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4:30 PM ET, March 31, 2016

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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Turner leads $15M investment in Mashable, will work together to develop digital and linear content and collaborate on advertising  —  Turner Leads $15 Million Investment in Mashable  —  Media companies plan to collaborate on TV content creation, ad deals  —  Turner has led a new $15 …
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to allow muted video ads in Instant Articles and one additional ad unit at bottom of articles  —  Video Ads Are Coming to Facebook Instant Articles  —  The social network will also allow more advertising in every Instant Article  —  Facebook is making further changes …
Rachel Browne / VICE News:
Canadian judge rules Vice reporter Ben Makuch must hand over instant messages with Canadian accused of terrorism and joining ISIS Farah Shirdon  —  Canadian Judge Orders VICE News Journalist to Hand Over Digital Messages  —  An Ontario court has ruled that a VICE News reporter must hand …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launches a podcast team to create a new batch of wide-reaching shows  —  Another news organization has decided to invest in podcasts, and this one's a biggie: The New York Times is creating a new audio team that will work to launch a batch of news and opinion podcasts this year and more in 2017.
Discussion: New York Times, FishbowlNY and @jbenton
Wall Street Journal:
Video Creators Are Frustrated With Pace of Facebook's Antipirating Efforts  —  Copyright infringement hits them in the pocketbook and the company often is too slow to respond, they say  —  Filmmaker Brady Haran uploaded a video to his science-focused YouTube channel showing what happens when you drop Lithium metal into 7 Up soda.
John M. Donnelly / National Press Club:
National Press Club objects to roughing up of reporters by Turkish security during President Erdogan's visit to US  —  National Press Club Alarmed About Reported Abuses in DC by Turkish Security  —  National Press Club leaders expressed alarm about reports that security personnel guarding …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
AP reporters ensured their sources were safe before publishing their award-winning international seafood slavery story  —  How the AP busted an international seafood slavery racket  —  Journalists at The Associated Press knew that labor abuses in Thailand's seafood business were an awful but open secret.
Charles J. Johnson / Chicago Tribune:
Why journalists become scapegoats when international tragedies don't have wall-to-wall digital coverage and the power of readers on visibility  —  Commentary: When faraway tragedies are ignored, it's not always the media's fault  —  A bomb attack on a park in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed dozens and injured hundreds.
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Discovery to Relaunch ‘Seeker’ Digital Network in Hunt for Millennials  —  Discovery is redoubling its effort to reach coveted millennial viewers through its Seeker online network, the company said Thursday, planning to revamp the digital brand with virtual reality and more programming.
 
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
In the U.K. and Finland, public media is thriving on digital; in other European countries, not so much
Discussion: Guardian
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Rory Gallivan / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Online content creator and platform Playbuzz raises $15M led by Saban Ventures and Walt Disney
Alex Spence / Politico:
Financial Times print and online circulation up 8% this year to 780K, digital subscriptions up 12% to 566K
Discussion: Business Insider
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Review of FOIA Mapper, a Knight-backed tool designed to make FOIA requests easier
Discussion: @kristenhare and Poynter