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12:25 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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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: TVNewser, Forbes, VentureBeat and Fortune
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 over 10% on lower revenue guidance  —  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.
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
James Vincent / The Verge:
European Parliament rejects amendments protecting net neutrality  —  The EU has rejected legal amendments that would firmly protect the concept of net neutrality in Europe.  The European Parliament voted in favor of the new regulation which proponents says establish an internet …
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 …
New York Times Company:
The New York Times Company Names Nick Rockwell Chief Technology Officer  —  NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— The New York Times Company today announced that Nick Rockwell has been named chief technology officer, effective November 16.  Mr. Rockwell will be responsible for all technology operations …
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  —  Smells like censorship, Big Brother  —  Many of you may be familiar with the fact that Axel Springer, the multi-gazillion-dollar media magnate …
Discussion: Digiday
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter turns to TV ads to increase reach; advertisements debut tonight 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.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Paris-based music streaming service Deezer to postpone its $343M IPO indefinitely, cites market conditions  —  Loss-Making Music Service Deezer Postpones $343M IPO, Citing Market Conditions  —  Call it the Pandora effect?  The problems of the streaming music model?  The crush of competition from Apple Music?
Discussion: @mathewi and Wall Street Journal
 
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Brenden Mulligan / Medium:
Startups targeting musicians as customers struggle because the musicians aren't in a position to spend on services
Erik Sass / MediaPost:
McClatchy reports Q3 revenue of $258.1M, down 7% YoY, with falling ad and circulation sales
Mark Bergen / Re/code:
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in coming months
Baxter Holmes / ESPN:
Athletes site The Players' Tribune closes $15M Series B financing round, investors include Kobe Bryant
Discussion: Forbes
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Pulitzers add additional categories for magazines, including international reporting, editorial cartooning, and criticism
Discussion: FishbowlDC
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
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Politico:
Business Insider founder Henry Blodget talks about rivals, the media industry “bubble”, and Axel Springer's purchase
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Siri is not providing answers to music chart related queries from people who are not subscribed to Apple Music
Discussion: Guardian, Digital Spy, TIME and The Verge
Oxford American:
Eliza Borné named new editor of Oxford American magazine
Discussion: FishbowlNY
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
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
Discussion: Fortune and Business Insider