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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 …
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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.
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Android Police, Engadget, @xpangler, Digital Trends, @pkafka, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, 9to5Google, Android and Me and BetaBoston

Apple Music broke Clayton Christensen's rules for disruptive innovation, trying to please old customers as well as new ones — Apple Music's Functionality Failure — They broke Clayton Christensen's rule. The other night, I decided to play some MP3s. Retro, I know.
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@dasan, @vajrang, @benthompson, @felixsalmon and Business Insider


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 …


Israeli Soldiers To Be Disciplined After Assaulting Journalists — While covering a protest in the West Bank on Friday, a pair of Agence France-Presse journalists were beaten by Israeli troops, the Associated Press reports. The “unprovoked attack” was caught on video.
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Associated Press, Mediaite, The Wrap, Telegraph, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, The Times of Israel and Guardian


Since Vogue's online relaunch in August 2014, it has grown audience figures by 80 percent, with 4M uniques in the last two weeks — Vogue goes viral — What happens when the world's glossiest magazine goes digital? Jo Ellison reports from inside Vogue.com


Study of millennials' news reading habits shows majority don't pay for news and many use a subscription service paid for by someone else — Guess what: Millennials aren't all the same when it comes to news consumption — Millennials tend to get lumped into a big group when it comes …
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American Press Institute, Poynter, MediaPost, @mathewi and @nathanjurgenson


Netflix plans to serve as its own studio for more shows, strengthening its control over distribution rights — Netflix to Make More Shows of Its Own — Streaming service wants to produce and own more programs — Shift would help company offer same lineup of shows worldwide
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FierceOnlineVideo News, The Verge and Business Insider


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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Broadcasting & Cable


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 …
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Fortune, Music Business Worldwide, Music Ally, GlobalCapital, Music Week, ChinaPost.com.tw and Interactive Investor


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.
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TechCrunch and VentureBeat


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.
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