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12:50 PM ET, October 31, 2014

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Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
New York Times-Texas Tribune content partnership to end Dec. 31, after four years  —  T-Squared: Trib, Times Will End Partnership … This was supposed to be a proud and grateful acknowledgement of the anniversary of our content partnership with The New York Times, which began four years ago today.
Rafat Ali:
It's About To Get Ugly in Media Startupland  —  As I look out to 2015, so much froth in the media-tech market, and it is still all on the up, mostly Newton's law, but the cracks are beginning to show in medialand, and it will likely get ugly.  The big-funded sub-standard media startups & brand …
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Gawker:
What Are The Odds These New Media Brands Will Survive?  A Power Ranking  —  It was a sunny morning like any other (it was yesterday) when the shocking news fell on Mediatown: The future of a much-ballyhooed web startup, Racket, was in Limbo's grasp, due to warring egos, shifting amounts of start-up capital …
Micah L. Sifry / Mother Jones:
Before 2012 election, Facebook increased hard news stories in 1.9M feeds, which added measurably to civic engagement and voter turnout  —  Facebook Wants You to Vote on Tuesday.  Here's How It Messed With Your Feed in 2012.  —  The social network tries to promote voting …
Chris Johnston / Guardian:
BBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital  —  Corporation has hits target set in 2004, with 8,169 based in capital after relocation of more than 2,000 posts to Salford  —  The BBC now has more staff outside London than in the capital for the first time following the relocation …
John Ribeiro / Computerworld:
FCC's Wheeler mulls hybrid approach to net neutrality  —  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency's authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report.
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
You can now connect to Facebook despite Internet censorship via new Tor link  —  In an early morning blog post, no doubt targeted at overseas users, Facebook said it is experimenting with providing direct access to it social network over the Tor network.  —  Tor is a secure network …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Washington Post will soon have an all-male masthead  —  The Washington Post announced today that Usha Chaudhary, its chief financial officer and vice president for finance and administration, would depart Nov. 21 to take a leadership post at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Tribune Publishing completes purchase of Sun-Times suburban properties  —  Tribune Publishing, parent of the Chicago Tribune, has closed a deal to acquire all of the Sun-Times Media suburban properties from Wrapports.  —  The agreement, confirmed Friday, brings six daily and 32 weekly suburban newspapers …
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
With nontraditional contributors and strong luxury market, NYT's T mag shows value of print  —  T at 10  —  On a recent Tuesday night, Thom Browne, Diane von Furstenberg, Francisco Costa and other fashion luminaries were snaking through a Christie's gallery that had been transformed …
Discussion: @jacobwe
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
What Happens When The Government Tries To Make A Viral Content Mill?  —  The State Department Tried To Make Its Own Upworthy.  What Happened Next Will Shock And Amuse You.  —  share.america.gov  —  Last week the White House celebrated the 20th anniversary of the launch of its website.
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
This Is The Suicide Info Whisper Gave To The Department Of Defense  —  Last month, the Guardian did a hard-hitting piece on Whisper, reporting that the start-up that offered users the cover of anonymity to voice their deepest secrets was actually tracking interesting users …
Discussion: @kashhill
Globe and Mail:
Behind the CBC's decision to fire Ghomeshi  —  The axe fell on Jian Ghomeshi's career last Sunday, around noon.  —  The popular host of the hit radio show Q with Jian Ghomeshi had been summoned to a meeting with his employer, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, away from its Toronto headquarters and inquisitive staff.
 
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
On Obama's Asia trip, members of media will have to pay $60,000 each for flights
Discussion: @phil_rosenthal and @chicoharlan
Graham Holdings Company:
Graham Holdings Q3 report: $76.4M net income; cable revenue down 3%, broadcast up 19%
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9 takeways from the New York Times Co. 3rd quarter earnings call
Pamela Rolfe / Hollywood Reporter:
Spain passes LPI law allowing publishers to charge aggregators that link to news stories; effective January 2015
Patrick O'Rourke / canada.com:
Bell announces new video streaming service called Project Latte
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Reuters
The Intercept:
First Look Media opens up about Matt Taibbi's departure, details months of internal turmoil
Wall Street Journal:
HBO Sees Potential Opportunity to Offer Service Through Apple TV, Microsoft's Xbox, Roku and Others
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge two founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto mixing service, saying it facilitated more than $100M in money laundering transactions

 
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