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3:35 PM ET, March 22, 2016

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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
With switch to digital, Independent journalists being asked to take pay cuts of up to 50%; more than 100 journalists expected to lose their jobs  —  Independent staff to take huge pay cuts in move online-only  —  More than 100 journalists out of a total of 160 expected to lose their jobs …
Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review:
San Francisco Chronicle makes a 20 page feature into a documentary, will debut in April then make the festival rounds  —  What the San Francisco Chronicle hopes to accomplish with its first feature documentary  —  On March 6, the San Francisco Chronicle published “Last Men Standing,” …
Discussion: Variety, @matthew_orr and @tonybiasotti
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Trump fails to give specifics about how he would change libel laws in Washington Post interview after his earlier calls for “opening up” libel laws  —  Donald Trump has no earthly idea what he'd do about libel laws  —  As this blog has noted before, Donald Trump has reveled …
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Seth Stevenson / Slate:
A week with reporters covering Trump: protests, lack of press aides, insults, banishment of media, and trying not to become inured to lies
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Profile of Lara Setrakian, who launched Refugees Deeply last week, and the history of News Deeply  —  Lara Setrakian is building a media empire  —  Lara Setrakian is 33 and ready to change the news industry.  Again.  —  Three years ago, she co-founded News Deeply, a media company centered …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
James Marcus Named Editor of Harper's  —  Harper's has named James Marcus its new editor.  He most recently served as the magazine's executive editor.  —  Marcus joined Harper's in 2010 as deputy editor.  He was named executive editor in 2013.  Before joining Harper's Marcus served …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Jury awards Hulk Hogan $25M in punitive damages: $15M from Gawker, $10M from Denton, and $100K from Daulerio  —  Hulk Hogan Trial: Gawker's Nick Denton Slammed With $10M Punitive Damages Verdict  —  Gawker told the jury that it was worth $83 million and the verdict is “debilitating.”
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
BBC Names Mark Linsey as Director of Production Division BBC Studios  —  LONDON — The U.K. public broadcaster the BBC has named Mark Linsey as the director of its inhouse production division, BBC Studios.  —  Linsey has been acting director of BBC Television since October 2015 …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Chris Krewson / Billy Penn:
Gannett takes minority stake in owner of Philadelphia's Billy Penn, Spirited Media, to fund more staff and expansion to other cities  —  Gannett, nation's largest newspaper company, invests in Billy Penn parent  —  The nation's largest newspaper company is placing a bet on Billy Penn.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon kills FiOS live TV apps for Xbox and smart TVs  —  You can still use FiOS TV mobile apps or rent another set-top box.  —  Verizon is telling customers that its FiOS TV apps for Xbox game consoles and smart TVs will be discontinued, limiting the options for hardware on which to view live programming.
Discussion: Multichannel News and Consumerist
Angela Doland / Ad Age:
GroupM: 49.7% of total ad spend in China will go toward the Internet this year, up 30% year-over-year; 31% of worldwide ad spend will go toward the Internet  —  Half of China's Ad Spending Will Go Toward the Internet This Year, GroupM Says  —  The Flipside: Spending on TV is Expected to Drop 4.5% in 2016
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
Bloomberg Business:
Q&A with Jack Dorsey on ten years of Twitter, the importance of the written word, live media, augmenting reality, and thoughts about the future  —  The Future of Twitter: Q&A with Jack Dorsey  —  An in-depth conversation on 10 years of tweeting, the importance of live media, and “the puddle.”
 
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