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7:30 PM ET, October 8, 2015

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Culture | Mother Jones:
How Mother Jones won a defamation lawsuit filed by GOP super PAC donor Frank VanderSloot and his company, Melaleuca Inc.  —  We Were Sued By A Billionaire Political Donor.  We Won.  Here's What Happened.  —  Today we are happy to announce a monumental legal victory for Mother Jones …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter announces new offering for automatically matching 6-second ads to publishers' videos; Twitter takes 30% of revenue, with publisher retaining 70%  —  Twitter's Video Ad Strategy Now Looks Like YouTube's Ad Strategy  —  Earlier this week, Twitter showed off Moments, a new way of organizing content on the social network.
Sam Stecklow / The Awl:
How Aggrego's Sun Times Network, which tried to cover 70 cities through aggregation, led to the slow decline of the Chicago Sun Times' reputation  —  The Chicago End-Times  —  Sometime between early February and late May, the proprietor of a yoga studio read a “Best Yoga Studios” …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Tribune Media puts Tribune Tower, headquarters of the Chicago Tribune, up for sale  —  Tribune Tower is up for sale  —  Tribune Tower, photographed in 2006.  (AP Photo) … Tribune Tower, the iconic headquarters of the Chicago Tribune, is on the market.
Piya Sinha-Roy / Reuters:
InStyle to send branded cardboard VR headsets to subscribers for its November 360-degree cover  —  InStyle, Jaunt VR target fashion audience with virtual reality cover  —  As makers of virtual reality content get ready to enter the mass market next year, one company is hoping to appeal …
Roy J. Harris Jr / Poynter:
The story behind Spotlight, the movie chronicling the Boston Globe's work to expose sex abuse in the Catholic church  —  “Spotlight:” Boston Globe church-scandal movie spurs press introspection  —  After the thunderous applause died down for last week's preview of “Spotlight,” …
Discussion: @poynter
Martin Vacher / Spotify:
Discover Weekly reaches one billion tracks streamed in 10 weeks  —  It seems we've found a cure for “a case of the Mondays.”  In just 10 weeks, 1 billion tracks have been streamed from Discover Weekly playlists.  It's the best-ever recommendations delivered to you as a weekly mixtape of fresh music each Monday.
Discussion: Billboard, BuzzFeed and RAIN News
John Plunkett / Guardian:
BBC rules out funding digital radio switchover  —  Corporation says in its response to government green paper that costs of switchover could put at risk stations such as 6 Music and Radio 4 Extra  —  The BBC has ruled itself out of funding digital radio switchover, saying the cost of the project …
Discussion: Politico
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Digg Dialog tool that allows conversations between journalists and readers to launch Friday  —  Digg wants to build the internet comment section of the future  —  Digg has a plan to save the online comments section.  Yes, that Digg, the pre-Reddit social news site that has evolved to become …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Digital display advertising up 27.5% in first half of year, £3.98B spent on all forms of digital ads  —  UK digital ad spend soars despite fears over ad blocking  —  Display market rises by more than a quarter as total digital advertising hits record £3.98m in first half
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO to Launch Standalone Streaming Service in Latin America, Caribbean  —  HBO, opening a new international front in its battle with Netflix, plans to roll out HBO Go as a standalone online subscription service in Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean, starting with a launch in Colombia by the end of the year.
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
Tasneem Raja, digital editor of NPR's Code Switch, talks about the race and culture beat, using Twitter to shape stories, launching a potential podcast, more  —  Tasneem Raja on how NPR's Code Switch navigates increasingly crowded race-and-culture beat  —  Freddie Gray.  Sandra Bland.  Rachel Dolezal.
Discussion: @justinnxt
 
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Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
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Colin Dwyer / NPR:
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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
Discussion: @laurahazardowen
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Ev Williams / Medium:
Medium adds publishing API, @mentions, updated apps, improved editing options, custom domains for all, and a new logo
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
Wall Street Journal:
FanDuel, DraftKings Ban Employees From Playing Daily Fantasy Contests for Money
Roger Yu / USA Today:
Gannett to buy Milwaukee-based Journal Media Group for $280M in cash deal, expected to close in early 2016
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