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10:40 AM ET, October 16, 2014

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
CBS to offer standalone web subscription service CBS All Access at $5.99/month in 14 cities  —  CBS Launches Live and On-Demand Web Video Subscription Service  —  Yesterday, HBO announced plans to sell Web video subscriptions.  Today, CBS.  —  CBS?  —  Yup, CBS: The broadcaster …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
HBO will offer a stand-alone streaming service in 2015
Brian Morrissey / Digiday:
Mail Online's edit staff moonlights as ad creators  —  For many publishers trying to jump on the native advertising gravy train, the biggest challenge is running sponsor content that's actually high quality.  The irony of this is publishers have plenty of experts in creating compelling content with their journalists.
Discussion: @digiday
Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:
The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate  —  Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her.  She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved video game fans associated with Gamergate …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
BBC Uses WhatsApp For An Ebola Health Alert Service In West Africa  —  While Snapchat may reportedly be talking to a dozen news organisations for a “Snapchat Discovery” service, another big name in mobile messaging is also breaking new ground with big media.
Discussion: BBC, Journalism.co.uk and @ingridlunden
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 …
Associated Press:
Myanmar journal owner, publisher, and journalists given 2 years for report on activist group  —  Myanmar jails 3 journalists for leadership report  —  6 photos  —  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced a media owner, publisher and three journalists to two years in prison Thursday …
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
Fairfax Media to get rid of subeditors and photographers at regional papers  —  The company says reporters will be trained to edit stories and take photos but the journalists' union is fighting the plan  —  Some Fairfax Media regional newspapers will be stripped of subeditors and photographers under …
Discussion: Crikey
BBC Blog:
BBC's Genome project digitizes all Radio Times magazine listings, from 1923 to 2009, puts them online  —  Genome - Radio Times archive now live  —  Genome - the BBC project to digitise the Radio Times magazines between 1923 and 2009 is now live.  On the site you can find BBC broadcast information …
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.
Discussion: Variety
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
‘Crossfire,’ ‘Sanjay Gupta,’ ‘CNN Money’ get the ax as CNN cuts continue
Discussion: TVNewser and Hollywood Reporter
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
Kirsti Knolle / Reuters:
Publishers aim to take Chinese literature to the world  —  (Reuters) - China, the world's second-biggest book market after the United States, has long been a consumer of works from other countries, now it is making a push to export its own literature abroad, helped by the e-book revolution.
John McMurtrie / The San Francisco Chronicle:
McSweeney's to become nonprofit publishing house  —  The San Francisco publishing house McSweeney's will become a nonprofit, allowing the acclaimed small press to continue taking on projects that don't necessarily make money, its founder Dave Eggers told The Chronicle.
Discussion: New York Times, @stephenpub and @sarahw
Simon Zekaria / Wall Street Journal:
BSkyB Lifted by Demand for On-The-Go Entertainment  —  Pay-TV Company Reports Rise in Profit, Boosted by Demand for New Products  —  LONDON— British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC on Thursday sounded an upbeat tone as it reported a rise in quarterly profit, lifted by customers' demand to watch and download entertainment on the go.
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Investigative News Network's INNovation fund awards $226K to 8 projects by nonprofit newsrooms  —  Events, a speakers bureau, and education partnerships: 8 projects at news nonprofits get funded  —  INNovation fund backs eight projects from news nonprofits with an eye towards sustainability
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
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 …
 
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Lene Bech Sillesen / Columbia Journalism Review:
After a decade online, Guernica releases a print mag
John McDuling / Quartz:
YouTube is making itself increasingly indispensable to the music industry
Discussion: @jmcduling
Marc Schneider / Billboard:
Neil Young Readies Pono Store, Says Partnerships With Lincoln, Tesla in Works
Discussion: Gigaom
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Journalism Center on Children and Families will shut down
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
European Court of Human Rights finds Polish courts breached freedom of expression rights of journalists and their paper
David Crary / Associated Press:
Wounded AP reporter vows to return to Afghanistan
Discussion: Poynter, Guardian and @pdcolford_ap
 Earlier Picks: 
WBIR-TV:
Knoxville's Metro Pulse newspaper shutting down
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Judge Is Skeptical About Aereo's New Bid for Survival
Discussion: FierceCable
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
BuzzFeed to build ‘new formats’ team in the UK
Discussion: @lukelewis
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