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1:30 AM ET, October 16, 2014

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How a small experiment at The Washington Post revolutionized its content management platform  —  About three years ago, The Washington Post embarked on a complete overhaul of the way it creates and publishes content online.  —  The project was ambitious.  The Post — which then relied primarily …
Discussion: @sliss33, @timjhanrahan and @mjmonahan
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Regional-paper readers really like getting Washington Post content with their subscriptions  —  This spring, the Washington Post launched a program that let subscribers to partner newspapers access its paywalled content.  165 have signed up so far.  —  New research the Post's research …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Q3 earnings: profit of $59.3M on revenue of $1.41B; shares fall over 25% on lower-than-projected subscriber numbers  —  Netflix Blames Missed Sub-Growth Targets on Price Increase, as Stock Gets Hammered  —  Shares fall 25% in after-hours trading on lower-than-expected subscriber additions
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO will offer a stand-alone streaming service in 2015  —  HBO Says It's Going to Start Selling on the Web Next Year  —  HBO says it's finally ready: Sometime in the next year the pay TV service will be selling a Web-only offering.  —  HBO CEO Richard Plepler, speaking …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
HBO's taking on Netflix like never before.  But now they'll share the same headaches, too.  —  HBO is finally caving to consumer pressure and will be offering its streaming service, HBO Go, as a standalone subscription next year.  This is a huge deal for cord-cutters, people …
Discussion: The Verge and @niteshm2
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Time Warner's Vision: How Media Giant Wants to Do More With Less  —  It was an extraordinary day for Time Warner.  Even as high profile cancellations were unfolding at the CNN news division, CEO Jeff Bewkes was out in public promising shareholders he would double earnings at the media giant in the next couple of years.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Journalism Center on Children and Families will shut down  —  JCCF  —  The Journalism Center on Children and Families is closing at the end of the year due to lack of financial support from its primary funder, the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  —  Julie Drizin, the center's director …
Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
After a decade online, Guernica releases a print mag  —  The digital title aims to publish annual print editions as it increasingly explores funding opportunities  —  Ten years ago, the founders of Guernica Magazine were ahead of the publishing curve when they released their free, digital-only magazine.
Marc Schneider / Billboard:
Neil Young Readies Pono Store, Says Partnerships With Lincoln, Tesla in Works  —  Neil Young speaks about ‘Pono’, his new audio system being financed through Kickstarter at the Austin Convention Center during South By Southest on March 11, 2014 in Austin, Texas.  —  Gary Miller/FilmMagic
Discussion: Gigaom
New York Times:
Bill Simmons's Return Sets Intrigue in Motion at ESPN  —  A decade ago, Howard Stern got tired of fighting with the Federal Communications Commission over its decency standards and quit Viacom for satellite radio.  —  More recently, Glenn Beck clashed with his bosses at Fox News and started his own Internet channel, Glenn Beck TV.
John McDuling / Quartz:
YouTube is making itself increasingly indispensable to the music industry  —  If there were any lingering doubt about YouTube's status as the biggest streaming music service on the planet, then this fact should dispel it: The Google-owned site has now paid out more than $1 billion in royalties …
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
ECHR finds Polish courts breached freedom of expression rights of journalists and their paper  —  Human rights judges find for journalists in press freedom case  —  Two Polish journalists and their newspaper have secured a significant press freedom judgment at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:
Hong Kong outlet wins at World Digital Media Awards  —  Apple Daily wins award for best mobile service as Norway's VG picks up two awards, Dagbladet, Guardian and BBC also win  —  A Hong Kong news organisation was commended for its digital work at the inaugural World Digital Media Awards …
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Record Labels Win Key Ruling Over Sirius XM's Airplay of Pre-1972 Songs  —  A California state judge has ruled in favor of the record industry's suit to secure compensation for pre-1972 recordings from services like SiriusXM and Pandora.  —  The ruling was isued Tuesday by Judge Mary Strobel …
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Nexus Player: first Android TV device, on sale Nov. 3 for $99, gaming controller for $39  —  Nexus Player is Google's first Android TV device  —  Google tries to take over your living room, again  —  The first device running Google's new Android TV platform with be the Nexus Player, a set-top streaming box made by Google and Asus.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge Is Skeptical About Aereo's New Bid for Survival  —  The judge asks Aereo's lawyer, “How many bites at the apple does one get?”  —  On Wednesday, New York federal judge Alison Nathan considered a preliminary injunction against Aereo, the controversial tech service that upon launching …
Discussion: FierceCable
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
BuzzFeed to build ‘new formats’ team in the UK  —  The team will include developers, designers and writers who will look at new ways to present stories and experiment with games and new tools  —  BuzzFeed is setting up a new development team based in London to look at new ways of telling stories and engaging audiences.
Discussion: @lukelewis
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
Martha Stewart's Magazines to Outsource Business Side to Meredith  —  Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which has been struggling to make its award-winning magazines profitable, is outsourcing its advertising, circulation and printing operations to the Meredith Corporation …
 
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David Crary / Associated Press:
Wounded AP reporter vows to return to Afghanistan
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Knight Foundation:
18 news and information ideas receive Knight Prototype Fund support
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Netflix movie push aims to freshen streaming content
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Fortune.com's traffic up 27.5 percent since launch
Discussion: @heather_muse
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House pool reporters test own news distribution system
Discussion: Mediaite
Colin Mann / Advanced Television:
Bloomberg launches Media Source content platform
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Marc Graser / Variety:
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
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