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9:50 AM ET, October 15, 2015

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Wall Street Journal:
US Justice Department and FBI investigating whether fantasty sports sites should continue operating under “games of skill” exemption  —  FBI, Justice Department Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Business Model  —  FBI agents have been contacting customers of DraftKings to ask them about their experiences
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Spotify Rival Deezer To Raise Upwards Of $335M From French Public Listing  —  French music streaming service Deezer has announced that it plans to raise at least €300 million ($335 million) in a public listing that will take place in its native France at the end of this month.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Snapchat Expects Sponsored Selfie Filters To Reach Up To 16 Million Views At Max Of $700,000 per day  —  Snapchat wants advertisers to fork over some significant cash for its new sponsored selfie filters.  —  A month ago, Snapchat released Lenses, filters that enhance your selfies …
Discussion: Fast Company and The Next Web
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Reactions to CNN's VR livestream of Tuesday's Democratic debate: VR headsets overheat, make for uncomfortable viewing, event didn't lend itself to immersion  —  What was it like watching a VR stream of last night's Democratic debate?  Hot and heavy  —  CNN experimented by broadcasting …
Discussion: Guardian, VentureBeat, NBC News and EcoWatch
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Democratic primary debate averaged 15.3M cable viewers, live streaming peaked at 980K concurrent viewers
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
During earnings call, Netflix says it could be competing with Vice in news programming within next two years  —  Netflix Expresses Interest in Expanding Into News Programming  —  Now that they've disrupted one TV genre after another with dramas and comedies like “House of Cards” and …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Q&A with CJR editor in chief and publisher Elizabeth Spayd on increasing traffic, profitability, and the magazine's new membership model  —  CJR will adopt membership model, EIC says  —  CJR may be cutting its print frequency, but that isn't a sign of flagging ambition from the half-century old review of journalism.
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Elizabeth Spayd / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism Review to move from bimonthly to twice yearly print schedule in digital refocus
Press Association:
Sun journalists Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt cleared of aiding and abetting a police officer to commit misconduct  —  Last Sun journalists prosecuted under Operation Elveden are cleared  —  Heads of news Chris Pharo and reporter Jamie Pyatt found not guilty of aiding and abetting police officer to commit misconduct in public office
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Digital publications now protected under same terms as traditional newspapers as Amendment AB 998 updated in California  —  TheWrap Sparks Change to California Law Protecting Digital Media  —  Well, this doesn't happen every day.  TheWrap's appeal of a lawsuit has prompted a change …
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iranian filmmaker Keywan Karimi sentenced to 6 years for “insulting sanctities”  —  Award-winning Iranian filmmaker gets 6-year prison sentence  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An award-winning Iranian filmmaker whose work focuses on the travails of modern life …
Discussion: Contactmusic.com and EW.com
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Tyrangiel officially joins Vice to head up HBO show  —  Josh Tyrangiel.  —  It's official.  —  Former Bloomberg LP high-flier Josh Tyrangiel is joining the edgy Vice Media to head its upcoming daily news show on HBO.  —  Tyrangiel, 43, who oversaw Charlie Rose's newscast for Bloomberg TV …
 
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Sources: Tribune's lax review of San Diego Union-Tribune and LA Times insufficient to support downward revenue projections for Q4 2015
Discussion: LA Observed
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Marie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosts profits to £23m
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Channel 4 Chairman, Lord Burns, says BBC should become pay-TV service like Sky
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Poynter:
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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

Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

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A survey of 501 organizations globally estimates organizations contribute $7.7B annually to open source software and 86% of contribution value is employee labor
 
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