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7:30 AM 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 …
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
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Poynter cuts budget deficit by 35%, reports $2.26 million operating loss for 2014  —  The Poynter Institute reported today that it grew income and reduced expenses in 2014, cutting its operating loss by 35 percent from the previous year, but still ended with a $2.26 million operating deficit.
 
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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 and Hollywood Reporter
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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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Pocket moves into Twitter territory with a public feed of your recommended reading
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook brings 360-degree videos to iOS, opens up format to brands with first ads from AT&T, Samsung, Corona, Walt Disney World, others
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
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:
NextVR, which broadcast a Democratic debate and the NBA opener in VR, gets $30M from Comcast, Time Warner Investments, and others in round led by Formation 8
Peter Sterne / Politico:
BuzzFeed launches its first one-to-one app, Quiz Chat, which lets users take quizzes with each other using Facebook Messenger
Discussion: Fast Company
David Sharman / HoldTheFrontPage:
Ashley Highfield, CEO of Johnston Press, appointed chairman of industry body News Media Association
 

 
From Techmeme:

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

David Pierce / The Verge:
Hands-on with the Rabbit R1: a fun and funky AI device that feels pretty nice and does a solid job with basic AI questions, but the Rabbithole app is unfinished

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