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6:10 AM ET, November 4, 2015

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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.
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 …
Leslie Picker / New York Times:
When asked if Netflix would create a live evening newscast, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says he doesn't “invest in things that are dying”  —  Netflix's Reed Hastings Sees Need for More Content  —  Attention cable cord-cutters: Do not expect to see live sports or evening newscasts on Netflix anytime soon.
Discussion: The Wrap, The Verge, Fortune and LostRemote
Financial Times:
Forbes family sues Asian investors that bought majority stake in Forbes, claiming they failed to repay monies borrowed from Forbes to finance the transaction  —  Forbes family sues Chinese investors over deal  —  The family behind Forbes magazine has sued the Chinese investors that acquired …
Dale Kasler / Sacramento Bee:
McClatchy no longer in danger of being delisted by NYSE, back in compliance with listing standards  —  McClatchy Co. back in compliance with New York exchange  —  Sacramento-based publisher's share price back above $1  —  The McClatchy Co. said Monday it's no longer in danger of being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange.
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 …
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
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 …
Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
Mashable goes live in India nine months after initial launch with a dedicated team based in Mumbai and New Delhi  —  Mashable debuts India edition nine months after initial launch … US-based digital news publication Mashable has gone live with its Indian edition, about nine months after the initial launch.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Chromecast Can Now Stream Live Television With Added Sling TV Support  —  Sling TV, Dish's streaming live TV service that offers a variety of cable TV channels, including ESPN, is now available on Google's Chromecast.  The forthcoming addition of Sling TV support was first announced in September …
 
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Boston Globe Owner Set to Start Health News Website
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
New York Times to re-tool video operation, with buyouts and new hires
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
MPAA claims responsibility for shutting down popcorntime.io and torrent site YTS
Discussion: The Verge
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
Frédéric Filloux / Monday Note:
News aggregation app News Republic receives 12M uniques a month
Discussion: Digiday
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
How the New York Times is approaching notifications: increasing personalization, including storytelling, and more effective tracking
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
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Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age:
Hulu Offers No Commercial Interruptions for Viewers Who Interact With One Ad Upfront
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Political candidates refuse to sign letter to TV networks making demands about debates
Ed Sherman / Poynter:
ESPN's mistake was not killing Grantland earlier
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
Sources: a16z, Ripple, Kraken, and Circle are jostling for a seat on Trump's promised crypto advisory council, which is expected to set up a bitcoin reserve

 
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