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6:40 PM ET, April 14, 2015

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon  —  Andrew Lack, the former and current head of NBC News, started his old job anew last week staring at a monumental dilemma: What to do about Brian Williams?  —  The anchorman who was the face of NBC News and its signature …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Tom Brokaw addresses Brian Williams controversy: ‘really, really serious’  —  As speculation swirls about Brian Williams' fate at NBC, his predecessor is calling for patience.  —  In his first extensive public comments on the matter, Tom Brokaw, who held the anchor chair at “NBC Nightly News” …
Kaya Burgess / The Times:
Warning to BBC over ‘suffocating local papers’ … The BBC risks suffocating local newspapers by being a “monopoly broadcaster”, the chancellor has said in a warning shot in advance of negotiations on its charter renewal.  —  The corporation has been criticised for threatening the existence …
Discussion: @editoryp_yep and HoldTheFrontPage
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Matthew Gilley / Press Gazette:
Londoners quizzed by Press Gazette disagree with Labour on need for tougher press regulation  —  Most members of the public quizzed by Press Gazette in a vox pop today did not appear to agree with Labour's manifesto plan for tougher press regulation.  —  The Labour Party's general election …
Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo UK:
Chancellor George Osborne Wants BBC to be Regulated by Ofcom
Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Conservatives give BBC warning of licence fee freeze
Discussion: Guardian
Financial Times:
Sources: EU's competition commissioner to announce that formal charges will be filed against Google, alleging traffic was diverted from rivals  —  Europe to accuse Google of illegally abusing its dominance  —  Alex Barker and Christian Oliver in Brussels and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Paris
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon and HarperCollins reach multiyear agreement for both print and digital, allowing HarperCollins to set prices for its ebooks  —  Amazon, HarperCollins Reach Multiyear Publishing Deal  —  New agreement expected to go into effect this week  —  Amazon.com Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
General Electric Planning Television Series Covering Science and Tech  —  In an age when viewers increasingly fast-forward past television commercials on their DVRs or bypass most advertisements altogether by streaming the programs, companies are constantly looking for new ways to reach consumers.
Discussion: @peterlauria3
Jim Romenesko:
Newspaper reporter is 'the worst job of 2015′  — #200 out of 200 jobs/CareerCast graphic  —  Newspaper reporter lands on the bottom of CareerCast's Jobs Rated list for 2015.  Last year, it was #199 out of 200 occupations.  Today's press release says:
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Net Neutrality Rules Face Court Challenge from Cable Industry Groups  —  The FCC's net neutrality rules are facing two more legal challenges from cable industry groups, as two trade associations filed notices of appeal in Washington on Tuesday.  —  The National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. …
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
An interview with the anonymous owner of The Shade Room, a TMZ-style publication on Instagram  —  Instagram's TMZ  —  The first time I heard about The Shade Room, I thought it was a reality show, or maybe a nightclub.  It turned out to be neither, although I was close in spirit …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Serial-inspired podcast, Undisclosed: The State v. Adnan Syed, tops iTunes charts  —  ‘We Are Not Journalists’: Serial-Inspired Podcast Shoots to Top of iTunes  —  It's not Serial.  But it's the closest thing fans of Sarah Koenig's groundbreaking podcast about a 1999 Baltimore murder are going to get.
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Tom McGhie / Telegraph:
Global revenue from music downloads and streaming hits $6.85B, passing CDs and vinyl at $6.82B  —  Digital music revenues overtake physical sales for the first time  —  A strong growth in streaming services boosted digital sales despite dwindling downloads, according to the latest IFPI Digital Music Report
Kevin Williams / Al Jazeera America:
Crawfordsville, Indiana, a town with population of about 15K, has two daily newspapers  —  One small town, two daily newspapers  —  As many newspapers are shutting down, Crawfordsville, Indiana boasts more print publications than many big cities  —  CRAWFORDSVILLE, Indiana …
 
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The New York Times promotes Ian Fisher from deputy executive editor to head of investigations, shuffles other roles
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Post reporter Jason Rezaian faces limited lawyer access before Iran trial
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Facebook-Times partnership affirmed by magazine editor Jake Silverstein
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Reader's Digest signs multi-million dollar deal with Taboola to provide sponsored content
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