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7:50 AM ET, November 4, 2014

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Lynn Neary / NPR:
Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's ‘Car Talk,’ Dies At 77  —  Tom Magliozzi, one of public radio's most popular personalities, died on Monday of complications from Alzheimer's disease.  He was 77 years old.  —  Tom and his brother, Ray, became famous as “Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers” on the weekly NPR show Car Talk.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN's FiveThirtyEight Launches Studio for 2014 Midterm Elections  —  Nate Silver and other FiveThirtyEight politics wonks will be holed up in a new, dedicated studio set located within ESPN's New York newsroom on election night to feed updates both online and on-air to ABC News.
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
How news orgs plan digital coverage of midterms  —  Tuesday's midterm elections will determine which party controls of the U.S. Senate.  There are also 36 gubernatorial races, and the biennial U.S. House elections.  Here's how some news organizations plan digital coverage of the races.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune is 5 years old and sustainable.  Now what?  —  The newsroom of The Texas Tribune is buzzing in the waning days of the 2014 election.  Covering political contests takes a kind of muscle memory, something the nonprofit news site has accumulated since it first appeared in 2009 …
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Marc Graser / Variety:
Google Expands Reach of Disney Movies Anywhere Streaming Service on Android Devices  —  After launching Disney Movies Anywhere on Apple devices in February, Walt Disney Studios has partnered with Google to make the streaming service available on platforms that run on Android.  The deal...
Hollywood Reporter:
Stacy Snider, former CEO and co-chairman of DreamWorks, joins 20th Century Fox as co-chairman  —  Stacey Snider Joins 20th Century Fox Today as Co-Chairman (Exclusive)  —  Snider was CEO and co-chairman of Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks  —  Film executive Stacey Snider has joined 20th Century Fox …
Andrew Norton / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay founder Fredrik Neij arrested in Asia, all three founders now behind bars  —  Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij Arrested in Asia  —  Following the criminal convictions of Pirate Bay founders Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, each went their separate ways.
M. Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Police Deny Media Were Target of Flight Rules During Ferguson Protests  —  A “no-fly zone” that was imposed over Ferguson, Missouri, amid protests after a white police officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Augus...
Ben Branstetter / The Daily Dot:
How Reddit ate the news media  —  If you're managing a website based on viral online content in in the model of BuzzFeed, Upworthy, or even the Daily Dot, there are few resources better than Reddit.  The social content aggregator is among the top measures for mass appeal; it's a never-ending faucet of easy, palatable content.
Garett Sloane / Adweek:
Disqus to show data-targeted sponsored ads in the comments section of publisher sites  —  Ads Are Coming to the Comments Section of Publisher Sites  —  Disqus' sponsored messages will be targeted to what you say  —  You can tell a lot about people by their online comments …
David Kaplan / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
Indian Centre for Investigative Journalism Launches in Delhi  —  Editor's Note: For months, GIJN has been working with our colleagues in India in support of launching that country's first nonprofit center for investigative journalism.  Although there are more than 100 nonprofits worldwide working …
Peter Preston / Guardian:
In the digital age, Fleet Street's new mantra is better together  —  Traditionally rival titles are creating unexpected alliances  —  hink harmony, reconciliation and love right along Fleet Street.  Reach for a late entry form in the Vladimir Putin Peace Prize stakes.
 
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Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
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Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:
Video discovery company Rovi buys set-top box Fan TV maker Fanhattan
Charles V Bagli / New York Times:
Condé Nast Moves Into the World Trade Center as Lower Manhattan Is Remade