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2:25 PM ET, October 21, 2015

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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
YouTube Red Subscription Will Include Original Series From PewDiePie, CollegeHumor, And More  —  YouTube wants to use exclusive series and movies from its biggest stars to differentiate its new $9.99 ad-free video and on-demand music subscription service YouTube Red.
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Ben Popper / The Verge:
Inside YouTube's new $10 per month subscription service YouTube Red, which removes ads, adds offline viewing, more, available October 28 in US, soon globally  —  Red Dawn  —  A family is gathered around the dinner table: Dad and the kids have spaghetti on their plates, Mom is standing, serving spoon in hand.
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Disney to launch DisneyLife subscription streaming service in the UK in November, expand to France, Spain, Italy, and Germany next year  —  Disney to launch digital subscription streaming service in UK  —  Walt Disney will next month launch a first of its kind digital subscription service …
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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
Rhiannon Williams / Telegraph:
Apple's News arrives in the UK with iOS 9.1 update  —  Apple's News app, an aggregator for your favourite news sources, is now available to download in the UK alongside iOS 9.1  —  Apple's News app is now available for UK iPhone and iPad owners in the UK, acting as a personalised newsfeed agregator for digital media.
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
ESPN confirms layoffs of 300 people; source says in distribution, advertising, technology, content, and others  —  ESPN to Lay Off About 300 Employees  —  Sports-media company looks to control costs in a challenging pay-TV landscape  —  ESPN said it would lay off nearly 300 employees at the company …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Downward stocks, retrenchment of IPO market, Trump lawsuit, and other issues mean Univision could delay its planned IPO  —  Univision beset by media world turbulence as it plans IPO  —  Univision Communications' owners were hoping that by mid-October, Wall Street would be cheering …
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
Max Hole to Step Down as Chairman, CEO of Universal Music Group International  —  LONDON — Max Hole is to step down from his role as chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Group International, effective immediately.  The company's regional heads, outside the U.S. …
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
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
2-year-old Bustle hits 45 million monthly uniques, flirts with profitability, and launches a new website for millennial moms, Romper  —  Bustle, a new media company for millennial women, is launching a second website in November.  —  The website, which will be called Romper …
Discussion: @hsaltz
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Vice holds two-hour blackout to support journalist imprisoned in Turkey  —  Mohammed Rasool remains in jail despite worldwide concern and the release of colleagues Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury  —  Vice is blacking out all its online channels for two hours on Wednesday …
 
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Sony Pictures will pay up to $8 million to settle hack lawsuit with employees
Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Microsoft partners with DJ Skee's Dash Radio for an all-Halo music station
Discussion: WinBeta, Thanks:@joncappetta
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
As Apple Music Trials Wrap, Spotify Snags The #1 Top Grossing Spot In US App Store For First Time
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New York Times, Slate, Atlantic, Wired, Mashable, Vox, Newsweek, and Seattle Times on what works in digital ads
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
John Cook Is Named Executive Editor of Gawker Media
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Gordon Cox / Variety:
Relativity: Ryan Kavanaugh's Funding Hits Snag, TV Sale Objections Resolved
Discussion: The Wrap
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
TriPlay to Acquire eMusic, a Pioneering Digital Music Service
Ethan Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify removes thousands of songs from Victory Records' catalog amid royalties dispute
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
CNN's new millennials site, Great Big Story, will not mark sponsored content as such
 

 
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Paresh Dave / Wired:
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