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8:20 AM ET, October 19, 2015

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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
Interview with Mark Bowden and Seymour Hersh on covering Osama bin Laden's death, and how competing agendas create contrasting narratives on official stories  —  What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden's Death? … Mark Bowden was watching a ballgame — the Phillies versus the Mets …
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Mark Bowden / Vanity Fair:
The New York Times Magazine's suggestion that The Finish is fabricated has no factual basis  —  There's Just One Problem with Those Bin Laden Conspiracy Theories  —  They have no factual basis, despite what you may have read in The New York Times Magazine, argues the reporter who pieced together …
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 …
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Some VCs, appearing defensive, dismiss WSJ's reporting on Theranos, but should actually welcome investigative journalism  —  Some tech investors sure seem to be getting defensive lately ...  Nobody likes to be questioned.  —  But lately, some of Silicon Valley's big tech investors seem …
Seth Liss / Poynter:
Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara's new job: chief content officer at Bankrate  —  Lou Ferrara leaves AP for Bankrate.com  —  After 10 years at The Associated Press, Managing Editor Lou Ferrara will start a new job next week: chief content officer of Bankrate.com.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK government may back down from plans to make publishers pay both sides costs in libel, privacy cases if they fail to sign up to recognised press regulator  —  Government may not enforce plan to make publishers pay both sides' libel and privacy costs  —  Culture Secretary John Whittingdale …
Discussion: Guardian
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ex-BBC journalist Jacqueline Sutton dies in suspicious circumstances at Turkish airport  —  British journalist found dead at Turkish airport  —  Jacqueline Sutton, 50, who worked for the UN and the BBC, died at Istanbul's Ataturk airport en route to Iraq  —  Tributes have been paid …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Inside German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!V's collaborations, projects, and growth  —  The German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!  V is building a name for itself by doing a bit of everything  —  BERLIN — CORRECT!  V launched with lofty goals.  In the year-plus that it's been in operation …
Discussion: @hristio and @nicebastard
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.
Meagan Doll / MediaShift:
Q&A with Northwestern University professor Josh Meyer on the challenges and opportunities of reporting on national security  —  How Medill is Teaching National Security in the Classroom and Beyond  —  Alongside more traditional news beats, Northwestern University professor Josh Meyer …
Walt Hickey / FiveThirtyEight:
Analysis: Fandango's movie ratings are higher than IMDb's 79% of the time, and similarly higher than ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic  —  Be Suspicious Of Online Movie Ratings, Especially Fandango's  —  You were excited for the date: dinner and a movie.  Your date picked a restaurant — “It got five stars on Yelp!”
Discussion: @drewkarpyshyn and BGR
Erin Carroll / Columbia Journalism Review:
FOIA “expedited processing” provision for media often ignored, reflects widening disconnect between government and media  —  Why FOIA's speed clause is broken  —  In August of 2013, the Associated Press made a straightforward records request to the State Department.
Discussion: @cjr and @mmcauliff
 
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Interview with Zaina Erhaim on the responsibilites and challenges of training citizen journalists in Syria
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Atlantic's April redesign has tripled click-through rates, increased time spent on native ads to over four minutes, surpassing industry average
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How hyperlocal news site Hoodline fuses data scraping bots with traditional journalism to cover 24 neighborhoods in San Francisco
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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Time Inc. Is in Talks to Buy Jane Pratt's Millennial-Focused xoJane
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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
BBC Launches Japanese Language News Site To Extend Its Global Advertising Reach
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: the new iPad Pro may launch with an M4 chip, kicking off Apple's AI strategy that will be expanded at WWDC; the new Pencil will have haptic feedback

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

 
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