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2:10 PM ET, December 10, 2015

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Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
Serial launches season two, focusing on the case of US prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl  —  “Serial” Season Two Is Here  —  This morning at 6 A.M., “DUSTWUN,” the first episode of season two of the “Serial” podcast, quietly made its début.  It's the first chapter in a season-long exploration …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Serial season 2 to include episode previews and supplemental materials on Facebook
Discussion: @niemanlab and The Muse
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Widens Its Advertising Net, Tests Promoted Tweets With Logged-Out Users  —  It's been over a year since Twitter first said it planned to monetize logged-out users — that is, make money off the 500 million or so people who dip in and read Tweets without being signed in or even registered.
Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg Business:
Axel Springer Considers Paywall for Business Insider, Upday App  —  Company plans to start charging for some content next year  —  Buys remaining classifieds unit stake for 465 million euros  —  Europe's biggest newspaper publisher is betting it can make money from digital news by winning paying readers in the region and the U.S.
Dan Adams / Boston Globe:
Boston Globe announces $100K investigative journalism fellowship funded by companies behind the film Spotlight and First Look Media  —  Boston Globe introduces $100,000 ‘Spotlight’ fellowship  —  Inspired by the success of the movie “Spotlight,” The Boston Globe and the Hollywood companies behind …
Ariel / appFigures:
One month in, Apple TV App Store has 2,624 apps; largest category is games with 1,002 apps  —  Everything You Need to Know About the New Apple TV App Store  —  Update: Apple's Eddy Cue confirmed that there are more than 2,000 apps in the Apple TV App Store and that games are the leading category in an interview with BuzzFeed.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Online discourse turns ugly as extreme reactions on social media become part of news stories, fueling infinite loops of media coverage  —  The Internet's Loop of Action and Reaction Is Worsening  —  Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton said this week that we should think about shutting …
Amanda Connolly / The Next Web:
Flipboard now allows sharing through Facebook Messenger  —  Flipboard's latest update for Android and iOS has added Facebook Messenger integration, allowing you to easily share articles with your friends in the chat app.  —  Using the share sheet in the Flipboard app, you can now send a link directly to someone on Messenger.
Richard Gingras / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project:
Google to start sending search traffic to AMP pages as early as February 2016, announces new partners including LINE, Viber, and Tango  —  Continued Momentum For The AMP Project  —  The AMP effort is building both momentum and speed.  There has been significant progress not only since …
CNNMoney:
Washington Post staffers and alumni mark last day in old building before they move three blocks to new offices  —  WashPo legends and a band march out of old headquarters  —  The Washington Post reporters and editors spent their last day in the building they have called home since 1950 with a mix of nostalgia and humor.
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
IAC Creates IAC Publishing with About.com, Daily Beast, Investopedia  —  Barry Diller would like to sell you a Web ad.  —  That's one of the motivations behind a corporate shuffle at Diller's IAC holding company, which is combining several of its websites into a new publishing unit.
Facebook:
Facebook's most talked-about global topics in 2015 include US Presidential Election, Paris attacks, refugee crisis, Nepal earthquake, Greek debt crisis  —  2015 Year in Review  —  As 2015 comes to a close, we remember what was on our minds this year and the difference we made by coming together.
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:
Product Hunt Revamps iOS App, Adds Live Chats And Podcast Player  —  On the heels of its web redesign a few weeks ago, Product Hunt has launched a beautiful redesign of its iOS app, which originally came out last August.  —  The new app features a Today section for seeing what's trending in tech, games, podcasts and books.
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
ESPN and College Football Playoff Agree Not to Air Daily Fantasy Ads  —  ESPN and College Football Playoff officials have agreed that there will be no advertising for daily fantasy games during the telecasts of the national semifinals or the national championship game this season …
Discussion: ESPN and @rollystandish
Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
Facebook and Fairfax Media team up on Instant Articles  —  Facebook is partnering with Fairfax Media as the social media giant continues the global rollout of Instant Articles.  —  The service hosts news articles on Facebook's News Feed so readers don't have to click through to another website.
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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook changes advertising policies for Instant Articles to let publishers include more ads in each article, and sell Facebook-only campaigns to marketers
 
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC to extend 10pm news by 10 minutes from January
Discussion: Guido Fawkes
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian newspaper condemns media censorship in rare front-page editorial
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
News developers from The New York Times and NPR built Elex, an open-source program that works with AP's new elections API
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Tow report on podcasts breaks down various business models, provides context through history
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
One month after the Wall Street Journal's launch of its WSJ City app in London, Editor Phillipa Leighton-Jones talks about lessons learned
Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
ISIS creates propaganda app with news reader functions to spread its message
Discussion: NBC News and Fortune
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable device the size of two iPad Pros for 2028, a Magic Mouse revamp, and an AirTag with triple the range of the current one

Aimee Ortiz / New York Times:
Officials say hackers likely accessed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders, and there's a “high probability” sensitive info was stolen

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk:
Electric Capital annual survey: total developers working in crypto fell 7% YoY globally, and Solana was the most popular blockchain among new developers
 
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