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5:15 PM ET, November 15, 2015

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How The Intercept used anonymous Tor whistleblower tool SecureDrop for its prison phone call story  —  SecureDrop Leak Tool Produces a Massive Trove of Prison Docs  —  It's been more than two years since the debut of SecureDrop, a piece of software designed to help whistleblowers easily …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Sources cite various reasons why the New York Times has delayed naming a replacement for media columnist David Carr  —  New York Times Grapples With David Carr's Legacy  —  The paper seeks fellow in honor of late journalist, but high-profile column remains unfilled.
Discussion: @nbj914
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels  —  How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire  —  Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded.  The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year …
Discussion: Fortune
Claire Wardle / Tow Center for Digital Journalism:
Frontline virtual reality case study: narrative remains central, production quality requires long-turnaround time, various journalistic uses should be explored  —  New Report: Virtual Reality Journalism  —  After decades of research and development, virtual reality appears to be on the cusp of mainstream adoption.
Discussion: Nieman Lab, TOWCenter and Tow Center
Jordan Valinsky / Digiday:
ComScore: Washington Post tops New York Times online for first time ever  —  More people visited the Washington Post's website than The New York Times' in October, marking a significant milestone in the battle for old guard supremacy in online media.  —  Last month, the Washington Post raked …
Discussion: Washington Post, FishbowlNY and @raju
Ashley Nguyen / IJNet:
Q&A with 14ymedio's Yoani Sánchez on Cuban independent media, technology, and teaching new journalists  —  14ymedio's Yoani Sánchez: ‘Technology is an incredible ally for independent journalism in Cuba’  —  You may know part of Yoani Sánchez's story by now …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Vevo revamps iOS app for US users with personalized recommendations, favorites feed, and new design  —  Vevo Releases New iPhone App That's A Lot More Like Tinder Than YouTube  —  Music video service Vevo released a completely revamped iPhone app to its U.S. users Thursday …
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
TV Programmers Push Netflix for Promotions, Branding  —  ABC's ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ negotiated for network logo branding  —  When a Netflix subscriber selects a TV show to watch on the streaming service, the action usually starts right away.  —  But that's not the case …
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:
Turkey blocks access to Reddit under controversial censorship law  —  The Turkish government has officially blocked access to Reddit.  Users first reported last night that they were unable to access the social media site, and as of Saturday the ban still appears to be in effect.
Discussion: Global Express News and Engadget
Om Malik:
Facebook Notify: easy to set up and use, good for generic mass news consumption, but bland for news junkies  —  A Quick Notify App Review!  —  Somewhere deep in the bowels of Googleplex, someone is wondering, Why the hell did we shut down Google Reader?  Because it seems these days everyone wants …
Discussion: @davewiner
Marty Swant / Adweek:
Google Unveils New Programmatic Native and Full-Screen Mobile Video Ads  —  Google is now offering programmatic ads for native content and mobile video publishers, working with its DoubleClick clients like eBay.  —  Such publishers can make native ad units available for programmatic demand …
 
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Tidal's chief investment officer, Vania Schlogel, left firm months ago, becoming at least the third departure of a top executive since being acquired by Jay-Z
Discussion: The Verge
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Washington DC district court judge says streaming firm FilmOn doesn't have same rights as cable systems, contradicting Los Angeles judge
Discussion: Techdirt
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
FanDuel and DraftKings ask New York Supreme Court to throw out attorney general's order to stop taking bets
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Pocket moves into Twitter territory with a public feed of your recommended reading
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Reuters TV to be available worldwide by end of November, coming to web next week, Android next year, and Chromecast, Xbox, others by mid 2016
 

 
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Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US

Alphabet:
Alphabet Q1: revenue up 15% YoY to $80.5B, net income up 57% to $23.7B, Google Cloud revenue up 28% to $9.6B, and headcount down 5%; GOOG jumps 10%+

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
NHTSA finds that Tesla's driver-assist features are insufficient at keeping drivers engaged in the task of driving and links them to 100+ crashes and 10+ deaths
 
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