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Sources: Cablevision to be acquired by European telecoms company Altice for $17.7B including debt — Altice to buy Cablevision for $17.7B including debt: Sources — Acquisitive Netherlands-based telecoms company Altice will buy U..S. cable television provider Cablevision for $17.7 billion including debt, sources told CNBC.
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Inside Mexicoleaks, Mexico's version of Wikileaks, and the scandals it has uncovered since launching earlier this year — Inside Mexico's Very Own Wikileaks — A new congress took office in Mexico this month after what proved to be among the country's most violent elections …


Twitter and Bloomberg sign licensing deal increasing Twitter data available in terminals and offering a curated feed of financial tweets — Bloomberg and Twitter Sign Data Licensing Agreement — Bloomberg adds enhanced custom alerts and tools to its Twitter offering
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Financial Times, @vindugoel, USA Today, @mathewi and Media Wire Daily


SEC filing indicates BuzzFeed aims to raise an additional $100M to add to earlier $200M from NBCUniversal — Buzzfeed could raise another $100 million in current funding round — Buzzfeed could raise an additional $100 million as part of its current funding round, according to documents that the company filed with the SEC today.


La Presse to drop weekday print edition beginning January 1, 2016, push readers to La Presse+ tablet edition — Quebec's La Presse to scrap weekday print edition to focus on app — La Presse will scrap its weekday print edition starting Jan. 1, staking its future on its popular tablet app …
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Nieman Lab, CBC News, Financial Post, theprovince.com, @dlboardman, FishbowlNY, Montreal, CJAD 800, EIN Newsdesk, Talking New Media, NetNewsCheck Latest and Toronto Star

Facebook to start using browsing data from Like and Share buttons in its ad targeting system starting next month, opt-out setting available — Facebook's Like Buttons Will Soon Track Your Web Browsing to Target Ads — Facebook's “Like” buttons have been logging data on our browsing for years …
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Microsoft's Zune services wind down November 15th — If you're still relying on what's left of Microsoft's Zune services to feed your Zune HD with fresh content... well, you'd better have backup plans. Microsoft is warning that it will shut down Zune services on November 15th …
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The Next Web, Windows Central, Fusion, UPROXX, Business Insider, Fortune and Plagiarism Today


CBS All Access now available for Android TV, sources say coming to Apple TV and other platforms soon — CBS plans to bring All Access service to Apple TV, other platforms in the near future — CBS plans to bring its $5.99/month All Access subscription service, which offers a mix …


Warner Bros. Sells Digital Content Distribution Service to Vubiquity as It Trims Costs — Warner Bros. is outsourcing its digital content distribution business as it fights to trim overhead costs. — The studio sold its Digital-End-to-End managed content service to Vubiquity …
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Multichannel News, Business Wire and Variety


How Recode, Reuters, Popular Science, The Week, Mic, The Verge, and USA Today's FTW have continued talking with readers after shutting off comments — What happened after 7 news sites got rid of reader comments — Recode, Reuters, Popular Science, The Week, Mic, The Verge …
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Public library in New Hampshire votes to continue supporting Tor for anonymous browsing despite concerns from DHS, police and local government — West Lebanon library to keep backing Tor — From left, Mary Sorens, of West Lebanon, N.H., Carla Gericke, of Manchester, N.H., Jason Sorens …


AT&T Taps Former Sirius XM, Cisco Exec as Video and Internet CTO — Enrique Rodriguez joins telco after former DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual exits — AT&T has hired Enrique Rodriguez as executive VP and chief technical officer for its Entertainment and Internet business …
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