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2:20 PM ET, October 23, 2015

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
More articles are shared via text than Twitter, email, or Facebook in BuzzFeed's News app  —  You're probably underestimating how much your articles are being shared via text message  —  Last fall, in our Predictions for 2015 package, Jamie Mottram of Gannett predicted we'd see an increase in SMS sharing.
Discussion: @zeigor
Adam Popescu / The Verge:
Medium's next phase will be facilitating connections between writers and brands, CEO Ev Williams says  —  Ev Williams on Medium's future, his new venture fund, and listening to his gut  —  Ev Williams has said that Medium is a platform, not a publisher.  Despite its title and apparent initial focus …
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Pandora shares fall more than 30% after company reports quarterly loss of $85M  —  Pandora investors are losing faith in its ability to compete  —  Long before there was a Spotify or an Apple Music, there was Pandora.  One of the earliest streaming music services, it was founded in 2000 …
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Eriq Gardner / Billboard:
Pandora Reaches $90 Million Settlement With Labels Over Pre-1972 Music
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:
Twitter's first Promoted Moments native advertising campaign rolls out this weekend  —  Twitter Rolls Out Advertising on New ‘Moments’ Feature  —  First Promoted Moment to run this weekend for movie ‘Creed’  —  Twitter Inc. isn't wasting any time making money from its newest feature, called Moments.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN videos unavailable on YouTube because of rights issues related to YouTube Red launch  —  ESPN Videos Go Dark on YouTube  —  Nearly all of ESPN's video content on YouTube has become unavailable, because of unresolved rights issues related to the upcoming launch of the YouTube Red subscription service.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
A solo Bill Simmons nets 4 million podcast downloads in less than a month  —  Bill Simmons' podcast may no longer have the promotional muscle of ESPN behind it, but that doesn't mean Simmons is struggling now that he's on his own.  —  Simmons debuted his new podcast, “The Bill Simmons Show” on October 1 and has since been on a tear.
Discussion: @thefix and @bmccandless
Tom Corrigan / Wall Street Journal:
Investor group led by Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh secures control of studio in bankruptcy hearing  —  Kavanaugh-Led Group Clinches Control of Relativity  —  Hollywood studio now separate entity from TV business, which was sold to senior lenders  —  Investors led by Relativity Media LLC's founder …
BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed News Reporter Assaulted At Rally Of Jewish Extremists In Paris  —  “I know who you are, I'll tell them that you're here.”  —  BuzzFeed Rédactrice en chef, France  —  Protestors assaulted a BuzzFeed News reporter in Paris Thursday at a rally organized by the Jewish Defense League …
First Look Media:
First Look Media's litigation fund donates $75K to Mother Jones to help offset $650K in unreimbursed legal fees from VanderSloot lawsuit  —  First Look Media Grants $74,999 to Mother Jones in the Fight for a Free Press  —  Today, First Look Media's Press Freedom Litigation Fund announces …
Véronique Hyland / New York Magazine:
Kate Lanphear Will Step Down As Maxim EIC  —  Kate Lanphear's bold experiment at Maxim sounds like it has run its course.  The T and ELLE vet and O.G. street-style star is stepping down from her editor-in-chief position, per a release from the magazine.  Lanphear has been in the job …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Lena Dunham's Lenny is the first celebrity-run site that might threaten traditional media outlets as the Internet increasingly displaces the middleman press  —  Lena Dunham and Lenny: Self-Publishing Celebrities as News Competition  —  Few would doubt Lena Dunham has many awards coming …
 
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Q&A with Vox CEO Jim Bankoff on valuations, acquisitions, and partnerships with large media corporations
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fired Los Angeles Times publisher Austin Beutner urges local ownership of newspapers but says he's not involved in ongoing talks to buy paper
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:
Amazon Handily Beats Analyst Expectations With $25.4B In Sales, Stock Spikes 11%
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Liberty Global in talks to buy Cable & Wireless Communications, which serves the Caribbean, Panama, Monaco, and the Seychelles
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Expands Search To All 2 Trillion Posts, Surfacing Public Real-Time News
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Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Ahead of December launch, Nielsen unveils its total audience measurement tool that counts viewers across all TVs, DVRs, VODs, PCs, and mobile devices
Discussion: AdExchanger
Anna M. Phillips / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida judge rules Hulk Hogan's legal team can search Gawker computers, servers, emails, text messages for terms: “racist”, “Hulk Hogan”, “DVD details”
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Business Insider plan more subscription offerings as more outlets turn to paywall strategies
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
 

 
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

New York Times:
HR service Rippling sues Deel, accusing its rival of hiring a mole in its Dublin office to comb through trade secrets, uncovered via a “honeypot” Slack channel

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge:
Snap updates Spectacles AR glasses to add GPS support for Lenses, improved hand tracking, an AR keyboard, and more

 
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