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11:55 AM ET, September 13, 2015

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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
Dan Rather praises “Truth”, a movie based on Rathergate starring Robert Radford, for accuracy  —  TIFF: Dan Rather Chokes Up at ‘Truth’ Premiere, Praises Film for Accuracy  —  “A film called ‘Truth’ should be accurate,” the iconic CBS news anchor said of director James Vanderbilt's movie …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
The Marshall Project teams up with local news outlets to track executions across America  —  Harris County, Texas, is either near or at the top of the list of counties that execute the most criminals in the U.S. Harris County is also home to the Houston Chronicle, which means covering capital punishment …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
A new tool from The Times of London lets you easily detect and capture quotes from a video  —  Surfacing the latest Donald Trump gem from a long, rambling video to share it in a story can be a chore.  A new tool from The Times of London called quickQuote, recently open sourced …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The Washington Post has developed eight apps to help its journalists quickly create quizzes, polls, and other interactive features  —  The Washington Post has developed 8 apps for quizzes and games … Journalism isn't all fun and games.  But if The Washington Post has its way …
Nick Bilton / New York Times:
Profile of Facebook executive Matt Jacobson, employee No. 8, and the company's link to Hollywood  —  Matt Jacobson, Facebook's Gatekeeper for Hollywood  —  In 2005, Matt Jacobson was 44 and looking for a new job after leaving Quiksilver, the surf brand.  A friend suggested that he meet …
Hugh Martin / The Conversation:
Rupert Murdoch tweets as if he's writing breaking news telegrams, like his father in World War I  —  Why does Rupert Murdoch bother with Twitter?  —  After one of his semi-regular visits to Australia, News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch recently let forth with a series …
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Andy Burnham preparing complaint to Ipso following undercover Sun sting  —  The Sun deployed subterfuge, hidden cameras and a baby in a sting on him that it then used to undermine Jeremy Corbyn  —  The Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham is understood to be preparing a complaint …
Stephen Hui / Georgia Straight:
Glacier Media kills Burnaby NewsLeader and New Westminster NewsLeader … The community newspaper that gave me my first job in the business—as a carrier—is shutting its doors.  —  Today (September 10), it was made public that the Burnaby NewsLeader, along with the New Westminster NewsLeader …
Melanie Kembrey / Sydney Morning Herald:
Vodafone allegedly accessed Fairfax journalist Natalie O'Brien's mobile records  —  Vodafone illegally accessed the mobile phone records of Fairfax investigative journalist Natalie O'Brien to find the sources of her story, according to a leaked email.  —  O'Brien, an award-winning reporter …
Discussion: Guardian
Tara Jeffries / Student Press Law Center:
Purdue, student paper settle year-long dispute over video of photographer-police confrontation; no monetary settlement but agreement to improve communications  —  Legal tiff between Purdue, student newspaper resolved  —  INDIANA — A year-long dispute between Purdue University and its student newspaper …
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Trump in talks to flip Miss Universe pageant to entertainment company WME/IMG after acquiring NBCUniversal's stake  —  Donald Trump Said in Talks to Flip Miss Universe to WME/IMG  —  Trump said Friday he bought NBCUniversal's stake in pageant  —  NBC refused to air Miss Universe after Trump's Mexico comments
Discussion: The Wrap
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Time spent inside mobile apps has exceeded that of time spent watching TV in the US for the first time  —  The Cable Industry Faces The Perfect Storm: Apps, App Stores and Apple  —  Simon Khalaf, SVP, Product & Engineering, Publisher Products  —  On the 3rd of September, 2015, Benedict Evans …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
In revamping its video strategy, The Washington Post steers clear of imitating TV  —  Settling on a sustainable strategy for online video has been notoriously difficult for publishers.  Efforts to produce live video shows have mostly sputtered.  —  The Washington Post is now betting on …
 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

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