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4:20 AM ET, October 29, 2015

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Dylan Byers / CNN:
Presidential candidates and campaign workers criticize media and CNBC moderators' tone and questions in Republican debate  —  2016 Republicans vs. the media  —  Los Angeles (CNN)Republican presidential candidates lit into CNBC's moderators at Wednesday night's GOP debate …
Wall Street Journal:
IBM to buy Weather Co's digital and data assets but deal doesn't include traditional TV channel business  —  IBM to Buy Weather Co.'s Digital, Data Assets  —  International Business Machines Corp. agreed to acquire the digital and data assets of Weather Co., owner of the Weather Channel.
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Weather Channel eyes ‘hyper-local streaming service’ after selling digital assets to IBM  —  IBM has purchased the digital and data assets of The Weather Company, parent company of The Weather Channel.  As part of the deal, Weather.com, Weather Channel's suite of apps, and its weather forecasting technology will go to IBM.
Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:
The NBA's VR “experiment” was far more compelling than the earlier Democratic presidential debate  —  The NBA's VR “Experiment” Far More Compelling Than The Presidential Debate  —  It turns out, watching an NBA game in virtual reality is a lot more compelling than watching a presidential debate.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple Stores to start selling new Apple TV on Friday  —  The new Apple TV went on pre-order via Apple's online store earlier this week, and priority deliveries will begin this Friday while standard shipments will begin arriving after this upcoming weekend.  Now, we've learned that Apple …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Nuzzel rolls out automated newsletters to reach people who aren't superusers of Twitter  —  Nuzzel's a tool for curating links from your own social media feeds.  Now it wants to let you use that curation to make your own publishing and promotion platform.  —  As CEO Jonathan Abrams told …
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Agence France-Presse:
Turkish police storm offices of opposition media group  —  Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish riot police firing tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday stormed into the Istanbul headquarters of a media group linked to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival, just days before a weekend election.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Salt Lake Tribune's $10 per month ad-free site has attracted about 600 customers since July launch  —  In Utah, hundreds of newspaper readers are paying to kill online ads  —  Are people willing to pay for ad-free access to a newspaper website?  Evidence from Utah indicates at least some are …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
YouTube Red is now available: get rid of ads and watch videos offline for $9.99  —  Starting now, you can pay $9.99 per month and never see another ad on YouTube again.  The company's YouTube Red subscription service, which removes ads and includes other perks like offline playback and background audio …
 
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