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2:05 PM ET, November 5, 2014

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Esther Breger / The New Republic:
Fusion's Election Night Coverage Was Like ‘The Daily Show’ For People Who Think Politics Don't Matter  —  For most news networks, election night is a time to solidify one's image and unveil new technologies.  CNN had its usual flashy stunts, and the flashiest was the Empire State Building …
Reuters:
Axel Springer drops bid to block Google from running snippets of news, citing traffic decline  —  Germany's top publisher bows to Google in news licensing row  —  (Reuters) - Germany's biggest news publisher Axel Springer has scrapped a move to block Google from running snippets of articles …
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Harro ten Wolde / Reuters:
Axel Springer core profit growth slows as print declines  —  FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - German publisher Axel Springer on Wednesday reported a slowdown in its core profit growth as a continued decline in print circulation weighed.  The publisher of Europe's top-selling daily “Bild” …
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times names a ‘print editor’ for metro  —  Dean Chang, who serves as city editor for The New York Times, has been appointed to the new position of “print editor” for the metro section.  —  In his new role, Chang “will be responsible for planning, coordinating and executing metro's daily print section …
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Time Warner executives on HBO streaming plans, Dish Network dispute  —  HBO and Turner Broadcasting were the hot topics on Time Warner's third-quarter earnings call Wednesday morning.  Analysts had questions about HBO's planned “over-the-top” service, as well as Turner's carriage dispute with Dish Network.
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Time Warner Q3: revenue up 3% to $6.24B; Turner Broadcasting up 5% to $2.4B; HBO up 10% to $1.3B
Roy Greenslade / Guardian:
English PEN calls for review of ‘chilling’ press regulation legislation  —  English PEN, the free speech and literature charity, is calling for a review of legislation underpinning press regulation.  —  It has raised concerns, in a report issued today, about the creation of a new class of publisher …
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John McDermott / Digiday:
Snapchat in talks with CNN, Comedy Central, Vice, more for upcoming launch of Discover  —  Snapchat is in partnership talks with BuzzFeed, Time, others  —  Snapchat is in negotiations with Comedy Central, Spotify and Vice for the upcoming launch of Discover, a section within the app …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Unable to find a local partner, the much praised Homicide Watch D.C. is shutting down  —  Philly's lauded GunCrisis.org is stopping daily gun-crime reporting  —  More sad news from the startups-covering-local-crime world.  Yesterday, it was Philadelphia's GunCrisis.org …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish Prepared to Take TNT, TBS Off Lineup, Leave CNN Dark for Good: Ergen  —  Satcaster's chairman says it has hit technical snags for OTT service but still plans launch by end of 2014 FILM TV DIGITAL CONTENDERS VIDEO DIRT JOBS MORE SIGN IN search HOMEBIZNEWS Dish Prepared to Take TNT …
Press Gazette:
Sun six trial told that News Corp gave evidence on journalists to police to stop coporate prosecution  —  The Sun six conspiracy trial was told yesterday that News Corp handed evidence about journalists over to the police in order to save the company itself from a corporate prosecution.
Discussion: Guardian and @dangillmor
Linda Nguyen / The Canadian Press:
Toronto Star to eliminate paywall, launch new tablet edition  —  Torstar CEO David Holland speaks to shareholders at their annual general meeting in Toronto on May 7.  —  TORONTO — Torstar Corp. plans to remove the paywall at the country's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
In Europe, Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes Earnings By 13%  —  Spotify may be smarting from the removal of Taylor Swift's music catalogue from its platform, and Taylor Swift may not care, since she is riding a sales blockbuster in the form of her new album 1989, but it turns out that in the bigger picture …
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Google Play Music and Movies expands to more countries, including three where iTunes isn't offered  —  Image Credit: Play logo via Google, illustration by Eric Blattberg / VentureBeat  —  Google Play recently announced the expansion of its music and movie stores into several parts of Europe …
Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Newseum CEO departs amid fundraising struggles  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of the Newseum and its parent organization the Freedom Forum is resigning from the museum of journalism and the First Amendment after three years at the helm of an institution struggling to cover its costs.
Discussion: Philanthropy … and Poynter
Ben Woods / The Next Web:
BFI revamps its on-demand platform for indie movies  —  The British Film Institute (BFI) has redesigned its platform for independent films to make it easier for users to navigate, and to provide room to show off additional content.  —  As well as making things a little slicker and simpler …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Viddy, Once Touted As ‘The Instagram For Video’, Will Shut Down On December 15  —  Remember Viddy?  The one-time red hot mobile video app is closing down.  That's according to Fullscreen, the company that bought it for $20 million — a snip of its peak valuation — earlier this year.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sky Sports must be offered to BT's YouView customers, says regulator  —  UK competition regulators rule BSkyB should make Sky Sports 1 and 2 available to hundreds of thousands of BT customers  —  BSkyB will be forced to make its Sky Sports channels available to hundreds of thousands …
Discussion: BBC
Georgia Graham / Telegraph:
BBC accused of gagging older women who are ‘forced out’ of their jobs  —  Miriam O'Reilly, the former Countryfile presenter who won an age discrimination case against the BBC, quotes six women she claims have been forced out of BBC news programmes because of their age
 
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