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2:40 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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Yahoo Releases Video Discovery App for iOS and Android  —  Yahoo want to make it easier for you to find the shows you want to watch online: The company released a new app called the Yahoo Video Guide Thursday, which allows users to search for movies and TV shows across more than 30 online services …
Discussion: Yahoo, App Store, TechCrunch and VentureBeat
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
ESPN and College Football Playoff Agree Not to Air Daily Fantasy Ads
Discussion: ESPN and @rollystandish
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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