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7:15 AM ET, October 21, 2015

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Yahoo and Google make search deal: Yahoo will call on Google to provide some results and ads for Yahoo search queries  —  Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties … : Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision …
Wall Street Journal:
Comcast is in talks with TV networks and audience measurement firms to share data harnessed from set-top boxes and apps  —  Comcast Seeks to Harness Trove of TV Data  —  Cable giant is in talks with TV networks and measurement firms to license viewing data from set-top boxes, apps
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
John Cook Is Named Executive Editor of Gawker Media  —  John Cook, a longtime Gawker editor, will become the executive editor of Gawker Media, the portfolio of websites that was left leaderless after a tumultuous summer for the organization, according to three people briefed on the matter …
Discussion: WWD and FishbowlNY
Bloomberg Business:
Sources: ESPN plans to cut 350 jobs; employees to be notified as early as Wednesday  —  Disney's ESPN Said Planning to Eliminate as Many as 350 Jobs  —  Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN sports network plans to eliminate as many as 350 positions, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How a local startup in Charlotte, North Carolina thinks it can make online advertising work  —  With the online ad market dominated by large players such as Facebook and Google and under threat from ad blockers, many in the news business are looking beyond advertising as a means to make money.
Lee Rainie / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 63% of Americans read at least one print book in last 12 months, 27% read an e-book, numbers largely same as 2014 survey  —  Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, new survey finds  —  The number of book readers has dipped a bit from the previous year and the number …
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify removes thousands of songs from Victory Records' catalog amid royalties dispute  —  Spotify Pulls Independent Music Company's Releases Amid Royalties Dispute  —  Music-streaming service takes down thousands of songs by bands signed to Victory Records
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Creators of macabre Night Vale podcast get a multi-book deal, illustrating increased interest in podcast-to-book projects  —  From the Ear to the Page, the ‘Night Vale’ Podcast Becomes a Novel  —  One afternoon late this summer, Cecil Baldwin was hunched over a microphone in his living room in Brooklyn …
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
CNN's new millennials site, Great Big Story, will not mark sponsored content as such  —  CNN just launched its own BuzzFeed killer  —  On Tuesday, CNN launched Great Big Story, its new millennial-focused competitor to BuzzFeed and Vice.  —  With Great Big Story, CNN wants to create video content …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Sony Pictures will pay up to $8 million to settle hack lawsuit with employees  —  Nearly a year after its devastating hack, Sony Pictures' settlement with former employees has been made public, offering as much as $8 million to resolve the ongoing lawsuit.  —  According to documents filed today …
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Microsoft partners with DJ Skee's Dash Radio for an all-Halo music station  —  EXCLUSIVE:  —  Microsoft's got a new Halo coming out soon, and it is celebrating that impending release by spinning some of the shooter franchise's classic tunes.  —  Halo is getting its own music station on the Dash Radio music app.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Tim Cook says Apple Music has 6.5M paying subscribers and 8.5M customers on three-month trials  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple Music Has 15 Million Users  —  Service has 6.5 million paying subscribers  —  LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Apple Inc. said it has 15 million users on its streaming-music service …
 
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Huffington Post nabs Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner to present web docu-series which will be aired on all 15 global editions of the site
 

 
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Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI group G42 for a minority stake, as G42 severed its ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will sit on G42's board

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