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6:00 PM ET, October 23, 2015

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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.
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
Discussion: Ars Technica
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 …
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Sources: Disney nears deal that would give it small direct stake in Vice Media  —  Disney near deal to buy a stake in Vice Media  —  Vice Media is getting another big media backer as it prepares to launch a major TV offensive, The Post has learned.  —  Disney is poised to take a small stake …
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: The Verge and TechCrunch
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 …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Vivendi Increases Stakes In Telecom Italia To 20 Percent  —  DIJON, France- Aiming to expand its activities in Southern Europe, Paris-based Vivendi has upped its stakes in Telecom Italia to 19.9 percent.  —  Vivendi became Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder in June after buying 14.9 percent of the leading European telecom.
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 …
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Liberty Global in talks to buy Cable & Wireless Communications, which serves the Caribbean, Panama, Monaco, and the Seychelles
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Business Insider plan more subscription offerings as more outlets turn to paywall strategies
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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