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7:30 AM ET, March 15, 2018

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

BuzzFeed uses Cohen libel suit over Russia dossier to demand Stormy Daniels keep Trump and Cohen records; move may lead to her testimony about Trump despite NDA — BuzzFeed may have found a legal opening to allow the porn actress Stormy Daniels to discuss her alleged relationship …

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Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:

NBC News planning online streaming service this year to attract younger viewers; company says it has no plans to bring any of its content back to Facebook — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp's NBC News plans to launch an online streaming service this year as part of its effort …

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Digital First Media's Denver Post plans to cut its newsroom staff of ~90 by ~30%, after cutting 10 positions in December and more earlier — The Denver Post is cutting its newsroom staff by approximately 30 percent. — Jon Murray, the Denver Post's city hall reporter, tweeted the news …

Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge:

Wikimedia says it was unaware of YouTube's plans to use Wikipedia content next to conspiracy videos, amid concerns it could increase article vandalism — Well, this is awkward — At SXSW yesterday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the platform would start adding information …

Michelle Castillo / CNBC:

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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter tests algorithmically curated timelines for big news events, promoting them at the top of users' timelines, similar to its News tab tested in 2015

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Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:

Leaked docs: by early 2017, Amazon's US audience for all Prime Video programming was ~26M, its top TV shows drew 5M+ people worldwide to Prime membership — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's top television shows drew more than 5 million people worldwide to its Prime shopping club by early 2017 …

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Siddhartha Deb / Columbia Journalism Review:

Police in India charge 37-year-old man for involvement in last year's fatal shooting of Gauri Lankesh, the editor and publisher of a Bangalore-based weekly — Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty Images — On March 3, almost six months after Gauri Lankesh, the editor and publisher …

Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:

The New York Times ends MyAlerts, email alerts that users could customize via keywords, after it found less than half a percent of readers used the service — The New York Times has sunset those custom email alerts to Times stories, that users could tailor based on keywords of their interests.

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

CNN moves Chris Cuomo, a co-host of morning show New Day, to its 9pm news slot, competing with Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and Sean Hannity of Fox News — CNN is turning to one of its morning anchors to shore up prime time. — Chris Cuomo, the outspoken co-host of “New Day” who has gained prominence …

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New York Times:

Harper Lee's estate sues over Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird for Broadway, saying it deviates too much from the novel — One of the year's most anticipated Broadway plays — the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” …

Discussion: The Wrap, Deadline, TVWeek.com and Jezebel

Laura Snapes / The Guardian:

British music magazine NME printed its last edition 3/9 after 66 years due to increasing production costs, a tough print ad market, and declining circulation — Ex-staffers, publishers and musicians tell the inside story of how a once-mighty media brand lost its cool

Discussion: @laurasnapes and Boing Boing

Radoslav Tomek / Bloomberg:

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico offers to resign after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak sparked the biggest protests since the fall of communism — Fico conditions his departure on Smer choosing his successor — Decision goes to president, who has right to name premiers

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