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4:15 PM ET, October 23, 2015

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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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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 …
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.
Discussion: TechCrunch and Ad Age
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Charter Quietly Offers Skinny Bundle Aimed at Cord Cutters  —  Charter has very quietly launched a skinny bundle of basic TV channels in an attempt to keep users from cutting the cord.  Charter's new “Spectrum TV Stream” service costs $13 a month, and includes a free Roku 3 player …
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 …
Scott Dance / Baltimore Sun:
AOL completes $248M acquisition of mobile advertising technology company Millennial Media  —  AOL closes deal to absorb Millennial Media … Millennial Media disappeared from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after a majority of its stockholders tendered their shares to AOL …
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 …
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 …
 
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Fired Los Angeles Times publisher Austin Beutner urges local ownership of newspapers but says he's not involved in ongoing talks to buy paper
Wall Street Journal:
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Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Business Insider plan more subscription offerings as more outlets turn to paywall strategies
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Connor Jones / The Register:
UnitedHealth says the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare cost the company $872M in Q1; another ransomware group appears to be extorting the company

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

Raphael Satter / Reuters:
The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”
 
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