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9:30 AM ET, September 25, 2015

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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Deezer IPO filing shows firm spends 75%+ of revenue on rights holders, fails to make money on 40.2% of subscribers  —  Deezer's IPO Filing Shows Both Potential and Problems  —  The financial information in Deezer's filing for a public stock offering provides rare transparency …
BuzzFeed:
Leaked documents reveal Ecuador's president used almost $4.7M from intelligence budget to remove derogatory content from Youtube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dailymotion  —  Ecuador's President Used Millions Of Dollars Of Public Funds To Censor Critical Online Videos  —  Exclusive: BuzzFeed News …
Discussion: The Verge
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
iOS ad blocker Crystal will get a flat monthly fee to let through ads that are on Adblock Plus owner Eyeo's paid whitelist  —  Propelled By Apple, Ad Blocking Cottage Industry Emerges  —  Software promises to block ads, and in some cases allow “acceptable” ones
Steven Musil / CNET:
CNN partners with NextVR to offer VR livestream of Oct. 13 Democratic presidential debate  —  Democratic presidential debate to be live-streamed in virtual reality  —  CNN promises a “front row seat” to next month's debate through 3D immersive virtual reality.
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with SF Chronicle editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper on experimentation, crowdfunding, incubators, and offline events to attract new readers  —  The San Francisco Chronicle looks to crowdfunding, incubators, and offline events to attract new readers  —  The Hearst-owned San Francisco Chronicle sits in a hub of tech and innovation.
Associated Press:
EU urges Thai military government to respect freedom of speech and democracy as it drafts new constitution  —  EU calls on Thai government to allow critical voices to be heard  —  BANGKOK (AP) — The European Union urged Thailand's military government on Thursday to respect freedom of speech …
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
AP, other media outlets ask Florida judge to unseal records in Hulk Hogan suit against Gawker  —  Media companies want Hulk Hogan records unsealed  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A group of media outlets is asking a Florida judge to make records in the Hulk Hogan sex video case public.
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Netflix announces in-app subscriptions for iPhone and iPad, offers same monthly rate as on the web  —  Netflix adds in-app subscriptions for iPhone and iPad  —  Now you won't even need to get off the sofa to find your laptop before you start binge-watching Netflix.
Discussion: Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix studies viewing data to determine when subscribers commit to TV shows, finds contrary to conventional wisdom, none get hooked on pilot  —  Netflix Data Reveals Exactly When TV Shows Hook Viewers — And It's Not the Pilot  —  Netflix crunched cold, hard viewing data …
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
FanDuel acquires eSports fantasy platform AlphaDraft, which will continue operating  —  FanDuel Acquires eSports Company AlphaDraft, Also Jumps Into Competitive Video Gaming  —  Aren't business rivalries fun?  —  Just one day after fantasy sports site DraftKings announced …
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Trump's understanding of political media is better than his competitors, and the outsized attention he gets creates political momentum  —  The media's Trump conundrum  —  Donald Trump was telling the truth.  “It's a simple formula in entertainment and television,” he explained before a crowd of thousands in Dallas last week.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
ONA receives $800K Knight Foundation grant to expand programs for local journalists  —  ONA will expand its programs for local journalists with Knight funding  —  The Online News Association plans to make a push into local with new funding from Knight Foundation.
Discussion: Journalism.co.uk and Poynter
 
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