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10:20 PM ET, March 28, 2017

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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines  —  As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Letter to Wall Street Journal management seeks stronger diversity efforts, with one source saying 160 staffers signed  —  Reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal have signed a letter to management expressing concern about the roles of women and people of color in the newsroom.
Discussion: @lauraelizdavis, @moorehn and The Hill
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Dutch news startup De Correspondent plans to launch in the US in Spring 2018, with $515K grant from the Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, and First Look Media  —  It's built a membership-driven model that produces trust, connection, and good journalism.  But can it extend that approach to the hurly-burly of the American media market?
danah boyd / Backchannel:
Focusing on tech to fix fake news only distracts while allowing underlying issues with a long, complicated history to flourish  —  Fake news is too big and messy to solve with algorithms or editors—because the problem is....us.  —  Increasingly, I'm frustrated by (and often antagonistic toward) …
Steve Cavendish / Nashville Scene:
A year after buying Commercial Appeal and News-Sentinel, Gannett cuts 17 newsroom jobs in Memphis, 11 in Knoxville, 2 in Nashville, and 1 in Murfreesboro  —  A year after acquiring Scripps papers, cuts in Memphis, Knoxville and Nashville  —  A year after acquiring the Commercial Appeal …
Brent Lang / Variety:
IMAX signs co-financing and co-production agreement with Warner Bros. to create three VR experiences based on upcoming Warner Bros. films  —  If virtual reality is truly the new frontier that the entertainment industry hopes it will be, then Warner Bros. and Imax want to be among the pioneers.
Discussion: PR Newswire, /Film and TechCrunch
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Comcast will rebrand its skinny bundle option as Xfinity Instant TV, priced at $15-$40/month; it will include ESPN and roll out across US in Q3 2017  —  Comcast, looking to build another TV on-ramp for subscribers, is rebranding its broadband-delivered “skinny bundle” …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu inks multi-year agreements for Telenovolas, other Spanish-language content from Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television  —  Hulu has set new multiyear agreements with Telemundo and Sony Pictures Television that will add several hundred episodes of popular telenovelas, as well as nine Pedro …
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter gives publishers option to run pre-roll ads on Periscope broadcasts  —  Twitter is announcing a new ad unit — pre-roll ads on Periscope videos.  —  In a blog post, Periscope Group Project Manager Mike Folgner says the ads will appear in a way that's “organic to how people already consume that content on the platform.”
 
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