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5:20 AM ET, March 23, 2017

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Medium launches memberships for $5/month, directing early revenue to writers, eventually giving access to exclusive stories and an offline reading list  —  You don't really get anything yet  —  Medium has just launched its subscription service, which for $5 per month will give subscribers access to... something, eventually.
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Despite Google's assurances, AT&T, Verizon, others pull ads from Google and YouTube over concerns ads could appear next to content promoting terrorism and hate  —  SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T says it's pulling its business from Google and YouTube despite the Internet giant's pledge this week …
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Memo: The Guardian announces job cuts at US newsroom, after plan to move NY HQ to Kushner-owned building was scrapped at a cost, according to sources, of $250K  —  The Guardian's US operation announced a fresh round of cuts two days after BuzzFeed News reported that it had backed out of a move to a Kushner-owned building.
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Hadas Gold / @hadas_gold:   Staff memo: The Guardian's UK newsroom also likely to be hit by layoffs
John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
US Senate begins debate on resolution to roll back FCC's broadband privacy regulations  —  Vote expected tomorrow on resolution  —  The Senate began debate late Wednesday on invalidating the FCC's broadband privacy regs, adopted last October by a divided FCC whose dissenters are now in the majority.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Opinion page of Murdoch's Wall Street Journal harshly rebukes Trump, saying he's damaging his presidency with stream of falsehoods and evidence-free accusations  —  The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is known for its conservative tone, but its latest editorial would stand out even in the pages of its left-leaning peers.
Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch:
Six March Madness games to be offered in VR; single court camera for $2 per game, multiple camera angles for $3 per game or $8 for all six  —  Want to watch March Madness in VR?  You're in luck.  —  Six games — including the Final Four national semifinals and National Championship game — will be streamed in VR.
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump Organization lawyers sent cease and desist letter to teen behind cat website, which allows users to scratch photos of the President with virtual cat paws  —  “I really just want people to be aware that this is a president who's clearly more concerned about what people think of him than doing things …
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Media Matters founder David Brock, 54, is recovering from a heart attack he suffered Tuesday in Washington  —  Media Matters founder and chairman David Brock is recovering from a heart attack he suffered Tuesday in Washington.  —  “David Brock suffered a heart attack while working …
James Warren / Poynter:
Inside the Pulitzer Center, a 10-year-old nonprofit with 571 publication partners that has supported 715 projects and facilitated a total of 6,168 stories  —  Iona Craig, a prototypical high-wire journalist without much of a safety net, recently found herself in a broken-down car with no phone reception by a riverbed in war-torn Yemen.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Tim Marema, editor of The Daily Yonder, a site run by the nonprofit Center for Rural Strategies, which covers rural issues and policy  —  “Rural is like good art — you know it when you see it."  —  Donald Trump's unveiling of his budget blueprint last week …
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Rob Evans / The Guardian:
Source: London's Metropolitan police and Indian police used hackers to read emails of journalists and press photographers
Washington Post:
Interview with German reporter, Kristina Dunz, who asked Trump about decrying fake news while spreading false accusations, during press event with Angela Merkel
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Media companies shutter niche cable channels with low viewership, but cable-TV prices aren't set to drop
 

 
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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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