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4:00 AM ET, September 26, 2015

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Isaac Salier-Hellendag / Facebook:
Facebook rolling out redesigned Notes with options for images, captions, other formatting  —  Updates for Facebook Notes  —  We're rolling out an update to make notes on Facebook more beautiful and customizable.  Notes are now an even better way to write a longer post and share with anyone …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Sources: YouTube finalizing plans to bundle Music Key and ad-free videos for $10/month, could launch at end of October  —  YouTube Is Prepping Its Subscription Launch: Two Services, One Price  —  YouTube, which spent the first 10 years of its life as a free service, is getting ready to start selling tickets.
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Amazon's Twitch to add video uploads, playlists in 2016 to more directly compete with YouTube  —  Amazon's Twitch to add video uploads in new battle with YouTube  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Twitch just strayed into direct competition with YouTube.  —  Emmett Shear, chief executive of Amazon's Twitch division …
Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Fusion Joins Sling TV Lineup  —  Part of $5/Month ‘World News Extra’ Add-On Pack  —  Fusion, a network focused on millennials, said it has launched on Sling TV, Dish Network's OTT-TV service for cord-cutters and cord-never.  —  Fusion is offered on Sling TV's “World News Extra” add-on pack …
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Deezer IPO filing shows firm spends 75%+ of revenue on rights holders, doesn't generate revenue from 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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
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