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Wall Street Journal attacks CNN's Rouhani translation; CNN fires back — First, the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars claimed that CNN had “fabricated” key parts of the translation of a news-making interview by Christiane Amanpour with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Amanpour, CNN, @erikwemple, @camanpour, @saramorrison and Business Insider

Adam Taylor / Business Insider:
Iranian News Agency Accuses CNN Of Fabricating Translation In Which President Rouhani Acknowledged The Holocaust

Discussion: Fars News Agency, Fars News Agency, Amanpour, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, @jeffreygoldberg, @jeffreygoldberg, @mcmoynihan, @jaketapper, New York Magazine, @camanpour, New York Times, CAMERA Snapshots, Mediaite, Amanpour and Guardian

Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:

Your Story Is Ready: Medium Experiments With the Homepage of the Future — Three things to know as Medium enters the recommendation game — The web is vast and full of text. What should you read? — The Internet's history resides in this question, a little. Google News trusts in what its algorithms turn up.

Discussion: Medium, @yayitsrob and @megangarber

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Nonprofit journalism sites are proving to be healthy but slow to scale — A recent Pew Research Center/Knight Foundation roundtable conference on the future of nonprofit journalism had the feeling of an annual physical. After three hours of poking and probing, the sector was found …

Discussion: @rsm and Investigative News Network

Rem Rieder / USA Today:
Rieder: Support crucial for non-profit journalism

Discussion: Knight Foundation, Nieman Journalism Lab, @jimmacmillan, @noirinhegarty, @steve_katz, Kirk LaPointe's … and Big News Network.com

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

USA Today president: ‘No plan exists’ for paywall — USA Today President and Publisher Larry Kramer said at a panel in New York that the paper is “exploring” a paywall, Keith J. Kelly reports. Reached by email, Kramer told Poynter, “No plan exists. We're studying it.”

Discussion: New York Post, Journalism.co.uk, Gannett Blog, FishbowlNY and The Wrap

Jack Mirkinson / The Huffington Post:

Senators Lash Out At The Media Over Public's NSA Opposition — Many members of the Senate Intelligence Committee who gathered on Thursday for a hearing on the National Security Agency had harsh words for a foe they thought had deceived the American public and spread mistrust about U.S. intelligence methods.

Discussion: @larryakey, @yancyfaith, @jeffjarvis and Washington Post

Steve Ladurantaye / Globe and Mail:

Rogers to launch ‘Netflix for magazines’ with digital bundle subscriptions — Rogers Media is taking a lesson from its parent company's cable division, as it bundles all of its magazines into a single digital monthly subscription package that will also include dozens of American titles such as Rolling Stone and The New Yorker.

Discussion: AllThingsD, Toronto Star, @sarahboesveld, Financial Post, @sladurantaye and Mashable

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Why Hulu Doesn't Have an Ad-Free Service Like Netflix — Yet — Acting CEO Andy Forssell says company will spend $750 million infusion from Disney, Fox and NBC on content and marketing — Hulu at some point expects to introduce a subscription video plan without any advertising — and compete more aggressively with Netflix.

Discussion: @brianstelter, Consumerist and GigaOM

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

‘Traveler’ layoffs reach 17 as Conde Nast travel title adopts a softer focus — Fourteen Condé Nast Traveler employees were laid off yesterday, bringing the total number of staffers cut under new editor-in-chief Pilar Guzman to 17, a source familiar with the matter total Capital.

Discussion: New York Post, Bloomberg, WWD Media Headlines, FishbowlNY and @joepompeo

Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:

How Chrystia Freeland Hastened Reuters Next's Demise — The dynamo who left Reuters to run for a seat in Canada's parliament was both the motivating force behind the wire service's ambitious digital revamp and one of the primary reasons it was killed, current and former employees tell Buzzfeed.

Discussion: Columbia Journalism Review, @ezralevant, @jbenton, @ejanearmstrong, @jayrosen_nyu, @bgrueskin, @oppoguy, @jaredbkeller and Talking Biz News

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Intel Looking for Help from Amazon or Samsung to Keep Its Web TV Project Alive — Intel executives, who have promised to launch a Web-based pay TV service by the end of 2013, are now looking for a strategic backer to help them fund and distribute the service. If they don't find one soon, it's possible the project will be scrapped.

Discussion: The Verge

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Pulitzer Prize Board wants more entries in editorial writing, especially from online news sites — That's according to this open letter to news organizations from Paul Tash, the board's chair and chief executive of the Tampa Bay Times: … Tash notes that the field wasn't particularly crowded last year …

Discussion: @michaelroston

Desiree Everts DeNunzio / CNET:

Netflix opens the gates for ‘Super HD’ video for all — The streaming service's highest-quality picture previously had been available only to customers with an Internet service provider that was part of its Open Connect network. — Months after introducing its “Super HD” streaming option …

Discussion: GigaOM, Variety and The Verge

Nate Hoffelder / The Digital Reader:

Amazon Slayed a Negative 77 Indie Bookstores in 2012 — In certain circles Amazon enjoys a reputation as a slayer of all that is right and good and true. It doesn't matter whether the topic is publishing, bookstores, or literature, Amazon is responsible for its imminent death.

Discussion: dallasmorningviewsblog …, TechCrunch, @janefriedman, qz.com, The Daily Beast and Boing Boing

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The making of the ‘New York Times’ documentary about Christine Quinn — On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 12, Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her top political strategist, Josh Isay, had lunch with three journalists from The New York Times at Plein Sud, the airy French brasserie …

Samir Husni / Mr. Magazine:

Esquire At Its Best: David Granger, the Editor Behind the Magazine Talks About Print, Digital and the Future of Journalism. — With a tag line Man At His Best, Esquire magazine enters its 9th decade of life with much deserved fanfare. The printed magazine is having one of its best years …