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6:20 PM ET, March 29, 2016

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Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski charged with simple battery for grabbing ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields  —  Trump campaign manager charged with battery  —  Corey Lewandowski faces a misdemeanor charge related to incident with former Breitbart reporter.
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Obama calls for better journalism but has contributed to problems with jail threats, subpoenas, stonewalling of FOIA, and end runs around traditional media  —  Obama Criticizes the Media, but His Administration Is Part of the Problem  —  It's hard to imagine a politician loving …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
NFL demands retraction of Times article on player concussions  —  The National Football League is demanding The New York Times retract an article published last week about the league's research into concussions among pro football players.  —  In a letter that was sent to the Times' legal counsel Monday …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram increases video length limit for users from 15 seconds up to 60 seconds, part of a greater expansion into video for the social network  —  Instagram Is Expanding Videos to 60 Seconds  —  EMAIL ME  —  The Facebook-owned photo app is placing a bigger emphasis on video this year.
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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
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 …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sony to launch 4K movie streaming service, Ultra, on April 4; titles priced at $30, will not launch with on-demand rentals  —  Sony's Ultra 4K Streaming Service Is Launching Next Month  —  Sony is launching its 4K movie streaming service called Ultra next month: Consumers will be able …
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
NBC says it has topped $1B in ad sales for Rio Olympics  —  NBC Says Olympic Ad Sales Top $1B  —  Sponsors moving ahead of pace from 2012 London games  —  NBC says that national ad sales for the Rio Olympics have topped $1 billion and are ahead of the record pace set by the 2012 London Games.
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
To fend off losses and digital competition, the newspaper market is consolidating; 70 daily newspapers were sold for a combined $827M in 2015  —  Newspapers Gobble Each Other Up to Survive Digital Apocalypse  —  More than $800 million in deals seen last year, most since '08
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.
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.
 
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Peter S. Goodman, global editor-in-chief of International Business Times, rejoins New York Times as European economic correspondent
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Yu Shaolei, editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, resigns over increasing media control from government
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FCC is asked to investigate Comcast over failure to add majority-controlled African-American media networks, a condition of its merger with NBC Universal
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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
 

 
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Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time; the stock rose 10%, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015, resulting in a valuation of $2.15T

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US

 
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