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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 …
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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.
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David Katzmaier / CNET:
What you can watch on the new Apple TV — and how it compares to Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast
What you can watch on the new Apple TV — and how it compares to Roku, Fire TV and Chromecast
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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.
Adam Satariano / Bloomberg Business:
Flipboard struggles as executives leave, competition heats up, ad rates fall, and sales talks go nowhere with Twitter, Yahoo, and Apple — Flipboard's Fanfare Fades as Executives Exit, Sale Talks Stall — Mobile app's innovative reader debuted with iPad hype in 2010
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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
Turkish police storm offices of opposition media group
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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.
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Jeff Baumgartner / Multichannel News:
Cisco buys 1 Mainstream, a startup specializing in cloud-delivered video streaming services and founded by former executives from Roku, Apple, and TiVo — Cisco Scoops Up 1 Mainstream — Set to Acquire Multiscreen Cloud Video Startup — Noting that the lines between traditional pay TV services …
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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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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 …
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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.
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