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4:00 AM ET, October 13, 2015

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Playboy magazine, down from a circulation of 5.6M in 1975 to 800K today, will stop publishing images of naked women in March 2016  —  Nudes Are Old News at Playboy  —  Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at Playboy, went to see its founder Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Snapchat ends production of original content for Snap Channel, will rely solely on Discover content partners, 15-member team laid off or reassigned  —  Snapchat To Shut Down Snap Channel, Laying Off Team, Changing Content Plans  —  Underscoring the complicated relationship between …
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat Adds Refinery29 to Its Stable of Discover Publishers
Discussion: @nickbelluk and FishbowlNY
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York alt-weekly The Village Voice sold to company controlled by investor Peter D. Barbey  —  Village Voice sold to new owner  —  The Village Voice has been sold to a new owner, marking the beginning of the latest chapter in the history of the storied weekly newspaper co-founded by Norman Mailer in 1955.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
WNYC to launch WNYC Studios, a podcasting division to develop new shows, expand syndication, plans to raise $15M  —  WNYC to Open New Podcast Division  —  WNYC, the public radio powerhouse in New York, is about to grow even bigger through a new division that will develop programs for the expanding podcast market.
Discussion: AllAccess.com
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
ESPN resumes DraftKings and FanDuel sponsored segments after banning them for about three days  —  ESPN Resumes Daily Fantasy Sports Sponsored Segments  —  ESPN's ban on segments sponsored by beleaguered daily fantasy sports sites, is over.  —  Last Tuesday, as the two major betting platforms DraftKings …
Discussion: Ad Age, Fortune and Adweek
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Deadspin suspended from Twitter briefly after receiving takedown notices for GIFs from NFL; @SBNationGIF remains suspended for posting college football GIFs  —  Sports site's Twitter account suspended after NFL complains about GIFs  —  The NFL reignited a contentious debate today around copyright …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
VICE News debuts in Italy, will expand to Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, and Australia before end-of-year  —  With Italian debut, VICE News continues expansion abroad  —  VICE News, the journalism outfit within VICE Media's sprawling international empire, just added another outpost to its growing list of foreign editions.
Discussion: @gmpaiella
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK online news site Exaro faces media scrutiny about credibility after it investigated pedophilia claims  —  After leading VIP paedophiles investigation, website Exaro itself faces media scrutiny and criticism  —  Investigative journalism website Exaro is facing increasing scrutiny …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
BuzzFeed to begin creating native video ads for politicians and political causes  —  BuzzFeed launches native video political advertising  —  BuzzFeed will begin creating native video ads for politicians and political causes, the website will announce Monday.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
McClatchy to shutter foreign bureaus in reorganization of D.C. operation  —  McClatchy's foreign correspondents are headed to the U.S. as part of a broader restructuring of the Washington, D.C. bureau, the newspaper company announced Monday.  —  The announcement, made in a memo to editors …
Marty Baron / Washington Post:
New statement from Martin Baron on The Post's Jason Rezaian  —  Statement from Martin Baron, Washington Post executive editor: The guilty verdict announced by Iran in the trial of The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian represents an outrageous injustice.  Iran has behaved unconscionably throughout this case …
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Jon Lafayette / Multichannel News:
Grantland co-founder Dan Fierman joins MTV News as VP and editorial director
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
FT staff vote for industrial action over proposed pension changes
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
FCC weighs cable, entertainment, and tech industry arguments about who can make changes to UI of TV set-top boxes