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12:55 PM ET, September 7, 2016

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei raises $10M round led by Lerer Hippeau for a subscription-based news venture aimed at professionals, launching early 2017  —  Service will sell subscriptions, aim at specialists in industries like tech, health care  —  Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump ends his media ‘blacklist’, effective from Thursday, approving requests for press credentials to media outlets including WaPo, Politico, and BuzzFeed  —  Donald Trump is ending a practice most journalists think he never should have started: his “blacklisting” of news outlets.
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Two HuffPo employees were suspended after Huffington complained about a story on friend Fareed Zakaria, one of a series of missteps that alienated staff  —  The Huffington Post's namesake founder, who stepped down as editor in chief last month, built an iconic media company in record time.
Discussion: FishbowlNY, @e_alexjung and @slone
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian's social editor, product manager on what they've learnt from its Sous-chef bot: natural language increases engagement, bots can't be too human-like  —  For the past two months, the Guardian has been testing a Facebook Messenger bot, “Sous-chef,” that provides recipe suggestions …
Mark Mulligan / Music Industry Blog:
Analysis: streaming drives music labels' digital revenue growth, but advanced payments that are separate from royalties are padding the numbers  —  All of the three major record labels announced strong streaming music revenue growth in the 2nd quarter of 2016.
Discussion: hypebot and @glensears
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube orders two original series, “Squad Wars” and “Broke”, from BuzzFeed Motion Pictures for its subscription service YouTube Red  —  YouTube is again banking on known quantities to build out its YouTube Red originals slate, ordering two series from BuzzFeed Motion Pictures …
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Mike Fishbein / Zero Infinity:
Alt-right writers like Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike Cernovich join Gab.ai, a social network that emphasizes free speech, is in beta and has 10K users  —  Freedom of speech—as protected by The First Amendment of the United States Constitution—has been central to America's philosophy since it's founding.
Discussion: @tillywrites
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Source: 21st Century Fox has settled with a “handful” of other women over harassment claims against Ailes; lawyer for Andrea Tantaros says she has not settled  —  21st Century Fox has reached a $20 million settlement deal with Gretchen Carlson, the anchorwoman …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Sources: Fox settles Ailes harassment suit with Gretchen Carlson for $20M, has also reached settlements with two other women
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Van Susteren tried to renegotiate contract when Ailes left, but when Fox execs refused, she activated contract clause allowing her to exit
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
IAC-owned About.com launches standalone vertical, personal finance site The Balance, targeted at millennials  —  In a quest to dismantle itself and become more relevant in the 21st Century, IAC-owned [About.com]() is launching another standalone vertical in the form of The Balance …
Bloomberg:
Snapchat ends its Local Stories section as it shifts to live events, fires about 15 curators  —  Snapchat Inc. is ending its daily local stories for cities feature, which pulled together video of everyday activities — concerts, cute puppies in the park — shot by users in locales such as New York.
 
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Agence France-Presse:
AFP opens bureau in North Korea, becomes fourth news agency in country after AP, Japan's Kyodo, and China's Xinhua, will primarily file videos and photos
John Bresnahan / Politico:
US Supreme Court grants temporary stay that blocks Senate demands for internal documents from online ad site Backpage.com in sex trafficking probe
Discussion: MediaPost and The Hill
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
21st Century Fox invests $6.5M in DriverTribe, an online community for car lovers created by ex-Top Gear presenters, ahead of launch of their new show on Amazon
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
A local Republican candidate said he hoped I got raped, showing the lack of decorum and misogyny journalists and others now face
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Dallas Morning News refuses to endorse GOP nominee for first time since 1964
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Washington Post to roll out “lightning fast” mobile site, powered by Google's Progressive Web Apps technology, page load time reduced from 3 secs to 1
 

 
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Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide

Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg:
The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is developing a new image and video-focused AI model codenamed Mango, expected to be released in H1 2026 along with its new LLM dubbed Avocado
 
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