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1:00 PM ET, March 7, 2018

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Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
NYT journalist Farhad Manjoo spent nearly two months relying solely on print for his news and concluded that digital has broken how we process information  —  I first got news of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., via an alert on my watch.  Even though I had turned off news notifications months ago …
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David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In an interview, Peter Thiel says he is pursuing Gawker through the courts because Terry Bollea is owed money and does not plan to destroy site's archives  —  Peter Thiel is Silicon Valley's homegrown Cassandra.  He warned for years that the big tech companies were arrogant and clueless and less good for mankind than they believed.
Dan Seiffert / Boston Business Journal:
The Boston Globe is increasing the price of its print subscription by up to 80%, meaning daily delivery will cost some customers $1,347 a year  —  The priciest regional daily newspaper in the U.S. is about to get pricier, with as much as an 80 percent increase possible for some home delivery subscribers.
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman:
Staff at Newsweek-owned International Business Times UK have been informed of layoffs; source says most employees are being let go  —  Yesterday Newsweek Media Group issued a press release to tout new senior editorial appointments at Newsweek and IBT News. Today IBT UK staffers were informed of layoffs. Most of the staff is expected to go, I'm told.
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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Newsweek-owned website IBT ran malicious code that experts say is used to commit ad fraud; company says it will conduct investigation  —  The embattled publisher of Newsweek and the International Business Times on Tuesday admitted that three of its websites were running malicious code that experts say is used to commit ad fraud.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Technology news aggregator Techmeme, sister site of Mediagazer, is launching a daily podcast called the Techmeme Ride Home  —  Because everyone has a podcast.  (That's a good thing!)  —  Techmeme is an influential site that provides concise, headline-length summaries of the day's tech news.
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Felix Salmon / Wired:
Serial's success, followed by Gimlet Media's proven effort to commercialize the format at scale, and then NYT's The Daily paved the way for daily news podcasts
Women's Media Center:
Women's Media Center report: women of color represent 7.95% of US print newsroom staff, 12.6% of local TV news staff, and 6.2% of local radio staff  —  “It seems like there is a cap on people of color in newsrooms”  —  WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the Kerner Commission criticized …
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Shonda Novak / Austin American-Statesman:
The Austin American-Statesman is being sold to GateHouse Media for $47.5M, ending 41+ years of ownership by Cox Enterprises; deal expected to close April 2  —  The Austin American-Statesman is being sold to New York-based publishing company GateHouse Media, executives said Tuesday …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Axios founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen chastised “the media” for coverage of former Trump staffer Sam Nunberg while Axios fed the same flames  —  “Awful scandal porn” shouted an Axios headline Tuesday.  The unit of content, by Axios principles Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen …
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
Netflix's Chief Product Officer Greg Peters says the platform's 117M members streamed to 450M devices in February  —  Netflix's 117 million subscriber base streamed to 450 million individual devices in the last month, mostly TVs, the company's product chief said.
Marc Bennetts / The Guardian:
BBC journalist Farida Rustamova has accused senior Russian politician Leonid Slutsky of sexually harassing her during an interview in his parliamentary office  —  Farida Rustamova is third journalist to make harassment claims against Leonid Slutsky … A BBC journalist has accused …
 
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Early data from AdStage suggests Facebook's News Feed changes have driven ad prices up by decreasing the amount of time users spend on the social network
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
Examining “community information districts”, in which residents would agree to fees to support local journalism, similar to service districts for fire safety
Financial Times:
Analysts say Facebook's recent licensing deals with music labels, including Universal and Sony/ATV, could signal plans to move more deeply into music business
Amol Rajan / BBC:
Ex-investigator for Sunday Times says he used illegal techniques to target Labour officials from 1995-2010; paper denies it commissioned anyone to act illegally
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Lawmakers and experts worry Facebook will suffer the same problems with disinformation and “dark” ads during 2018 US midterms as it did during 2016 election
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Bloomberg:
Weinstein Co. buyer Maria Contreras-Sweet said her group is pulling out of its deal to buy the studio after an examination raised questions about its viability
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Apple confirms it will stop taking submissions for iTunes LPs, with bundled items like videos or bonus tracks, as of this month; existing LPs will be available
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Penske Media, owner of Variety and Deadline, has acquired SheKnows Media, including SheKnows.com, Stylecaster, and events business BlogHer
Gwilym Mumford / The Guardian:
The 2018 Oscars experienced a 16% decline YoY in ratings, with 26.5M US viewers watching the four-hour broadcast; Trump mocked the figures on Twitter