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4:20 PM ET, October 6, 2015

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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
News organizations including BuzzFeed, The New York Times and The Washington Post have signed up to use Twitter's new product, Moments  —  Twitter unveils its own news digests, and some news orgs are participating  —  Twitter has always been a place to find out what's going on in the world, with a little help from the crowd.
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Madhu Muthukumar / The Twitter Blog:
Twitter launches Moments, formerly Project Lightning, its event-based curation of tweets, videos, and images, on iOS, Android, and desktop web  —  Moments, the best of Twitter in an instant  —  When you open Twitter today you'll see something new: Moments, the best of what's happening on Twitter in an instant.
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:
Twitter releases editorial guidelines for Moments, stating rules to keep curators free from bias and conflicts of interest  —  Twitter Moments Have Their Own Set Of Guidelines and Principles  —  Along with the release of its new feature, Moments, Twitter shared a set of guidelines …
Discussion: Poynter
Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Reddit launches Upvoted, a standalone news site free of comments and voting; editorial team will curate and elaborate on content from Reddit  —  No comments allowed on Reddit's new news site ‘Upvoted’  —  Reddit's got problems.  It can be a hotbed of hostility and harassment—even for loyal users.
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Jane Martinson / Guardian:
Dow Jones to launch free mobile-only news app, will aggregate content from WSJ, Financial News, and The Times; will compete with Financial Times  —  WSJ owner takes battle to FT with City news app  —  Mobile service featuring financial stories from the Times and Wall Street Journal to be free at launch
Discussion: @jeffjarvis
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT creates separate editorial group for production of print edition  —  Citing a desire to break free from the legacy of the print deadlines, The New York Times on Tuesday announced the creation of a centralized desk responsible for putting out the daily print edition.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Major TV networks, including CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS, sign onto Global Safety Principles and Practices, a list of guidelines on safety for freelancers  —  Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact  —  Several of America's major television news networks have joined a coalition …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Al Jazeera America staff vote in favor of unionization, 32 for, 5 against, will be represented by NewsGuild of New York  —  Al Jazeera America Digital Journalists Vote To Unionize  —  Another media company joins the wave of labor organizing.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, Guardian and Poynter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
BBC News Inks Yahoo Video-Distribution Deal for North America  —  BBC News digital-video dispatches will be available to Yahoo users in the U.S. and Canada starting this month, under a new syndication pact between the two.  —  Content under deal will focus on BBC News' short-form video content …
Discussion: LostRemote and bbc.co.uk
Brad Stone / Bloomberg Business:
At Twitter, problems facing Jack Dorsey include user retention, online abuse  —  The Three Biggest Challenges Facing Jack Dorsey at Twitter  —  The new “permanent CEO” inherits a social network with stagnating growth, an arguably overpriced stock, and vitriolic content that's turning off some high-profile users.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Lou Ferrara, vice president and managing editor of the Associated Press, is leaving for another job, yet to be announced  —  Lou Ferrara to leave The Associated Press  —  Lou Ferrara, vice president and managing editor of The Associated Press, is leaving the newswire for a job …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Bob Bryan / Business Insider:
Analyst suggests that newspapers should sell off printing presses, buy tablets for subscribers and adopt “Netflix of news” business model  —  How one newspaper company can save itself by giving away free iPads and becoming the ‘Netflix of news’  —  As print media companies …
Discussion: @jbenton
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple approves an app, Been Choice, that blocks ads in native apps through its VPN content-removal service, offers rewards to users that share behavioral data  —  Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News  —  It's unclear if Apple is setting a precedent …
Discussion: Fortune and Business Insider
 
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