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9:35 AM ET, October 28, 2015

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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
BuzzFeed withdraws from SXSW after two panels related to gaming and online harassment were cancelled due to threats of violence  —  BuzzFeed To Withdraw From SXSW Over Canceled Gaming Panels  —  BuzzFeed plans to withdraw its participation from the South by Southwest Interactive festival …
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Sources: SXSW organizers weigh all-day event focusing on combatting online harassment following BuzzFeed and Vox reaction to panel cancellations  —  Exclusive: After Gamergate Misstep, SXSW Weighing an All-Day Forum on Online Harassment  —  SXSW festival organizers are considering …
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously  —  After the organizers of the SXSW conference canceled an anti-harassment panel due to alleged Gamergate-related “threats of violence,” Vox Media is reevaluating its participation in the SXSW conference.
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Gawker president: ‘More likely than not’ we'll lose Hogan case  —  Gawker Media president and general counsel Heather Dietrick thinks that it is “more likely than not” that a jury will find in favor of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan — but also that they'll award him significantly less than the $100 million he's seeking.
Discussion: bizjournals and SaintPetersBlog
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: IBM may buy assets of Weather Co., owner of The Weather Channel, as early as Wednesday in $2B+ deal  —  IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets  —  Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday  —  International Business Machines Corp. is nearing a deal …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Trinity Mirror announces plan to acquire Local World in £220M deal, making it UK's largest regional news group with more than 200 titles  —  Trinity Mirror confirms £220m Local World deal  —  Daily Mirror owner will become UK's biggest regional newspaper publisher as it takes control of more than 100 titles
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter reports 320M MAUs in Q3, an increase of just 4M, and EPS of $0.10 against $0.05 expected; stock down more than 12% in after-hours trading  —  Twitter Stock Tanks on Stagnant User Growth, Lowered Expectations  —  Twitter's user growth has clearly started to slow down, and that continues to hurt the business.
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 …
Reuters:
Honduran paper of family in U.S. money laundering probe closes  —  Oct 27 A daily newspaper belonging to a wealthy, politically connected Honduran family accused by the United States of laundering drug money said it would close on Tuesday due to a lack of money.
Discussion: Associated Press
Kristen V. Brown / Fusion:
Profile of Milo Yiannopoulos, who trolls online and charms in person, raising provocative questions  —  The ultimate troll: The terrifying allure of GamerGate icon Milo Yiannopoulos  —  Perhaps the most shocking thing about Milo Yiannopoulos is that he is utterly charming.
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
Breitbart launches Breitbart Tech section with six full-time staffers, led by Milo Yiannopoulos, known for his contrarian views on Internet culture
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
Gawker's New Editor Is Alex Pareene, Formerly of First Look and Salon  —  Despite talk of making Gawker “20 percent nicer,” the newly appointed editor of Gawker.com is an old name — Alex Pareene.  —  In a memo today, Gawker Media Executive Editor John Cook announced that Pareene …
Susannah Cullinane / CNN:
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to be flogged again, wife says  —  Saudi court upholds 1,000-lashes sentence for blogger  —  (CNN)A Saudi blogger convicted of “insulting Islam” is expected to receive the second 50 lashes of a 1,000-lash sentence soon, his wife says.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter turns to TV ads to increase reach; advertisements debut during World Series  —  This is Twitter's first television ad campaign  —  This month Twitter unveiled Moments, the simplified way of browsing tweets that the company hopes will return it to rapid growth.
 
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Labor activist-cum-reporter Mike Elk reaches settlement with Politico over summer departure
Discussion: @mikeelk
Brenden Mulligan / Medium:
Startups targeting musicians as customers struggle because the musicians aren't in a position to spend on services
Ben Williams / Adblock Plus and (a little) more:
Axel Springer serves Adblock Plus website with court papers, demanding they remove forum posts on how to get around Bild's ad block blockade
Discussion: Digiday
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
McClatchy reports Q3 revenue of $258.1M, down 7% YoY, with falling ad and circulation sales
Discussion: Forbes and Broadcasting & Cable
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in coming months
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