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12:09 PM ET, August 20, 2015

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Kevin Dugan / New York Post:
Bloomberg to lay off about 100 editorial employees  —  Bloomberg is planning to slim its ranks, sources said on Wednesday.  —  The financial media giant, which employs about 2,700 journalists across the globe, is planning to lay off about 100 employees, or about 3.7 percent …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Organized labor movements and rapid expansion through investment are at odds in digital media companies  —  As Investors Circle, Organized Labor Moves Into Digital Media  —  Vice Media's recent move is part of a broader unionization push at outlets as the industry also seeks investments
Gurman Bhatia / Poynter:
ProPublica receives $2.2 million from Knight Foundation to expand audience engagement efforts  —  The Knight Foundation announced Thursday that it would be providing ProPublica with $2.2 million in funding.  The money will be aimed toward helping the investigative non-profit improve …
Discussion: Nieman Lab and Knight Foundation
Agence France-Presse:
Gambia seeks to harden sedition charges against journalist  —  Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambia sought Tuesday to transfer the sedition case against a high-profile journalist, who was twice allegedly abducted by secret police, to a higher court and add six charges against him.
Discussion: Associated Press
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
After several negotiations, New York Daily News owner Zuckerman tells staff he's not selling  —  Zuckerman Decides Against Selling The Daily News  —  After months of exploring a sale, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The New York Daily News, has decided to keep the newspaper after all …
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Danish police arrest operators of two Popcorn Time guide websites that didn't link to any copyright-infringing material  —  Police Arrest Men For Spreading Popcorn Time Information  —  More than a year after its 2014 launch and the popularity of the now famous Popcorn Time video streaming application …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
EE TV update focuses on personalization, second screen interactivity, and search  —  EE TV to launch new features as streaming battle hots up  —  Service's first major update since its rollout offers personalisation, improved search, a second screen experience and more
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Weather Channel hires bankers to explore sale, is considering selling only its digital business  —  Weather Channel Said to Hire Morgan Stanley, PJT to Seek Sale  —  The owners of the Weather Channel have hired the banks Morgan Stanley and PJT Partners Inc. to explore a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Journalists charged £100 to cover Notting Hill Carnival and told to share work with organisers  —  Journalists wishing to cover the Notting Hill Carnival are being asked by organisers to pay an accreditation fee of £100 and to share their articles, photographs and video with them.
Los Angeles Times:
Times reaffirms decision that Ted Rall's blog post did not meet its standards  —  A blog post by political cartoonist Ted Rall, and a subsequent note to readers by Nicholas Goldberg, editor of The Times' editorial pages, have occasioned questions from readers.  Below is a detailed look at the matter by Times editors.
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Latest Sky+ update includes watch list, recommendations, Rotten Tomato ratings, on-demand features and more as it competes with internet services  —  Sky adds Netflix-style features to Movies as it competes with internet services  —  Recommendation and on-demand features introduced as broadcaster faces rising on-demand competition
Myles Udland / Business Insider:
Chart from Wall Street research firm Pacific Crest shows top eight cable providers saw subscriptions fall 463K in Q2 2015 up from decline of 141K in Q2 2014  —  This is the scariest chart in the history of cable TV.  —  What we're looking at here, via Wall Street research firm Pacific Crest …
 
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Madison Mainwaring / The Atlantic:
Only two full-time dance critics remain at US newspapers as arts coverage declines
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Media Consumption Is Booming as Investment Floods In
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Ashley Madison owner Avid Life Media sent DMCA takedown request for tweets showing company details
Margarita Barrero / INMA:
Journalists at El Colombiano add readers' comments to a Twitter story, which later appears in both print and digital newspapers
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Hacking group GhostR claims it stole 5.3M records from World-Check screening database, used for KYC checks for sanctions and financial crime links, in March

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Telegram partners with Tether to let the messaging app's ~900M users send USDT to each other through The Open Network blockchain
 
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