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8:45 PM ET, November 5, 2015

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Richard Nieva / CNET:
YouTube makes all of its videos viewable on Cardboard VR headset through its Android app, iOS support coming soon  —  YouTube bolts into next phase of virtual reality with 3D video  —  The world's largest video site dives further into VR in a big way.  It's letting you step into new 3D worlds …
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Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:
The Associated Press and LA-based production company RYOT partnering for virtual reality series  —  Virtual Reality Journalism Is Coming To The Associated Press  —  The Associated Press has become the latest news organization to turn to virtual reality as a journalism tool.
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook launches Music Stories post format that lets iOS users listen to 30-second clips of music shared from Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes within News Feed  —  Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed  —  As part of its ongoing effort to surface every bit …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Time CEO Joe Ripp disappointed in revenue from Apple News, seeks more digital acquisitions  —  Time Inc. sees digital opportunities, and frustrations  —  In a moment of frustration on an earnings call this morning, Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp said he was less than pleased with returns from Apple News …
Discussion: @raju
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Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. reports Q3 loss of $913M, reflecting the goodwill write-down related to AOL Time Warner merger, beats revenue expectations with $773M, lowers guidance  —  Time Swings to Loss, Brings Down Guidance  —  Shares in the company have fallen 12% over the past three months
Discussion: The Wrap
Lisa Beilfuss / Wall Street Journal:
Tribune Publishing Q3: revenue $404.3M, advertising revenue down 0.5%, print and delivery revenue down 30%, digital revenue up 6.6%, digital subscribers up 19%  —  Tribune Publishing Reports Loss  —  Company says unfavorable jury verdict could reduce quarterly profit by another 20 cents a share
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Guardian:
Guardian US launches Mobile Innovation Lab, headed by Sasha Koren as editor, Sarah Schmalbach as senior product manager, announces Nieman Lab partnership  —  Guardian US formally launches Mobile Innovation Lab … Guardian US today announced the formal launch of the John S …
Discussion: @sashak, @schmalie and @sashak
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg Business:
News Corp misses estimates with revenue of $2.01B, down 4% YoY, affected by ad revenue decline  —  Murdoch's News Corp. Profit Trails Estimates on Advertising Drop  —  Company cites weak print advertising, foreign exchange impact  —  Revenue of $2.01 billion falls short of analysts' estimates
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Disney reports mixed Q4 earnings with revenue of $13.51B, cable network revenue up 12%  —  Disney earnings: $1.20 per share, vs expected EPS of $1.14  —  Walt Disney posted mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, sending its shares lower in extended trading.
BBC:
Forbes family sues Hong Kong investors over stake sale  —  The family behind Forbes Media is suing its Hong Kong investors for an alleged breach of payment on the stake they bought in the media firm last year.  —  In a lawsuit, the family has alleged Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM) …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
A thank you note, as Business Insider officially closes its sale to Axel Springer  —  Thank you!  —  It's not every day that you have the privilege and good fortune of seeing an idea grow into a global enterprise.  —  But that's the happy situation I have found myself in over the past few years.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
ComScore Sells Digital Analytix Business To Adobe En Route To Buying Rentrak For $732M  —  While online traffic measurement firm comScore moves ahead on its $732 million deal to acquire Rentrak, it's selling another part of its business as it continues to streamline: today comScore announced …
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Comparing earnings per employee at 18 tech and media companies including Apple, Disney, Fox, Gannett, Netflix, News Corp, and NYT  —  What 18 Of The Biggest Technology And Media Companies Earn Per Employee  —  Apple makes nearly half a million dollars for each of its 80,300 employees, by far the most of any company on the list.
 
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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:
Cox to pay $595K to settle FCC probe into its data protections after unreported 2014 breach
Deutsche Welle:
Top German tabloid ‘Bild’ gets first female editor-in-chief
Discussion: Guardian and Politico
Associated Press:
Iranian president criticizes recent arrests of journalists
Discussion: Full Feed
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ESPN, ABC and Disney Channels Finally Coming to Sony PlayStation Vue
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
BBC spent £500,000 on failed defence of IT chief's unfair dismissal case
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Nick Summers / Engadget:
BBC launches UK store with 7K hours of downloadable archives, single episodes start at £1.89
Todd Cunningham / The Wrap:
Rentrak adds 164 Sinclair Broadcasting Group TV stations to its ratings tracking service
Farai Mutsaka / Associated Press:
Three Zimbabwean journalists to be charged with slander for story implicating officials in cyanide poisonings of 60+ elephants
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Maxim Taps Glenn O'Brien as Editor-at-Large to Replace Kate Lanphear
Daniel Siegal / Law360:
Jury awards former LA Times columnist T.J. Simers $7.1M over claims paper forced him out due to age and disability
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces a new Platforms and Devices team overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, Photos, and more, to integrate AI across its products, led by Rick Osterloh

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview
 
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