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12:10 PM ET, October 6, 2015

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Julia Greenberg / Wired:
Reddit to launch voting and comment free news site Upvoted with editorial team curating/creating content that will be added to Reddit forum for voting, comments  —  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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Jessi Hempel / Wired:
Behind Steve Huffman's return to Reddit as CEO following the moderator revolt and Ellen Pao's departure  —  Inside Reddit's Plan to Recover From Its Epic Meltdown  —  It began on the Thursday night that much of Reddit—the eleventh biggest site on the American Internet …
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.
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
Jared Newman / Fast Company:
Roku announces Roku 4 with 4K, voice search, and remote locator, and OS 7 with bookmarking and universal search; pre-order now, available Oct. for $130  —  Roku Is Solving The Most Frustrating Thing About Streaming TV Boxes  —  Tell me if this sounds familiar: You're browsing around on a Roku …
Derek Mead / Motherboard:
Vice Media's Motherboard is switching off comments, adds letters to the editor section  —  We're Replacing Comments with Something Better  —  As a kid, whenever I'd get some BMX or car magazine in the mail, I'd always dive in first to the letters to the editor.
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Al Jazeera America staff again vote in favor of union representation by the NewsGuild of New York  —  Al Jazeera America Votes to Join Union  —  Staffers at Al Jazeera America (AJAM) have once again voted to be represented by the NewsGuild of New York.  The additional election …
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
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact  —  Several of America's major television news networks have joined a coalition of news organizations that have signed their names to a set of best practices for protecting freelance journalists who work for them.
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
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Trinity Mirror explores plan to stop readers using ad-blocking software  — Dominic Ponsford's blog -  —  Trinity Mirror is reportedly exploring ways of banning its website readers from using ad-blocking software on iPhones and iPads.  —  The move, by the biggest publisher of regional newspapers …
 
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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins says company is still searching for an original series hit, isn't planning international expansion for now
 

 
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Reuters:
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