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11:40 AM ET, March 22, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Media companies shutter niche cable channels with low viewership, but cable-TV prices aren't set to drop  —  But don't expect your bill to decrease as networks go away  —  The engorged cable-TV bundle is being forced to slim down.  —  For decades, the number of TV channels on the cable dial has kept rising.
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  —  BERLIN — President Trump's first meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have resembled the comedic awkwardness of a Sacha Baron Cohen movie.
Elle Hunt / The Guardian:
Facebook starts flagging potential fake news stories as “disputed by multiple, independent fact-checkers”  —  Feature - which flags content as ‘disputed’ - trialled on story that falsely claimed thousands of Irish people were brought to the US as slaves
Rob Evans / The Guardian:
Source: London's Metropolitan police and Indian police used hackers to read emails of journalists and press photographers  —  Exclusive: Secretive Met unit worked with Indian police to obtain campaigners' passwords, anonymous letter alleges  —  The police watchdog is investigating allegations …
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
Trump's lawyers sent a 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 of substance …
Discussion: Consequence of Sound and Observer
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Gizmodo Media Group receives 25% of revenue from commerce, says CEO Raju Narisetti, and recently hit 96M unique visitors across its network of sites  —  Gizmodo Media Group, now operating under Univision, has eight media brands, with six comprising the former Gawker Media properties left after that company's bankruptcy and sale.
Discussion: @bmorrissey
Evan Engel:
Reporter Evan Engel says he resigned from Vocativ after the publication tried to suppress a story he was working on about police officers abusing prisoners  —  Yesterday, I left Vocativ, the news site where I've worked since August of last year.  I've included the text of my resignation letter below …
Discussion: @evanengel and @anthony
Ad Age:
Advertising Age magazine names Digiday Executive Editor Brian Braiker as its new editor; in statement, he says the mag will now “broaden its scope”  —  Advertising Age has named Brian Braiker its next editor, succeeding Ken Wheaton, who left at the end of December.
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.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
9th Circuit appeals court rejects FilmOn's bid for license to stream broadcast works without consent of copyright holders, reversing federal decision from 2015  —  The 9th Circuit has reversed a federal judge who concluded otherwise.  —  On Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Kids' digital media startup Pocketwatch, led by former Maker Studios executive Chris M. Williams, raises $6M from investors including CBS' Leslie Moonves  —  Startup's team includes ex-Maker/Disney exec Chris M. Williams, former Nickelodeon head Albie Hecht
Discussion: TechCrunch and Fortune
 
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
LinkedIn introduces trending topics section curated by human editors, rolling out Wednesday to US users on mobile and desktop
Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Interview with The New York Times' Maggie Haberman on how her experience with the New York Post gives insight into Trump
Tom Steele / Dallas Morning News:
Man accused of sending seizure-inducing tweet to journalist Kurt Eichenwald indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with a hate-crime enhancement
Diane Haithman / Los Angeles Business Journal:
Filing: Los Angeles biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong increases stake in Tronc to hold within 1% of controlling shareholder Michael Ferro
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Daily Beast reporter Nico Hines apologizes for story about Olympic athletes using Grindr, posted and retracted seven months ago, returns as senior editor
 Earlier Picks: 
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Reddit to introduce user profiles, let users post directly to their profiles and follow other users' pages; feature debuts with three high-profile users
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
MGM Television announces it will develop and produce original shows for Snapchat Discover; no launch date set
Discussion: Digiday and The Wrap
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter nixed 636k+ accounts between mid-2015 and end of 2016 in its effort to tackle extremism
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Twitter debuts Periscope Producer API in private beta, letting publishers stream from more devices and services
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Profile: former Obama WH staffers' Crooked Media, with four podcasts aiming to counter Trump, including “Pod Save America,” which boasts 1.4M downloads/episode
Discussion: @jonlovett