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8:10 PM ET, October 7, 2015

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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages  —  Google, along with Twitter, is expected to announce a new open initiative aimed at making pages load more quickly on mobile devices, a counter to moves by Facebook & Apple.  —  Wouldn't you like to have stuff …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Google's AMP code available on GitHub as of Thursday; The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, and others already using it  —  Google has a new plan to speed up the mobile web.  Today, the company announced a technical preview for a system called Accelerated Mobile Pages (or AMP) …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
AMP adds constraints for faster loading webpages that restrict Javascript and ban some HTML tags including iframes; new AMP-specific elements introduced  —  Get AMP'd: Here's what publishers need to know about Google's new plan to speed up your website  —  Google unveiled its new plan …
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
New York Times memo outlines plans to double digital revenue to $800M in 2020, says 12% of readers currently deliver 90%  —  Times Co. Outlines Strategy to Double Digital Revenue  —  The New York Times Company released a strategy memo to its staff on Wednesday outlining an ambitious plan …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:   New York Times memo indicates expansion in video and conferences, to shift focus from ads to an updated subscriptions model
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal  —  Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service  —  Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …
TechCrunch:
Pandora Acquires Ticketfly For $450M To Sell Concert Tickets  —  Pandora has a new tool in its belt to fight against Apple Music and Spotify.  The music streaming just announced it will purchase Ticketfly, a Ticketmaster-type site, for $450m in cash and stock.
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett to buy Journal Media Group for $280 million  —  Gannett, the publishing company that owns USA TODAY and media businesses in 92 local markets, said late Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Journal Media Group for about $280 million, following through on its strategy …
Discussion: Reuters
Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Journalist Matthew Keys found guilty on 3 counts of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; sentencing set for January  —  Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty Of Hacking, Faces 25 Years  —  On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California, found Matthew Keys …
Greg Howard / Deadspin:
Insiders say ESPN's black sports and culture site The Undefeated has failed to launch because of corporate fear of offending readers and lack of investment  —  How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated “Black Grantland”  —  Last month, The Atlantic published an 18,000-word article by Ta-Nehisi Coates called …
Alan Clendenning / Associated Press:
Digital news site El Español launches Wednesday in Spain, led by Pedro J. Ramirez, who was ousted from El Mundo last year  —  Legendary Spanish editor launching new digital publication  —  4 photos  —  MADRID (AP) — The legendary Spanish newspaper editor is flush with 18 million euros …
Discussion: euroweeklynews.com
Matthew Patane / Des Moines Register:
Meredith, Media General stand by deal despite report  —  Both Meredith Corp. and Media General said they are sticking by a $2.4 billion deal that would combine their companies despite a report saying the deal is in danger.  —  Citing two anonymous sources, The New York Post reported late Tuesday …
Discussion: TVSpy and Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Waterstones, the UK's largest book retailer, removes Kindles as sales continue to decline  —  Waterstones is removing Kindles from stores  —  Waterstones is removing Amazon's Kindle devices from many of it stores as sales “continue to be pitiful”.  —  The company's m.d James Daunt …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Johnston Press announces closures of 11 free titles to focus on ‘digital offering’  —  Johnston Press has announced the closures of 11 free newspapers.  The regional publisher has axed eight free print titles in the Midlands and folded a further three into paid-for titles in the North West and South.
 
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ProPublica:
Verizon merges its cellphone tracking supercookies with AOL's ad network, will be able to match users' online habits with personal details
New York Times:
New York Attorney General opens inquiry into fantasy sports sites, asks DraftKings and FanDuel for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Walt Disney Co. owned cable network ABC Family to be renamed Freeform beginning 2016
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Agence France-Presse:
Freed Canadian Jazeera journalist Fahmy leaves Egypt
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Ben Wolford / Medium:
Latterly, a small, ad-free digital magazine for narrative international reporting, buys travel-oriented Compass Cultura, which had a similar business model
Wall Street Journal:
Increasing concerns about Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone's health raise succession questions; seven-person trust will control Viacom and CBS after his death