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March 24, 2015, 2:50 PM
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New York Times:
Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include New York Times, BuzzFeed, and National Geographic  —  Facebook May Host News Sites' Content  —  Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook.  And nothing makes them more nervous.
Google:
Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to join Google as CFO on May 26  —  Ruth Porat to Join Google as Chief Financial Officer  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (Tuesday, March 24, 2015) — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Ruth Porat, currently Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley, will join its management team as CFO.
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
Google Fiber Plans Experiment With Targeted Ads for Television  —  Cute animals.  Addictive jingles.  Local sports stars acting awkwardly.  These are some of the charming hallmarks of local television ads, and Google would like you to see more of them.  —  In a note to customers who subscribe …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Google Fiber announces Salt Lake City expansion, making it the 8th location to get the service  —  Google Fiber expands gigabit service again, plans move to Salt Lake City  —  Five metro areas on track to get Google Fiber; three already have it.  —  Google announced today that its gigabit Internet …
Chris Dixon / cdixon blog:
London-based distributed computing firm Improbable raises $20M from a16z, develops large-scale simulated worlds  —  Improbable: enabling the development of large-scale simulated worlds  —  Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large organizations became available to almost anyone.
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Ars Technica obtains the Oakland Police Department's database of 4.6M license plate scans through a public records request  —  We know where you've been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops  —  One citizen demands: “Do you know why Oakland is spying on me and my wife?”
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Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:
Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel opens to public for $2.99/month, 12 months free if you sign up within 72 hours  —  Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel Launches To The Public  —  Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Launches Azure App Service, A New Set Of Tools For Web And Mobile App Developers  —  Microsoft is launching Azure App Service today, a new cloud-based service that gives developers a single service for building mobile and web apps, combined with tools for automating business processes …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon updates Fire TV lineup with USB storage and wireless headphone support, expands TV stick availability to UK and Germany  —  Amazon Updates Fire TV Lineup With Support For USB Storage, Wireless Headphones And More  —  Amazon announced this morning that its streaming media players Amazon Fire TV …
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
OpenTable for Android now lets you pay for meals from your phone  —  Android users can now pick up the check for dinner with a little extra panache.  —  Restaurant booking app OpenTable has long promised a mobile payments option, and today it's coming to Android users.

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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward reveals in his upcoming memoir, Secrets, the identities of many confidential sources who provided classified info throughout his 55-year career

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Skydance offers certain employees a voluntary buyout in a “one-time offer” and moves to a mandatory five-days-per-week in-office policy

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: after an NYT report questioned abuse recollections in Amy Griffin's memoir, the billionaire said she would target reporter Katherine Rosman's son

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
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Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business:
Slack Is Said to Be in Funding Talks at $2 Billion-Plus Value
Peggy Johnson / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron, and eight regional OEMs to preinstall Office and Skype on Android devices; expands partnership with Samsung to tablets
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