company Pulse Films  —  Shane Smith's burgeoning digital media empire just got a little bigger with the news that Vice Media has acquired …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
New York Times May Limit Free Access From Facebook, Twitter  —  The New York Times has one million digital subscribers, but it wants more.  Now it looks like it's trying to get them by plugging holes in its paywall.  —  The Times is experimenting with limiting the number of stories …
Discussion: FishbowlNY, @raju, @markzastrow, @kvox and @moorehn, Thanks:@steverubel
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Yu Shaolei, editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, resigns over increasing media control from government  —  Editor Says He Is Resigning Over Media Controls in China  —  HONG KONG — An editor at a prominent Chinese newspaper said he was stepping down from his job …
Li Zhou / The Atlantic:
Glamour and Facebook's new partnership shows danger of letting audience data shape content  —  The Slippery Slope of a New Facebook Partnership  —  This past Thursday, Glamour magazine and Facebook announced that they were partnering to host a series of town halls for women about the 2016 election.
Discussion: @mathewi and @raju
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers say ad agencies to blame for increase in ad-blocking, by creating large ads which increase page load  —  Here's How Oversized Web Ads Are Encouraging Ad Blocking  —  Publishers say ad agencies consistently crank out large, tracking-laden digital ads, which are slowing down the Internet
Discussion: AdExchanger
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Jill Abramson's longform journalism venture with Steve Brill is on hold, for now  —  A few months after she was fired from her job as The New York Times' top editor, Jill Abramson announced she was working with media mogul Steven Brill on a longform journalism startup.
Discussion: Guardian, Fortune and @poynter
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Revolving door from campaign staffers to cable TV becomes more visible in election year  —  Cable news, a welcoming home for the weary ex-campaign staffer  —  As a general rule, what's bad for a campaign is good for cable news.  Consider the case of Rick Tyler.
Discussion: @lucia_graves and @bterris
 
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John Eggerton / Multichannel News:
FCC is asked to investigate Comcast over failure to add majority-controlled African-American media networks, a condition of its merger with NBC Universal
Discussion: Variety and Broadcasting & Cable
Calvin Reid / Publishers Weekly:
Humble Bundle, a site that lets buyers pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free content, generated $6.1M in revenue on 31 ebook bundles released in 2015
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
PopSugar Taps Geoff Schiller as Chief Revenue Officer
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post unveils new offices in New York
Discussion: FishbowlDC and @dylanbyers
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Tribune Publishing names Terry Jimenez, ex-COO of Newsday as CFO, fires PricewaterhouseCoopers as internal auditors, hires Ernst & Young instead
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