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1. ‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture, Makes Journalism the Coolest Thing Ever (Josh Dickey / Mashable)
2. David Cay Johnston: Al Jazeera America ‘Found a Following, Just Not One Big Enough to Interest Major Advertisers’ (David Cay Johnston / Al Jazeera America)
3. Vice Media Launches Its Own Cable-TV Channel (Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal)
4. Inside ESPN’s Mobile Strategy: “If We’re Thinking About Anything Else, We’re Failing the Audience” (Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab)
5. The FT’s Head of Video Goes Long and Short: ‘Either Is Where We’ll Win’ (Lucinda Southern / Digiday)