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5:55 AM ET, March 27, 2017

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Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:
Source: Quartz earned $1M+ on $30M+ in revenue in 2016, plans to add 50 staffers to New York headquarters and 18 elsewhere, bringing total to about 270  —  The site has become profitable and plans to expand  —  Through humor, a mobile-friendly format and distinctive reporting …
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Washington Post:
Analysis finds ads for big brands placed on politically extreme and derogatory content across the web, highlighting broader issues with programmatic advertising  —  Follow The Post's tech blog, The Switch, where technology and policy connect.  —  As the owner of a small business in liberal Massachusetts …
Tess Townsend / Recode:
YouTube's ad mess gives advertisers leverage for what they really want: More data  —  Advertisers are tired of just trusting Google.  —  As far as advertisers are concerned, there are really only two ways to place ads online: The “open web” where you can track the ads, and “walled gardens” where you can't.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sources: White House press official Boris Epshteyn, a college friend of Eric Trump's known for tangling with TV network staff, is let go from press job  —  Boris Epshteyn, an official in the White House press office who had a contentious relationship with television producers and was once …
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Sources: Tomi Lahren now permanently off Glenn Beck's TheBlaze after declaring herself pro-choice  —  MORE FROM: … Tomi Lahren won't be appearing on Glenn Beck's multiplatform network, TheBlaze, anymore.  —  Sources say Lahren — who was suspended last week after flip-flopping on abortion …
Columbia Journalism Review:
How magazines like the Nation, Mother Jones, and Wired are balancing rigorous print tradition of fact-checking with the swift pace of digital publishing  —  Days after Kellyanne Conway uttered the now-infamous phrase “alternative facts” during a TV interview, Mother Jones magazine launched …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
David Filipov / Washington Post:
First-person account of what it's like to be the token American journalist on Russian state TV show  —  MOSCOW — I'm standing in a glistening TV studio that evokes “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” crossbred with “Fox NFL Sunday.”  The stage is a large, brightly lit clock face that occasionally flashes random, live-action video images.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hollywood studios may soon release new movies for video-on-demand fewer than 45 days after their big screen debut, priced between $30 and $50  —  Hollywood studios are planning to move ahead with ‘premium’ video-on-demand, making major movies available to home viewers only weeks after they hit theaters.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
InfoWars' Alex Jones apologizes to Pizzagate restaurant's owner a day before becoming exposed to punitive damages in potential libel suit under Texas law  —  Alex Jones, the conspiracy-loving media personality, apologized Friday for his role in promoting “Pizzagate,” the baseless viral story …
Dugan Arnett / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's victory has boosted a new sect of young conservatives vying to become players in a quickly evolving right-wing media landscape  —  It had been a typically busy day for the conservative rabble-rouser.  —  Already that morning, Nicholas Fuentes, a Boston University freshman from Illinois …
Diana Marszalek / Broadcasting & Cable:
Raycom Media TV stations in 23 markets return to AT&T's U-verse after going dark on March 15 in carriage dispute  —  The stations in 23 markets returned to the platform March 26  —  Raycom Media's TV stations lit up on AT&T U-verse Sunday for first time since going dark on the platform March 15.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Interview with Skift founder Rafat Ali on opportunities for business-focused media, producing robust journalism supported by ads, subscriptions, and events  —  Business information is the area of the media which offers the biggest opportunity for investors according to entrepreneur Rafat Ali.
Discussion: @contextly
 
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Behind the scenes at Merriam-Webster, which despite its reputation as a social media powerhouse is still a decidedly bricks-and-mortar operation
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How a translation error in the late 1800s led to The New York Times reporting about life on Mars
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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

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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