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11:20 PM ET, October 1, 2015

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Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business:
Amazon to stop selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast Oct. 29 as devices don't allow for Amazon Prime video streaming; Roku, Xbox, Playstation sales unaffected  —  Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices  —  Amazon.com Inc. is flexing its e-commerce muscles to gain …
Sam Biddle / Gawker:
Reporters Are Rude During Tragedies Because They're Reporting  —  Imagine this: a burst of tweets show a bus explosion on the interstate, sending up a tremendous mushroom cloud, visible from miles away.  How many people are hurt?  Or dead?  What caused the explosion?
Hannah Miet / Los Angeles Business Journal:
BuzzFeed no longer in talks to lease former Ford factory in LA but still seeking space for expansion within the city  —  BuzzFeed Puts Brakes on Deal at Ford Factory  —  BuzzFeed will not be moving into Shorenstein Properties' Ford Motor Factory Building after all.
Discussion: LAist, Curbed LA and LA Observed
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
DirecTV, Media General Reach Agreement After Marathon Negotiations  —  DirecTV and Media General have reached a deal after marathon negotiations to avert a blackout of 62 TV stations in more than 40 markets.  —  Details of the agreement were not disclosed but Media General confirmed the pact …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube Addresses Complaints About Inappropriate Content In Updated YouTube Kids App  —  When YouTube first launched its dedicated “Kids” app earlier this year, parents welcomed the opportunity to be able to keep their children away from the more adult content found on the larger YouTube network …
Nick Statt / The Verge:
HBO Now and Showtime apps arrive on Android TV  —  The Android TV platform now has access to HBO Now, Showtime, and CBS All Access, Google said today in a blog post.  The company also announced that it's partnered with Disney to bring the company's Disney Movies Anywhere digital storefront to Android TV …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
News Corp offers Times and WSJ digital bundle for corporate users  —  Push for City readers follows relaunch of the Wall Street Journal's European and Asian editions last week  —  News Corp is bundling together digital access to the Times and Wall Street Journal for corporate customers …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Bloomberg Businessweek editor Josh Tyrangiel resigns, to be replaced by Ellen Pollock  —  Ellen Pollock to lead Bloomberg Businessweek  —  On Thursday, Bloomberg Businessweek announced that deputy editor Ellen Pollock will become editor.  Josh Tyrangiel was previously in the role.
Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:
Sources: Snapchat to sell “sponsored lenses” for selfies which will cost advertisers up to $750K for peak days like Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Black Friday  —  Snapchat to launch new advertising format  —  Snapchat is preparing to launch a new advertising format that will allow brands …
Discussion: The Verge and TechCrunch
Newspaper Association of America:
Newspaper Association of America Names David Chavern as New President and CEO  —  Arlington, Va. - Newspaper Association of America today announced that its board of directors has selected David Chavern, a seasoned public policy and advocacy leader, as its new president and CEO, effective October 14, 2015.
Matilda Battersby / The Independent:
Serial podcast is being made into TV show by The Lego Movie directors  —  Sarah Koenig's crazily successful true crime series is heading for the small screen  —  A podcast so popular it achieved unprecedented success is to be made into a television series by the directors of The Lego Movie.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Judge orders court records should remain sealed in Gawker-Hulk Hogan sex tape trial  —  Judge orders closure of records in Hulk Hogan sex tape case  —  The latest bout in an ongoing legal tussle between Gawker Media and Hulk Hogan was decided Thursday in favor of the former professional wrestler.
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
 
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