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1:05 PM ET, March 27, 2016

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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers hire platform relationship specialists to coordinate with Facebook, Snapchat  —  The Rise of the Publishing Platform Specialist  —  Publications are hiring a point person to coordinate with new platforms like Facebook Instant Articles and Snapchat Discover
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and The Awl
Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Judge in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker has been reversed on appeal more times than any other judge in her county  —  Trial judge in Hulk Hogan-Gawker case is most reversed in Pinellas  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Hulk Hogan has plenty of reasons to celebrate his $140 million win against the website Gawker over its publication of a sex tape.
Discussion: @barthubbuch and @felixsalmon
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Karla Zabludovsky / BuzzFeed:
Two reporters at Mexican newspaper Milenio quit after accusing paper's leadership of caving to government pressure  —  Uproar In Mexico Over Latest Journalist Scandal  —  Two reporters have quit a Mexican newspaper after accusing the leadership of caving to government pressure.
Discussion: Karen Cota
Ed Vulliamy / Guardian:
French journalist Florence Hartmann jailed by war crimes tribunal  —  Former Le Monde correspondent in Bosnia detained for revealing information about Srebrenica massacre was withheld from international criminal court  —  The journalist Florence Hartmann, a former correspondent for Le Monde …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
CEO Peter Liguori talks about Tribune Media's changes and the February announcement that it's exploring partnerships or a sale  —  Tribune Chief Discusses Transforming a Mature Media Company  —  Peter Liguori, the longtime television executive, was appointed the new chief executive …
Discussion: @brianstelter
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Digital news jobs are concentrating in New York and a few other big coastal cities, leading to unrepresentative media  —  The game of concentration: The Internet is pushing the American news business to New York and the coasts  —  Editor's note: Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with their new issue — go check it out.
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:
The New Yorker uses adaptive algorithms in its caption contest, opens voting to everyone  —  How New Yorker cartoons could teach computers to be funny  —  The weekly magazine, started in 1925, is using crowdsourcing algorithms for the first time to find the funniest cartoon captions.
Juliet Eilperin / Nieman Reports:
To Stay Relevant, Newsrooms Rethink Campaign Coverage  —  Public disaffection and candidates' social media strategies force journalists to innovate beyond the horse race  —  Even in his first big presidential campaign, in a milieu where few people were short on confidence …
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Q&A with Ev Williams on Medium's evolution, monetization efforts, Matter's spinoff as an independent studio, and Backchannel's future  —  How Can Marketers and Publishers Best Use Medium?  Ev Williams Shares His Vision  —  Ahead of Ad Age's Digital Conference, Co-Founder/CEO Talks …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with David Axelrod on his new podcast, Trump, and social media  —  David Axelrod's next act  —  Don't let David Axelrod's mellow voice fool you: The man is something of a machine.  Since 2013, the famed strategist behind President Barack Obama's White House bids has directed …
Associated Press:
Al-Jazeera to slash 500 jobs, many in its home of Qatar  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Qatar-based news broadcaster Al-Jazeera says it is slashing around 500 jobs as part of a worldwide workforce reduction.  —  The network announced the cuts Sunday, saying they are part of a …
Ros Barber / Guardian:
For me, traditional publishing means poverty.  But self-publish?  No way  —  A few days ago, I wrote a piece on my blog exploding the myth of the rich writer, and laying out (in terms the Royal Literary Fund described as “ruthlessly mathematical") what authors actually receive when you buy their books.
Discussion: @thesfep
Stephen Lovely / AllFlicks:
Netflix's US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years  —  It's not your imagination - Netflix's catalog is getting smaller.  As competition in the OTT streaming space has increased, Netflix's once-massive selection has decreased.  In fact, it has shrunk by a third in less than two and a half years.
 
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Footage of photojournalist staging photo in aftermath of Brussels attacks prompts ethics debate
Amber Bouman / Engadget:
Engadget shuts down comments for seven days to figure out how to improve quality of system
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Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:
HarperCollins to offer its entire audiobook catalog via Hoopla streaming to over 950 US public libraries
John Sudworth / BBC:
Source: China has detained 16 staffers connected to Wujie News over letter calling for President Xi Jinping's resignation, bringing total detained to 20
Discussion: Hong Kong
Wall Street Journal:
Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps