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8:05 AM ET, October 8, 2015

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Sarah Jeong / Motherboard:
Matthew Keys found guilty of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; US attorney's office may seek less than five year prison sentence in January  —  Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty Of Hacking, Faces 25 Years  —  On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California …
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett to buy Milwaukee-based Journal Media Group for $280M in cash deal, expected to close in early 2016  —  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 …
Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium adds publishing API, @mentions, updated apps, improved editing options, custom domains for all, and a new logo  —  Taking Medium to the Next Level  —  Two years ago, we opened up Medium for anyone to write.  It was a new, well-lit place for an old idea: letting people share their stories …
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 …
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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) …
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, Backed By Google, Promises Faster Pages
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 …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
TV Guide Magazine is sold for the third time in less than 10 years to NTVB Media  —  TV Guide Magazine, once the unrivaled bible for television fans and a powerhouse in the publishing business, has been sold for the third time in less than 10 years.  —  NTVB Media, the Troy, Mich. …
Colin Dwyer / NPR:
Belarusian Journalist Svetlana Alexievich Wins Literature Nobel  —  Investigative journalist Svetlana Alexievich has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.  Alexievich is the first writer from Belarus to win the prize.
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
Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Sources say Sony triggers clause in Sony/ATV Music Publishing contract to sell its 50% stake  —  Sony Moves Toward Sale of Music-Publishing Unit  —  Sony triggers buy-sell mechanism in partnership with Michael Jackson estate, sources say  —  Sony Corp. is moving closer to selling off …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Medium launches Ghost Boat, a series that invites readers to help solve the mystery of 243 refugees who vanished in Mediterranean  —  243 people disappeared on a ship in the Mediterranean; a new project from Medium aims to find them  —  The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 …
Discussion: @laurahazardowen
Emily Guendelsberger / Philadelphia City Paper:
Broad Street Media CEO Darwin Oordt says he'll keep Philadelphia City Paper's archives accessible after paper ends publication Thursday  —  CEO of Broad Street Media says he'll preserve ‘City Paper’ archives, keep them public  —  Darwin Oordt, CEO of Broad Street Media …
Wall Street Journal:
FanDuel, DraftKings Ban Employees From Playing Daily Fantasy Contests for Money  —  Move comes after a DraftKings employee won $350,000 playing in a FanDuel contest; he had prematurely released lineup data  —  FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc., the biggest companies in the daily fantasy-sports industry …
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Facebook's new tools to help TV producers better engage audiences include options for polling and voting, and an easy way to review and curate user submissions
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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
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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