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9:04 AM ET, March 30, 2017

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBC, BuzzFeed, and Snap team up for 2018 winter Olympic coverage; NBC and Buzzfeed to produce content for Snapchat Discover, Snap to provide ad-sales packages  —  NBC, Snap Inc. and BuzzFeed will be jumping back into the Olympics rings next year.  —  The broadcaster will work with BuzzFeed …
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Alex Pareene is leaving Gizmodo Media Group to lead a new politics team at Fusion, which will also include Hamilton Nolan and Ashley Feinberg  —  JAMES COMEY WANTED TO PUBLISH A NYT OP-ED ON RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING - And he wanted to do so last summer, according to Newsweek's scoop last night …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Pandora, facing continued pressure by investor Corvex to sell, has to convert some of its 81M users from free radio to its Premium $9.99/month service  —  Music streaming app is best shot to spur growth, cut losses  —  Activist Corvex with 8.8% stake urges company to weigh options
Discussion: Recode and TechCrunch
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
How 100 Days in Appalachia builds a national audience by involving West Virginia students, pro advisers, and contributors for nuanced stories beyond coal miners  —  “Everyone's talking to coal miners; we want to introduce you to somebody else that you're not expecting to see."
Discussion: @mlcalderone and @sdkstl
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Google ad fiasco gives TV networks ammunition ahead of upfront negotiations as analysts estimate a loss of about $750M in revenue for Google  —  Channels pitch advertisers amid uproar over Google's placement of ads on objectionable content  —  When Hallmark Channel makes its annual pitch …
Discussion: Ad Age and @jbflint
Jim Coudal / The Deck:
Ad network The Deck, used by blogs including Daring Fireball and Kottke, to shut down after 11 years  —  We started The Deck in 2006 and for the first couple years it struggled.  By 2008, it was an OK business and by 2009, it was a pretty good business.  From then through 2013, The Deck was going along just fine.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: FCC expected to reverse UHF rule that hindered TV station owners from buying more stations, easing a potential Sinclair-Tribune Media deal and more  —  Proposal would restore ‘UHF discount’ in calculating audience share  —  WASHINGTON—Federal regulators plan to reverse an Obama-era rule …
Discussion: Law360 and Fierce Cable
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Facebook opens 360-degree streaming to all users with compatible devices  —  Facebook just made live streaming 360-degree video relatively easy, provided you have the equipment to capture the content.  Users of devices like the new 2017 model Gear 360 just announced at the S8 smartphone launch …
Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton criticizes Press Sec Spicer for cutting reporter April Ryan off during press conference, Bill O'Reilly for comment about politician's hair  —  Only a few hours apart on Tuesday, two black women were confronted by white, male public figures in exchanges that many viewed as demeaning and disparaging.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
VC-backed, ad-dependent publishers struggle to reach a goal of $100M in revenue per year, with few reaching that mark of scaled success  —  Earlier this month, Genius, which started as a rap annotation platform, decided that now it would become a video-focused company.
Discussion: @mattervc
 
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson brings two pool reporters from Reuters and Fox News on his trip to Turkey and Belgium
Discussion: @mlcalderone
Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
Ofcom sets network quotas for BBC, forcing it to spend a fixed minimum amount of its programming budget on its regional newsrooms outside London
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: ex-Breitbart writer filed a complaint to the DoJ, claiming the site was acting as a de-facto foreign agent for its DC landlord, an Egyptian politician
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: BuzzFeed is preparing to go public in 2018
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines
 

 
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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

The Linux Foundation:
A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor

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
 
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