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3:30 AM ET, May 21, 2015

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Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
How Al Jazeera America Went from a Home for Idealists to a Sexist Mess  —  On the morning of May 6, two manholes near Penn Station in Manhattan exploded in succession, spooking pedestrians and temporarily snarling traffic on 8th Avenue as investigators scratched their heads.
Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:
How Comcast lost friends, its influence, and the bid for Time Warner Cable  —  “Life is like a box of chocolates,” Brian Roberts tells the crowd.  Avuncular and bespectacled, the 55-year-old CEO looks like he might begin dispensing some homespun Hollywood wisdom any second …
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Charter and Bright House Pursuing Merger Even After Comcast's Failed Deal
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
Spotify announces new version with podcasts, video, and playlists tailored for listener's day  —  Spotify Introduces Video Clips, Podcasts, And Activity-Based Playlists  —  Spotify has just unveiled the newest version of the product at a media event here in New York City.
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Ex-Gawker EIC A.J. Daulerio fires entire editorial staff of new site Ratter, planned as a local news site with a “tabloid sensibility”, now plans a “pivot”  —  Ex-Gawker Editor A.J. Daulerio ‘Pivots,’ Eliminates Editorial Staff of New Site
Discussion: Gawker, @m_udland and @strngwys
Bloomberg Business:
David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, owns over 4K hours of vintage comedy footage that may become streaming video  —  On Letterman's Next Top 10 List: What to Do With All That Content  —  4,000 Hours of Classic Comedy That Could Become Streaming Video  —  $43.6B
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
USA Today's Editor-in-Chief David Callaway talks about buyouts, staff changes, and mid-summer split of Gannett newspapers and broadcast divisions  —  USA Today's Callaway says he won't disappear in spin-off  —  USA Today editor in chief David Callaway criticized an item describing an exodus …
Discussion: AdAge and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Brazilian blogger found decapitated in Minas Gerais state  —  Brazilian authorities must fully investigate the murder of a Brazilian blogger, identify the motive, and bring the killers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.  The decapitated body of Evany José Metzker …
Joshua Eaton / PRI:
In Tibet, bloggers post at their own risk  —  These are treacherous days for anyone in China who dares to publicly criticize government policy, especially when it comes to Beijing's handling the troubled ethnic minority regions of Tibet.  —  A Tibetan blogger named Druklo is one of the latest people to find that out the hard way.
Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Techmeme adds an author leaderboard, introduces a linking-based metric to rank by “Leadership”  —  Today we've expanded our Leaderboard page to offer four lists instead of one.  In addition to ranking publications, we now rank authors.  On top of that, we've introduced a second ranking method …
Shigeaki Koga / New York Times:
Former Japanese bureaucrat says Japan's treatment of press is more like an authoritarian state than a liberal democracy  —  The Threat to Press Freedom in Japan  —  TOKYO — During a press conference in March, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga expressed concern over comments …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times, Washington Post, Vox, and others retract or add notes to posts based on fraudulent research in the journal Science  —  Vox retracts story based on fraudulent research  —  At least two news organizations have re-examined stories based on fraudulent research published in the academic journal …
Bloomberg Business:
Time Warner Cable Said to Get Takeover Approach From Altice  —  Time Warner Cable Inc., whose merger with Comcast Corp. was called off last month, has received a takeover approach from French billionaire Patrick Drahi's Altice SA, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
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Associated Press:
Altice to buy US cable operator Suddenlink for $9.1 billion
 
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Study: DC insiders trust beltway publications most, read newsletters first thing in the morning; LinkedIn tops social media sites
Discussion: FishbowlDC and @lexalexander
Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal:
Viacom Raises Dividend and Reaffirms Plan to Resume Buybacks in October
Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:
Digital companies like Netflix and Oculus begin to make inroads at Cannes, the most traditional festival in the film industry
Claire Wardle / BBC Academy:
Researchers analyze newsroom use of media from eyewitnesses, find lack of standard practices, conclude newsrooms are risking reputational damage
Ilaria Maria Sala / Guardian:
Independent journalists to launch crowdfunded English-language newspaper Hong Kong Free Press in June
Discussion: mUmBRELLA
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Mark Thompson on the Times' Facebook ‘experiment’
Discussion: @janemartinson
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Publishers face threat of punitive libel costs as rival regulator IMPRESS seeks official recognition
Discussion: Guardian and @markhannamedia
Talya Minsberg / New York Times:
How the New York Times is using Snapchat to cover stories like a gala at the Met
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires offering buyouts amid “serious realignment” of staffing
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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