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4:45 AM ET, October 22, 2013

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Associated Press Fires Journalists Over Erroneous Terry McAuliffe Report  —  NEW YORK — The Associated Press has fired a reporter and editor over an erroneous Oct. 9 report that Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe lied to an investigator in a federal fraud case, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:   Bob Lewis firing stuns Virginia media world
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Netflix's Q3 Beats Analyst Estimates With 1.3M New Domestic Subscribers, $0.52 Earnings Per Share  —  Netflix's third-quarter earnings report just came out, with the company beating analyst expectations on higher-than-expected subscriber numbers.  For the third quarter …
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:   Netflix now has more paying subscribers than HBO in the United States
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Yahoo To Launch Consumer Tech Site With Help Of New York Times' David Pogue  —  Yahoo is planning to launch a consumer tech website with the help of long-time NYT columnist David Pogue.  —  The news comes by way of Brian Stelter, long-time NYT writer, who reports via Twitter that Pogue announced …
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David Pogue / A Note from Pogue:
Goodbye—and Hello  —  It's true: After 13 years at the New York Times, I've accepted a new job.  Leaving The Times is a big deal.  My years there coincided with the explosion of just about everything important in today's tech — the Web, social media, e-books, smartphones, tablets, duck-faced selfies.
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
BuzzFeed Hires Pulitzer Winner to Head Investigative Unit  —  BuzzFeed, the media Web site focused on viral content, announced on Monday that it was again expanding its reporting staff, this time to introduce an investigative unit.  A new team of about half a dozen reporters will be led by Mark Schoofs …
Todd Wasserman / Mashable:
Facebook Average Referral Traffic to Media Sites Up 170% This Year  —  Flexing its muscles as a public-facing forum, Facebook reported Monday that the average referral track from Facebook to media sites jumped 170% last year.  —  Facebook also disclosed that from September 2012 to September 2013 …
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Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook Woos Media Companies With Tool to Post Stories
Discussion: Poynter
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Chalkbeat covers education as a non-profit news site  —  A handful of refugees from print journalism are providing an alternative model for covering state and local schools.  —  CONNECT  —  Here's a phrase you don't hear much: newsroom expansion.  —  That's the goal of a new non-profit …
Discussion: @patrick_wall and @davidepstein
Jim Farber / NY Daily News:
Lady Gaga, One Direction among nominees for first annual YouTube Music Awards ahead of November concert  —  YouTube has announced that Eminem, Demi Lovato, Lady Gaga, M.I.A., Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, PSY and One Direction are among the stars up for YouTube Music Awards …
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Pioneer Press paywall coming Nov. 1  —  Star Tribune reporter Rachel E. Stassen-Berger tweeted a picture of a letter she received explaining the changes: “On November 1, the Pioneer Press, like many other newspapers, will begin charging for our exclusive content on TwinCities.com, mobile …
Discussion: The Blotter
Associated Press:
Associated Press CEO: Press freedom v. security a ‘false choice’  —  DENVER — Governments that try to force citizens to decide between a free press and national security create a “false choice” that weakens democracy, and journalists must fight increasing government overreach …
Sam Gustin / TIME:
Google Unveils Tools to Access Web From Repressive Countries  —  The tech titan is introducing products to track Internet attacks and aid free expression  —  Google Ideas, the New York City-based “think/do tank” run by the Internet search giant, is launching several new technologies designed …
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Staff of Washington Post Bids Farewell to Grahams  —  WASHINGTON — The Graham family said goodbye to The Washington Post after eight decades of ownership with an emotional send-off reception on Monday night for roughly 650 current and former employees at its downtown headquarters.
Discussion: @steph_steinberg
Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
Fox News Reportedly Used Fake Commenter Accounts To Rebut Critical Blog Posts  —  NPR media reporter David Folkenflik writes in his forthcoming book Murdoch's World that Fox News' public relations staffers used an elaborate series of dummy accounts to fill the comments sections of critical blog posts with pro-Fox arguments.
John Naughton / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: public indifference is the real enemy in the NSA affair  —  Most people don't seem to worry that government agencies are collecting their personal data.  Is it ignorance or apathy?  —  One of the most disturbing aspects of the public response to Edward Snowden's revelations …
Discussion: @asawinstanley and @yaliberty
 
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Online News Association hires lobbyists
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Free Press report critical of media consolidation and FCC
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Darren Boyle / Press Gazette:
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Jason Hovet / Reuters:
CFO quits Time Warner-backed east Europe broadcaster in new shake-up
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor of Indian newspaper The Hindu, resigns via Twitter
Sue Zeidler / Reuters:
Murdoch re-elected Twenty-First Century Fox chairman
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

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