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6:35 PM ET, March 31, 2017

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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they don't sell customers' personal web browsing history, in response to cancellation of new FCC privacy rules  —  Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon published blog posts this morning responding to the backlash they've been receiving since Congress voted to revoke …
Aaron Hicklin / Out Magazine:
Profile of Lydia Polgreen, the new Huffington Post editor whose background as a queer black woman of limited means makes her a refreshing presence in journalism  —  The last time Lydia Polgreen felt boredom — real boredom, the soul-crushing kind — she was 21 and working for a company …
Associated Press:
Police raid offices of Belsat TV in Belarus and confiscate equipment after its coverage of protests  —  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in authoritarian Belarus are searching the offices of a Polish satellite TV channel that has given extensive coverage to a recent wave of anti-government protests.
Rick Rojas / New York Times:
Behind the scenes at The Montclair Local, the new New Jersey weekly that sparked an old-fashioned newspaper war with The Montclair Times upon its launch  —  MONTCLAIR, N.J. — In a newsroom wedged into a storefront here, reporters worked on stories about the contentious issues driving …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the US for deadly drone strikes are suing Trump  —  Two journalists who believe they are on the so-called “kill list” of individuals targeted by the U.S. for deadly drone strikes …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Turkish courts release at least 25 journalists, jailed after July 2016 coup attempt, pending trials  —  Courts in Istanbul and Antalya ordered the release pending trial of at least 25 journalists jailed in the aftermath of the July 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey.
Discussion: PR Newswire, Financial Times and DW.COM
Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Kirk Siegler, a reporter on NPR's national desk who covers America's “urban-rural divide,” a relatively new beat for the news organization  —  NOT LONG AFTER THE 2016 ELECTIONS, Kirk Siegler—a reporter on NPR's national desk—traveled from his home in Los Angeles to Orofino …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
NBC News and MSNBC confirm that they will host their annual after-party following the White House Correspondents' Association dinner  —  The White House Correspondents' Dinner, bruised by President Donald Trump's boycott, will at least have one good after-party this year: from NBC News and MSNBC.
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and @media_ink
Mike Janssen / Current:
Virginia's Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. will receive $181M for the sale of two TV stations in the FCC spectrum auction  —  Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. in Richmond, Va., will receive $181 million for the sale of two Virginia TV stations in the FCC spectrum auction, the broadcaster announced Thursday.
David Pierce / Wired:
After almost a year of broadcasting, business news startup Cheddar gets up to 1M live views per day across all platfroms including Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo  —  As a dozen members of the production team at Cheddar, a startup internet TV company, settle into their cramped control room …
Catherine V. Moore / Columbia Journalism Review:
West Virginia governor Jim Justice's proposal to cut $4.6M from public TV threatens existence of WVPB, the only source of news that reaches all 55 counties  —  A topographic map of West Virginia from 1888.  The state maintains 27 transmitters in order to reach every wrinkle between its hills.
Brian Barrett / Wired:
Pornhub, with its 75M daily visitors, and its sister site, YouPorn, will enable HTTPS by default on April 4 for all users  —  As the internet continues to limp toward better security, sites have increasingly embraced HTTPS encryption.  You've seen it around, including here on WIRED …
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
How Verizon stumbled when Go90 launched in 2015, spending $200M+ on programming but falling short with discovery, and how it rebuilt with Vessel's tech team  —  The anticipation was palpable inside Verizon in the weeks leading up to the big launch.  —  The forthcoming video service …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Verizon plans to start selling a live online TV package with dozens of channels this summer, separate from go90
 
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