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8:15 PM ET, October 4, 2014

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Nick Craven / Daily Mail:
Police used anti-terror laws to seize Mail on Sunday's phone records to track protected source  —  How police hacked Mail on Sunday phone: Officers used anti-terror laws to track down judge-protected source who exposed Chris Huhne's speeding points fraud  —  Police used anti-terrorism powers …
Discussion: @charliebeckett and @dangillmor
Emily Steel / New York Times:
How Jeff Zucker Is Seeking to Reshape CNN  —  Jeff Zucker, the president of CNN Worldwide, seemed to be having a blast Wednesday evening at a party for a new original series.  Perched on the arm of a chair, he watched intently as a magician performed tricks with coins, cards and a Rubik's cube.
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Redbox Instant streaming video service operated by Redbox and Verizon is shutting down on October 7  —  Redbox Instant is shutting down October 7  —  A year and a half after its official launch, Redbox Instant is calling it quits.  The shut-down shows how hard it is to compete with Netflix for streaming video subscriptions.
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Google's Newsstand move may force the hand of Apple, leading to more aggregated content apps  —  The lack of progress in improving the Newsstand, combined with the news of the acquisition of a platform, has some wondering if Apple plans on introducing their own app that aggregates content …
Dan Singer / American Journalism Review:
The Talkhouse: a platform where artists write reviews and think pieces about other artists  —  How The Talkhouse is Turning Music Criticism on its Head  —  The Talkhouse isn't your average online arts publication.  —  Rather than filling its pages with the work of professional critics …
Miguel Helft / Fortune:
Tumblr has 400M monthly users but has failed to deliver a revenue boost to Yahoo  —  Was Yahoo's Tumblr acquisition a flop?  —  Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition has failed to deliver a desperately needed revenue boost, but that doesn't mean Marissa Mayer should halt all acquisitions.
Jeanine Poggi / AdAge:
Reuters plans to launch Reuters.TV for iPhones and iPads in early 2015  —  Reuters Is the Latest to Try Reinventing News With Digital TV Service  —  Reuters.TV Will Bow In Early 2015  —  How to Make Credible Green Marketing Claims  —  Reuters is the latest news organization attempting …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Chris Plante / The Verge:
Netflix gains global attention with its Sandler partnership, he gets branding and little risk  —  Why Adam Sandler is making four films with Netflix  —  You might think of Adam Sandler as a comedian or an actor, but above everything else, he's a businessman.
Discussion: TechCrunch and TIME
Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Deputy editor Dodai Stewart leaves Jezebel to become director of culture coverage at Fusion  —  Dodai Stewart leaves Jezebel for Fusion  —  Jezebel deputy editor Dodai Stewart is leaving the Gawker Media site to become Director of Culture Coverage at Fusion, digital editor-in-chief Jane Spencer announced in a note to staff today.
Emily Gera / Polygon:
New Twitch policy: labeling sponsored videos, leaving users to declare their own sponsorships  —  Twitch addresses the ‘dark corner’ of the games industry with new transparency policy  —  New policy changes at Twitch are aiming to protect both viewers and content creators by highlighting …
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Judge orders Guantánamo Bay force-feeding videos to be released  —  Judge orders US government to prepare public versions of 28 videos showing force-feeding of hunger-striking Syrian detainee  —  A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of videotapes that show the force-feeding of an inmate at Guantánamo Bay.
 
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James Dutton / TheMediaBriefing:
News Corp's Rahul Chopra: 'Videos and images don't just improve the story, they are the story'
Sandra Laville / Guardian:
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Discussion: BBC and Associated Press
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Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
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