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8:20 AM ET, April 1, 2016

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Anh Do / Los Angeles Times:
Orange County Register editor Rob Curley confirms he's leaving; sources say 70+ layoffs expected after its acquisition by Digital First Media  —  Editor and 70-plus others said to be out at the Orange County Register  —  More than 70 Orange County Register employees were being targeted …
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Sources claim interns produce most of Milo Yiannopoulos's work; he confirms “about 44” interns and two people writing Breitbart posts, says practice is standard  —  Top Conservative Writer Is A Group Effort, Sources Say  —  Sources claim interns produce much of Breitbart.com tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos's work.
Tony Connelly / The Drum:
Red Bull Media House to provide Reuters subscribers with exclusive sport and lifestyle content  —  Reuters is extending the sports content it offers its Reuters Media Express customers after partnering with Red Bull Media House (RBMH) who will provide a curated selection of its best sports and lifestyle content.
Adam Ewing / Bloomberg:
Jay Z seeks compensation in his $56M Tidal purchase from Schibsted ASA, claiming subscriber numbers were inflated  —  Jay Z Says Firm That Sold Him Tidal Inflated Subscriber Numbers  —  Hip hop mogul says he wants some of his $56 million back  —  A year after acquisition, Tidal still trails Spotify, Apple
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Reddit deletes surveillance ‘warrant canary’ in transparency report  —  Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of U.S. government surveillance request, suggesting the platform is now being asked …
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Kanye West's label says Pablo will be streaming on all major services by midnight Friday, despite West's earlier claim it would be a Tidal exclusive  —  400 Million Streams Later, Kanye West's ‘Pablo’ Is to Get a Wider Release  —  What makes a successful album in 2016?  A No. 1 debut on the Billboard chart?
Reuters:
Sources: Egypt blocked Facebook's Free Basics service after the company refused to let the government spy on users  —  Exclusive: Egypt blocked Facebook Internet service over surveillance - sources  —  Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's (FB.O) Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year …
Discussion: VatorNews, Boing Boing and Fortune
Alex Spence / Politico:
Study: Europe's media independence threatened by political interference and concentrated ownership  —  Media freedom at risk across Europe  —  The independence and diversity of Europe's media is under threat from political interference and concentrated ownership, according to a report published Wednesday.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
How ten Gannett newspapers teamed up and spent months reporting on Wisconsin's youth suicide problem  —  How 10 Wisconsin newspapers teamed up to address the state's youth suicide problem  —  After one of her first interviews with a family who'd lost a child to suicide, Rory Linnane got into her car and called her best friend.
Discussion: @appelbap and @poynter
David Purdum / ESPN:
DraftKings and FanDuel to suspend all college, high school, and youth sports contests indefinitely after this week's college basketball games, in deal with NCAA  —  DraftKings, FanDuel to stop offering college fantasy games  —  Leading daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel …
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 …
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Economist deputy editor Tom Standage on how the weekly business mag reached 35m social media followers
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
Financial Times:
Marketers move beyond scheduled posts and tweets to livestreaming but struggle with maintaining image, moderating comments, and analytics
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launches a podcast team to create a new batch of wide-reaching shows
Discussion: New York Times, @jbenton and FishbowlNY
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
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
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Turner leads $15M investment in Mashable, will work together to develop digital and linear content and collaborate on advertising
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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