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10:05 AM ET, October 27, 2015

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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
Netflix, SoundCloud, Vimeo and more join tech firms and activists objecting to EU's net neutrality law to be voted on Tuesday  —  Tech Giants Sign Letter Against EU Laws To Hand Huge New Powers To ISPs  —  New European legislation which threatens net neutrality is set to go before the EU Parliament Tuesday.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times shutters City Room blog  —  The New York Times on Monday announced it will close its City Room blog, which for years has been a clearinghouse for the paper's metro news: … The announcement, which appeared in a City Room post under Andy Newman's byline …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Lena Dunham teams up with Hearst Magazines to monetize Lenny Letter  —  Before “Girls” creator Lena Dunham became the latest celebrity to launch a newsletter, she hinted that it would eventually be accompanied by some form of advertising.  —  Nearly a month after the debut of Lenny Letter …
Discussion: Ad Age, CNNMoney and @mathewi
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Comcast revenue jumps 11% to $18.7B, broadcast television revenue and cable network revenue up 11.3% and 7% respectively  —  Comcast Revenue Jumps 11% to $18.7 Billion  —  Comcast, the cable and entertainment conglomerate, reported an 11 percent increase in revenue to nearly $18.7 billion during …
John Ourand / SportsBusiness Daily:
Sources place most of the blame for ESPN layoffs on rising costs of NFL, MLB, and NBA rights deals, and deep distribution cuts  —  The moves that forced ESPN's cuts  —  Media executives point to rights fees, loss of subscribers … As the names of the roughly 300 laid-off ESPN employees leaked though …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
A behind the scenes look in the WDBJ newsroom on the day two staff members, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were fatally shot  —  The day that changed WDBJ  —  The August murders of two Virginia journalists shocked the country, in part because viewers saw the shootings happen on live television.
Discussion: @jamiestelter and @brianstelter
Politico:
Business Insider founder Henry Blodget talks about rivals, the media industry “bubble”, and Axel Springer's purchase  —  The 60-second interview: Henry Blodget, editor in chief and CEO, Business Insider  —  POLITICO: Not surprisingly, Business Insider in 2015 looks a lot different than early iterations.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Sam Levine / The Huffington Post:
How a reporter at a Chicago niche nonprofit uncovered a corruption story that prompted a federal investigation and was missed by bigger news outlets  —  How This Reporter Uncovered A Corruption Scandal Everyone Missed  —  Sarah Karp asked other journalists to follow up on her work, but they didn't take her up on it.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Univision's quarterly revenue rises 10% to $801.5M, advertising revenue decreased by 2.7% to $517.7M  —  Univision Third-Quarter Earnings Rise  —  The Spanish-language broadcaster, which is led by CEO Randy Falco, is planning an IPO.  —  Univision Communications on Tuesday reported improved third-quarter financials.
Discussion: Variety
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Time Inc. acquires women's sites xoJane and xoVain, operated by Say Media and founder and editor Jane Pratt; Pratt and staff to join Time  —  Time Inc. Acquires Websites Aimed at Women  —  Publisher aims to bolster digital reach with xoJane.com and xoVain.com
Discussion: FishbowlNY and Media Wire Daily
Oxford American:
Eliza Borné named new editor of Oxford American magazine  —  ELIZA BORNÉ NAMED EDITOR  —  We are pleased to announce that Eliza Borné is the new editor of the Oxford American, succeeding Roger D. Hodge, who left the magazine in June.  Borné joined the magazine …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Bloomberg Media rolls out ad tech tools to boost revenues in Europe, Middle East, and Asia  —  How Bloomberg plans to monetize trending news and social traffic across EMEA  —  Bloomberg Media wants to further monetize trending news stories as well as readers who arrive on its sites from social media …
 
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Why TV partners with social media to cover debates — and how it falls short
Discussion: TVNewser
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Siri is not providing answers to music chart related queries from people who are not subscribed to Apple Music
Discussion: NBC News, The Verge and AppleInsider
Caroline Lees / European Journalism Observatory:
Reuters Institute survey shows digital news adoption and the devices readers use to consume digital news vary widely in European nations
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Mario Garcia / Poynter:
3 Canadian newspapers gave up on evening tablet editions as readers migrated to smartphones
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
The NFL's First Live-Streamed Game On Yahoo Attracted Over 15 Million Viewers
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Scottish justice minister refuses to say if Scottish police are being investigated for viewing journalists' call records
Discussion: allmediascotland