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12:15 PM ET, September 16, 2015

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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Amazon offers Prime members Washington Post National Digital Edition subscriptions free for six months, then $48 per year  —  Jeff Bezos (finally) pumps up the Post with Prime  —  In a potentially game-changing move, Amazon will begin offering free to dirt-cheap subscriptions to The Washington Post …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Apple's News, which launches today, is the latest in a trend toward distributed content … Today's release of iOS 9 will see the debut of News, the much-anticipated content recommendation app that has been hailed alternatively as a rival to Flipboard and as a potential replacement for every other news app.
Open State Foundation:
Open State Foundation has uploaded Politwoops' archive of 1M deleted politician tweets to the Internet Archive  —  Open State preserves Politwoops' history on the net  —  In a move to preserve the public record for everyone, Open State has uploaded its complete Politwoops archive …
Discussion: @openstateeu and @niemanlab
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: AMC Networks again in talks to acquire John Malone's pay-TV network Starz  —  AMC Networks Said in Talks to Acquire John Malone's Starz  —  Discussions last year faltered on differences over valuation  —  Malone says Starz would gain from finding media partners
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp to Acquire Social Video Ad Platform Unruly for up to $176 Million  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will acquire social video advertising platform Unruly for up to $176 million, the company said Wednesday.  —  “Unruly is a feisty and creative company with a start-up sensibility …
Mark Warren / Esquire:
How war correspondent C.J. Chivers of The New York Times decided it was time to stop going to war  —  Why the Best War Reporter in a Generation Had to Suddenly Stop  —  After fourteen years of being immersed in the bloody wars of our era, C.J. Chivers came home.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
US online publisher Refinery29 to begin international rollout in UK  —  Ex-Endemol Shine executive Kate Ward to head branch of online company that focuses on fashion, lifestyle and beauty, with office to also open in Germany  —  US online lifestyle publisher Refinery29 is launching …
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal:
Ad spending may be leaving TV, but digital publishers and app makers aren't gaining at the same rate as TV's loss  —  Why the Internet Won't Be the Next TV for Advertising  —  Ad spending may be leaving TV.  But digital publishers and app makers don't seem to be reaping all the spoils.
Abby Sewell / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors votes unanimously to call on Tribune Publishing to restore local leadership to the Los Angeles Times  —  Supervisors ask L.A. Times owner to restore local ownership  —  Los Angeles County supervisors have called on Chicago-based Tribune Publishing Co. to …
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
ABC News Takes Viewers To Syria With Virtual Reality Storytelling  —  ABC News becomes the first U.S. news division to launch a virtual reality platform taking viewers directly to where news is happening.  —  For ABC News VR's inaugural project, ABC News foreign correspondent Alex Marquardt …
Discussion: Variety, Ad Age, Digiday, ABC News and The Verge
James Bradshaw / Globe and Mail:
Toronto Star pins hopes of younger audience on new tablet app  —  In pursuit of elusive younger readers who could bolster falling newspaper advertising revenue, the Toronto Star is pinning its hopes on a new edition made for tablets, a promising platform that has yet to radically shift reading habits.
 
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