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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Yahoo set the Bills-Jaguars game to autoplay for home page visitors, increasing audience — Here's How Yahoo Guaranteed You'd Watch Today's NFL Game — Yahoo paid a lot of money to stream today's Bills-Jaguars game. Yahoo has reportedly promised advertisers that it will generate at least 3.5 million streams for the game.
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Variety:
CBS News Partners With Twitter For Nov. 14 Democratic Debate — Twitter is looking to capitalize on the traction that presidential debates are having on TV, partnering with CBS News for coverage of the Nov. 14 Democratic face-off in Des Moines, Iowa. — Twitter will serve up data …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Martha Nelson, former editor-in-chief at Time Inc., now heads all of media for Yahoo including video — Martha Nelson Now Heads All Media for Yahoo, Including Video — According to an internal memo that went out last week, Martha Nelson has officially been designated the head of all media for Yahoo …
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Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed:
Memo from BuzzFeed's CEO: we are building “a global, cross-platform network for news and entertainment”, will slow hiring over the next year — A Cross-Platform, Global Network — I shared this note with BuzzFeeders this week. — BuzzFeed, Founder and CEO — Hello BuzzFeeders,
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
With ‘The Martian,’ Virtual Reality Has Liftoff From Fox Innovation Lab — LOS ANGELES — The hands may be the scariest part. — They are very much your own. You can feel them, wrap them around the joystick, make them move. — But they seem to be locked in the gloves of a pressure suit …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Scottish justice minister refuses to say if Scottish police are being investigated for viewing journalists' call records — Scottish justice minister refuses to say whether police breached Save Our Sources law to view journalists' call records — Scottish justice secretary Michael Matheson …
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
The new Apple TV is now available to order from the Apple Online Store, first units ship October 30th — The Apple TV is now available to order from Apple's online store, $149 for the 32 GB model and $199 for the 64 GB model. The first Apple TV orders will ship later this week, from October 30th.
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Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Dueling narratives about charges against Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian reflect internal Iranian tensions — Iran's internal rifts widen as officials clash over jailed Post reporter — Dueling narratives in the Iranian press last week over a jailed Washington Post journalist …
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@meshelmay, Voice of America, The Foreign Desk and @postbaron
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How NPR, The New York Times, Vox Media, and National Geographic use The List App — How news organizations are using The List App to reclaim the listicle — Pop quiz: Which of these shows is produced by NPR? — “This American Life” — “99% Invisible” — “Radiolab”
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Sources: Time Warner Cable will start testing $10 to $50 internet-only TV service in New York City next week — Time Warner Cable will test internet-only TV in NYC next week — If you want cable TV without the cable box, Time Warner Cable may have something for you soon.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Interview with Luke Timmerman, founder of The Timmerman Report, a biotech news site with a $99 per year paywall, partly inspired by Andrew Sullivan — How a business journalist became his own boss — Luke Timmerman is the founder and editor of The Timmerman Report, an online website covering …
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Aaron Morrison / International Business Times:
Media Diversity And The 2016 Election: How A Mostly White Press Corps Influences Campaign Coverage — As an African-American female journalist shadowing Republican presidential candidates during the 2012 election cycle, Juana Summers was, at times, the only person of color in the room.
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