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8:00 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 …
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 …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Apple TV 2015 Review: as good as any other device on the market, but no single sign-on for apps, lack of 4K support, and still needs work  —  Apple TV review  —  App attack  —  By Nilay Patel  —  “The future of TV is here.”  —  It is not the world's most understated tagline for a new product, especially one from Apple.
David Katzmaier / CNET:
What you can watch on the new Apple TV — and how it compares to Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast
Discussion: 9to5Mac and AppleInsider
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Police use terror powers to seize BBC Newsnight journalist's laptop  —  Officers obtained an order from a judge that was served on the BBC and Secunder Kermani, who joined the flagship BBC2 news show early last year and has produced a series of reports on British-born jihadis.
Hurriyet Daily News:
Trustee panel halts printing of Koza Ipek Group newspapers … Just hours after a trustee panel shut down two television channels belonging to the Koza-pek Group, dailies Bugün and Millet had their printing halted in the late hours of Oct. 28.  —  The trustee panel …
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Agence France-Presse:
Turkish police storm offices of opposition media group
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
PRX using its podcast network Radiotopia for membership push, CEO Jake Shapiro says listener support key to growth  —  How PRX and Radiotopia are rethinking the public radio pledge drive for the podcast era  —  The pledge drive has been a staple of public media for decades …
Discussion: @ylichterman, @susie_c and @suefullyhan
Dan Frohlich / NPR:
NPR finds Facebook posts of 120 or fewer characters had the highest click-through rates  —  Analyzing Facebook Lead-In Text Length  —  Today we have a contribution from NPR digital metrics analyst Dan Frohlich.  We've often wondered if the length of the lead-in text affects a post's performance on Facebook.
Discussion: @loritodd and @niemanlab
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
London Live cuts loss to £6m with breakeven target of 2017
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg Business:
Fantasy-sports firms, including DraftKings and FanDuel, agree to join self-regulatory board led by former acting US Secretary of Labor Seth Harri
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Some developers say licenses for “open” AI models like Google's Gemma and Meta's Llama have limits that restrict commercial use without fear of legal reprisal
 
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