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4:45 AM ET, July 16, 2016

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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube reportedly blocked or slowed in Turkey during military coup attempt; Instagram and Vimeo still available  —  The Turkish military has deployed in Istanbul and Ankara, and the government has apparently blocked social media in response to what is being reported as an attempted coup.
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Jordan Golson / The Verge:
CNN Türk studios taken over by soldiers, broadcast temporarily halted  —  The television studio of CNN Turk allegedly was taken over by armed members of the country's military and its anchors forced off the air.  However, the station was broadcasting its feed on Facebook Live at the time …
Andrew Golis / blog.this.cm:
Link sharing startup This. to go offline at the end of the month, shutting down the site, newsletter and app  —  Well this sucks to write: This. will go offline at the end of the month.  —  I'm tempted to make the explanation for that complicated, but it's pretty simple …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
In a non-public filing with the US Copyright Royalty Board, Apple proposes simplified flat rate of 9.1¢ per 100 streams in songwriting royalties  —  In the music industry's streaming battles, the fight extends to even the minutiae of copyright.  —  Apple, in a government filing on Friday …
New York Times:
Sources: final bids for Yahoo are due on Monday, with the board set to make a decision soon afterward  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The gavel is finally poised to drop in the drawn-out auction for Yahoo's core internet business.  —  Final bids for the services, which include Yahoo's search, email …
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
New York Times editor estimates use of anonymous sources has decreased around 30% since tighter policy began in March  —  Many readers have written in to the public editor over the past months and years complaining about The Times's persistent use of unnamed sources.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix launches Flixtape, a shareable mixtape-like short playlist for shows and movies  —  Just in time for the weekend, Netflix today announced the launch of a new service called Flixtape, which the company describes as a way to make short playlists of your favorite Netflix titles.
Chris Lehmann / The Baffler:
Looking back at Mike Allen's Politico Playbook, a pioneer of native advertising and repurposed PR copy as news  —  Just as Al Gore was once described (by Michael Kinsley) as “an old person's idea of a young person” so is Mike Allen a corporate account executive's idea of a politics reporter.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
BitTorrent Now's music and video streaming app comes to iOS, Apple TV  —  BitTorrent's name may still be associated with piracy, but BitTorrent the company has been working to legitimize the peer-to-peer technologyas a tool that can be used to distribute content in legal ways.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
ComScore study: display ads on sites of premium publishers like Hearst, Gannett, and ESPN are more effective than those on non-premium sites  —  What's the difference between The New York Times, and, say, DNAInfo New York?  Maybe about $20.  —  The Times, along with outlets like ESPN …
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with Eddy Cue on TV skinny bundles and cable boxes, getting Hollywood content to consumers, working with studios, and making Apple Music stand out  —  The senior vp also dishes on what he learned from Steve Jobs, why the company won't be buying a Hollywood studio anytime soon and why agents should be “very, very excited.”
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Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
Interview with New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi on ISIS, al-Qaida, and dealing with dangerous sources  —  The New York Times' Rukmini Callimachi on the group's ruthless tactics, the perils of getting close to dangerous sources, and the emotional toll of reporting on terrorism.
 
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
eMusic launches eStories, an audiobook service with 80K titles at a cost of $11.95 per title, to compete with Audible
Discussion: Engadget and Digital Book World
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
US appeals court rules criminal mugshots can be withheld; lead plaintiff Detroit Free Press, backed by about 60 news organizations, weighs Supreme Court appeal
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association editorial makes false equivalences on Clinton's and Trump's response to and interaction with media
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Vevo updates its design with vertical video, adds user profiles, hires playlist curators and hosts for original video, plans paid tier later in 2016
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook Messenger supports Instant Articles on Android today, will be coming next week to iOS
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+
 
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