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9:25 AM ET, November 4, 2015

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Boston Globe Owner Set to Start Health News Website  —  John Henry, the billionaire owner of The Boston Globe, formally unveils a new publication on Wednesday dedicated to coverage of health, medicine and life sciences.  —  The new offering, called Stat, will be edited by Rick Berke …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner Q3: beats estimates with $6.4B revenue, overall revenue up 5% YoY on Warner Bros. and HBO growth  —  Time Warner Results Top Q3 Forecasts, Lifted by HBO, Warner Bros.  —  Time Warner beat Wall Street expectations on revenue and earnings for the third quarter of 2015 …
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Jon Stewart Inks Four-Year Deal With HBO, Will Focus On Digital Content First  —  Jon Stewart and HBO have concluded an exclusive four-year production pact, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.  The partnership marks the next phase of Stewart's groundbreaking career …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Ahead of closing deal with 21st Century Fox, National Geographic is laying off about 9% of 2K staff, also offering buyouts  —  Ahead of Fox close, National Geographic starts cutting staff  —  Ahead of its acquisition by 21st Century Fox, National Geographic is beginning to eliminate staff through …
Sam Quinones / True Tales:
60 Minutes segment on heroin in Ohio used independent journalist's book as source without credit after he pitched them story  —  Sad for 60 Minutes  —  I grew up admiring 60 Minutes for its storytelling and investigative reporting.  —  So many original stories.
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Cablevision misses earnings expectations, reporting 68% drop in income year over year after earlier announcement to sell to Altice  —  Cablevision Misses Earnings, Revenue Targets After Announcing Sale to Altice  —  Cablevision (CVC) missed earnings and revenue projections for the third quarter …
Ellen Emmerentze Jervell / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer Q3: net profit more than doubled to €137.2M, revenue up 7.3% to €795.4M, digital media accounted for 70% of earnings  —  Axel Springer Upgrades Sales Outlook After Strong Quarter  —  German publishing group says third-quarter net profit more than doubles
Saud Mehsud / Reuters:
Taliban claim killing of Pakistani journalist  —  A gunman on a motorbike shot dead a Pakistani journalist in the country's restive northwest on Tuesday and hours later the Taliban claimed the killing, bringing to 71 the number of journalists and media workers killed in Pakistan since 2002.
Discussion: UPI, Firstpost and Guardian
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
BBC SVP Nick Ascheim named SVP of digital for MSNBC and NBC News; Julian March of NBC and Richard Wolffe of MSNBC leaving company  —  Digital arms of NBC News, MSNBC united under new executive  —  Nick Ascheim has been named senior vice president of digital for MSNBC and NBC News in a shakeup …
Cork Gaines / Business Insider:
Bill Simmons says his new podcast is “closing in on seven million listens” in debut month  —  Bill Simmons' new podcast is putting up massive numbers  —  It has only been one month since Bill Simmons launched his new podcast, “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” and so far the results have been huge.
Discussion: @mgsiegler
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times to re-tool video operation, with buyouts and new hires  —  The New York Times is offering buyouts to employees in its video department while also recruiting new video talent.  —  Effective Tuesday, all members of the video staff will be eligible to apply for a buyout …
Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Two editors of Turkish political weekly magazine Nokta arrested, accused of inciting uprising, copies of latest issue confiscated  —  Turkey: 2 editors arrested accused of inciting uprising  —  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested two editors of a political weekly …
 
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Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy no longer in danger of being delisted by NYSE, back in compliance with listing standards
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS beats Q3 earnings estimates with $0.88 EPS, narrowly misses revenue estimates with $3.26B, compared to $3.37B in same quarter of 2014
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Source: Snapchat in talks with publishers about increasing number and frequency of ads served in Discover channels
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How the New York Times is approaching notifications: increasing personalization, including storytelling, and more effective tracking
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice and A&E Networks confirm new TV channel, to be called Viceland, launching in February with Oscar winner Spike Jonze as creative director
Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
Hulu Offers No Commercial Interruptions for Viewers Who Interact With One Ad Upfront
Ed Sherman / Poynter:
ESPN's mistake was not killing Grantland earlier
 

 
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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