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6:50 PM ET, October 31, 2015

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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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Grantland's journalistic innovations: a focus on the “so what” and “now what” of news, and writers who roamed across subject areas  —  Why Grantland mattered to journalism  —  ESPN shut down Grantland, its boutique sports and pop culture site, on Friday.
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Closure of Grantland affects about 40 journalists; ESPN remains “totally committed” to FiveThirtyEight and The Undefeated  —  ESPN ‘suspending’ Grantland  —  ESPN said Friday that it is “suspending the publication of Grantland,” one of its most ambitious Internet ventures, effective immediately.
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” …
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 …
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Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
SXSW Bungles Announcement of ‘Online Harassment Summit,’ and Panelists Are Pulling Out  —  This morning, SXSW Interactive Director Hugh Forrest released a statement apologizing for canceling two controversial panels earlier this week, and announcing a March 12 “Online Harassment Summit” …
Simon Houpt / Globe and Mail:
Rogers is pulling premium fashion magazine Flare from newsstands next year, says that channel isn't effective for reaching younger readers  —  Rogers pulling Flare magazine from newsstands next year  —  Flare magazine, one of Canada's premium fashion monthlies aimed at millennials …
Discussion: Canadian Magazines
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Newspapers taken over in Turkey are printing again, and they're now pro-government  —  A protester holding a placard demonstrates across the street from the headquarters of a media company in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.  Police in Istanbul have carried out a dawn raid at the building …
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Desmond Butler / Associated Press:
Editors from around the world urge Turkey to protect media
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
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 …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
China Ranks Last of 65 Nations in Internet Freedom  —  BEIJING — China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group.  —  The report, “Freedom on the Net 2015,” the latest such annual study by the group …
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Forget short attention spans, The Economist is going long on digital video  —  While most publishers are trying to figure out how to get video shorter to distribute on platforms like Facebook and Snapchat, The Economist is betting on a long-form approach.  —  Its 4-month-old …
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Sun website to scrap paywall
 

 
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Ben Glickman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to buy HashiCorp, which helps companies manage cloud infrastructure, in a deal valuing HashiCorp at $6.4B and expected to close by the end of 2024

Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors charge two founders of Samourai Wallet, saying the crypto mixing service facilitated more than $100M in money laundering transactions
 
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