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6:30 PM ET, October 30, 2015

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Politico:
RNC cancels plans to partner with NBC News for February 26 debate after CNBC debate controversy; NBC says it will work “in good faith” to resolve issue  —  RNC drops NBC partnership  —  The RNC has canceled plans to partner with NBC News for a Feb. 26 debate, citing a “bad faith” …
ESPN Media Zone:
ESPN suspends publication of Grantland, effective immediately  —  ESPN Statement Regarding Grantland  —  Effective immediately we are suspending the publication of Grantland.  After careful consideration, we have decided to direct our time and energy going forward to projects that we believe …
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
SXSW apologizes for earlier panel cancellations, announces one-day online harassment summit on Saturday, March 12  —  SXSW Apologizes for Gamergate Panel Cancellations, Announces One-Day ‘Online Harassment Summit’ (Updated)  —  A week after canceling two controversial panels scheduled …
Alison Burdo / Philadelphia Business Journal:
Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News merging, layoffs expected  —  Inquirer, Daily News reportedly merging  —  More Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News employees are set to lose their jobs as the two newspapers are reportedly going to merge.  —  Inquirer reporter Bob Fernandez sent …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sun website to scrap paywall  —  Publisher News UK set to makes U-turn and offer its content for free from 30 November in bid to compete with rivals such as Mail Online  —  The Sun is poised to make a major U-turn by scrapping its paywall and offering most of its website content for free.
James Warren / Poynter:
Los Angeles Times buyout offer prompts 15 percent of newsroom to raise their hands  —  Fifteen percent of The Los Angeles Times newsroom has applied for buyouts, according to a source with knowledge of the process.  —  At least 75 individuals in the 500-person flagship of Tribune Publishing …
Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
Editors from around the world urge Turkey to protect media  —  ISTANBUL (AP) — Dozens of editors from leading international news organizations have written to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressing “profound concern regarding the deteriorating conditions for press freedom in Turkey.”
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Co-editors of Hairpin, Haley Mlotek & Alexandra Molotkow, are leaving; site's future unclear  —  The Hairpin's Editors Are Leaving  —  “Why would we tell anyone!  That's no fun,” The Awl's Choire Sicha responded  —  Haley Mlotek and Alexandra Molotkow, editors of The Hairpin …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
NarcoData is a new collaboration that aims to track and visualize the drug cartels of Mexico  —  NarcoData, a collaboration between Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia, launched Tuesday with a mission to shine light on organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico.
Discussion: Forbes and Quartz
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Bucking national trend, Charleston's privately owned Post and Courier plans to hire a DC correspondent in January  —  Bucking national trend, the Post and Courier plans to open D.C. bureau  —  After nine people were fatally shot at a prominent black church in Charleston, South Carolina this June …
Terence Lee / Tech in Asia:
From zero to 3 billion monthly pageviews: Dailyhunt's rise to become India's top news app  —  Virendra Gupta, the founder and CEO of Verse Innovation, doesn't get much sleep.  “There's not a single boring day,” he says as we meet in his office in Bangalore.  —  But when he does get some shut-eye, he's probably smiling.
Jeremy Barr / Politico:
POLITICO Magazine editor Garrett Graff leaving  —  POLITICO Magazine editor Garrett Graff is leaving the company, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Steve Heuser, according to a Friday morning memo from POLITICO editor Susan Glasser.  —  Heuser will continue to edit The Agenda, a recently launched, policy-oriented vertical.
 
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