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12:40 PM ET, October 19, 2015

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 Top News: 
Jay Carney / Medium:
New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud  —  What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
Marty Baron / Washington Post:
Kevin Merida steps down as Washington Post Managing Editor, joins ESPN as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated  —  Kevin Merida to step down as managing editor of The Washington Post  —  Executive Editor Martin Baron sent the following announcement to staff:
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M  —  Time Inc. Buys Hello Giggles  —  Website operator focuses on pop culture, beauty, lifestyle topics of interest to younger women  —  Seeking to broaden its appeal to younger women …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Media Network get $1.3M from Knight to speed up digital adoption in newsrooms  —  Knight is giving $1.3 million to help 3 legacy newsrooms ‘speed up digital adoption’  —  Temple University's School of Media and Communication will work …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The women in the van: the overwhelmingly female press corps covering Clinton's campaign for presidency  —  The women in the van  —  Hillary Clinton attracts a rarity on the campaign trail — an overwhelmingly female press corps.
Discussion: TVNewser, @rafat and The Week
James Andrew Miller / Vanity Fair:
Sources: After Bill Simmons departure, chaos, climate of fear, and uncertain future at Grantland  —  Can ESPN Solve Its Grantland Problem?  —  Months after ousting founder Bill Simmons, a staff exodus may have begun at the once-buzzy sports-and-culture site.
Press Association:
UK resisted Julian Assange's offer to be questioned in London, emails reveal  —  Julian Assange has expressed shock after new documents revealed fresh details about the involvement of UK authorities in the long-running saga that has seen the WikiLeaks founder live inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past three years.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
HBO Sports executive Bill McCullough joins GoPro, will oversee motor sports and team sports channels as executive producer  —  GoPro Nabs Sports Exec Bill McCullough From HBO (Exclusive)  —  Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @jank0  —  GoPro is continuing its investment into content production …
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Launches A New Targeted Ads Product Based On Its Interest Graph  —  Flipboard today is opening up some better targeting to its advertising partners in the form of the advertising based on the interest graphs it has built for its users.  —  Here's an example: an advertiser that chooses …
Discussion: Forbes, Ad Age and Fortune
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban Threats to Afghan Journalists Show Shift in Tactics  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan journalists covering the fall of Kunduz this month had a litany of complaints: The military often blocked their access to the battle; top officials tried to get them to change reports that disputed official accounts …
Guardian:
ITV confirms £100m takeover of UTV Media's television channels  —  Northern Irish-based group will be left with TalkSport and a number of local radio stations as ITV takes control of almost the whole of channel 3  —  ITV has confirmed the £100m purchase of TalkSport owner UTV …
New York Times:
As it expands globally, Netflix faces increasing competition and demand for local-language programming  —  Netflix Faces Challengers in Its Push to Expand Globally  —  At first glance, Miguel Díez Ferreira would seem to make an ideal customer for Netflix.
 
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Seth Liss / Poynter:
Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara's new job: chief content officer at Bankrate
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ex-BBC journalist Jacqueline Sutton dies in suspicious circumstances at Turkish airport
Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Interview with Zaina Erhaim on the responsibilites and challenges of training citizen journalists in Syria
Discussion: Mashable
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FOIA “expedited processing” provision for media often ignored, reflects widening disconnect between government and media
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Atlantic's April redesign has tripled click-through rates, increased time spent on native ads to over four minutes, surpassing industry average
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Some VCs, appearing defensive, dismiss WSJ's reporting on Theranos, but should actually welcome investigative journalism