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4:35 AM ET, March 12, 2021

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Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Netflix is running a test cracking down on password sharing, prompting some users to get their own account if they don't live with the owner of the account  —  Earlier this week, some Netflix subscribers began to notice that it might be a bit harder to “borrow” someone's password.
Hannah Farrow / Local News Initiative:
A look at monetization strategies that Gannett is experimenting with, including dynamic paywalls, changing the size of its metered paywalls, and premium content  —  News Outlets Apologize Less and Innovate More, With a ‘Freemium’ Model and Dynamic Paywalls  —  Gannett's Amalie Nash is tired …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
How YouTube celebrity Tim Pool and others failed to launch a news site backed with $1M+ in crowdfunding after infighting, which included a dispute over a cat  —  Tim Pool's disgruntled ex-partners say he used a cat as a bargaining chip in an ugly business negotiation.  Pool says he's innocent.
GOV.UK:
New UK action plan to protect journalists includes training for police, a call for evidence from journalists, and the introduction of an Online Safety Bill  —  Statements of support from political parties  —  Statement from the National Committee for the Safety of Journalists
The Markup:
Citizen Browser project's Split Screen tool shows Facebook's different News Feeds for Trump and Biden voters, based on data from 2,500+ users across the US  —  Facebook's recommendation algorithm shows different news, groups, and hashtags to different users.  But who sees what?
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
Google is further integrating the Publisher Provided Identifier into its Ad Manager, aiding publishers' first-party tracking in lieu of third-party cookies  —  The PPID's technical setup works like this: the publisher will create a unique ID for users, based on a first-party cookie or a log-in ID.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Interview with Anthony Barnett, founding EIC of openDemocracy, on the invisible pact between UK's tabloid press and the royal family, as noted by Prince Harry  —  A year after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from their royal duties and embarked on a life outside the United Kingdom …
Discussion: Insider, @oz_f and Hollywood Reporter
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Teen Vogue's incoming EIC Alexi McCammond apologizes again for using “hurtful and inexcusable language” in tweets from 2011 and 2012 when she was a teenager  —  New York (CNN Business)Teen Vogue's newly appointed editor in chief isn't slated to start until March 24 …
Wall Street Journal:
Radio broadcaster Entercom buys podcast ad network Podcorn, a self-service marketplace with almost 40,000 podcasters, for $22.5M  —  Deal valuing Podcorn at $22.5 million helps radio giant tap up-and-coming podcasters  —  Entercom Communications Corp. will acquire podcast ad network Podcorn …
Discussion: AdExchanger and RAIN News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku will premiere its first exclusively licensed series on March 19 on the Roku Channel as it begins a big push into exclusive and original programming  —  “Cypher,” an FBI-set crime drama series, will premiere exclusively on the Roku Channel on March 19 in the U.S. and Canada.
Discussion: The Streamable
 
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Reuters:
NHL signs seven-year rights deal with Disney that brings games to ESPN, ABC, ESPN+, and Hulu; 75 national regular season games will be only on Hulu and ESPN+
Craig Forman / Nieman Reports:
The pandemic relief bill throws a lifeline to newspapers weighed down by pensions by changing financing rules; it could have saved McClatchy from Chapter 11
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New York Times:
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Linh Ta / Axios:
Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was acquitted of all charges by a jury after her arrest while covering a BLM protest last summer
Sarah Turnnidge / HuffPost UK:
ITV news anchor Charlene White quits as host of National Press Awards following the Society of Editors' widely ridiculed claim that the UK media is “not racist”