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6:55 PM ET, September 8, 2016

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Matt Lauer criticized by journalists and political observers for weak performance moderating Clinton-Trump forum, accused of unfairness, sloppiness, sexism  —  It was a high-stakes political moment, far from the chummier confines of the “Today” show and, for Matt Lauer, NBC's stalwart of the morning …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind the scenes, NBC executives concede Matt Lauer's forum performance was a disappointment, with one source calling it a “disaster”  —  NBC News knows the “Commander-in-Chief Forum” was not Matt Lauer's finest hour.  —  One executive, speaking anonymously, was blunt about it: “Disaster.”
John Daniszewski / The Definitive Source:
AP deletes and replaces a 2-week-old tweet lacking context about Clinton State Department meetings, says tweet fell short of standards, is revising practices  —  The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
FCC revises plan to open up set-top boxes, proposes free searchable apps be created by pay-TV providers for platforms that ship 5M units/year in US  —  The Federal Communications Commission is making huge changes to its plan to overhaul cable boxes, scrapping much of the initial idea in favor of having cable companies make new apps.
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
ProPublica launches Electionland, a project that uses data from social media and other sources to help newsrooms cover voter problems on Election Day in the US  —  Electionland is a project that aims to highlight voting problems such as issues with polling machines or long queues to help reporters cover them on the day
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Donald Trump's nomination is causing publications that don't make endorsements, like Wired and Scientific American, to come out against him this election season  —  What does it mean to be a Republican?  Variations of the question have been posed ad nauseum over the past year as reality TV star …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter update lets users subscribe to live video notifications from individual accounts, alerts them when accounts go live on Periscope  —  Twitter has been investing in live video lately as it continues to push Periscope and premium deals with professional sports leagues.
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:
Discovery Communications signs long-term carriage deal with AT&T, including DirecTV Now streaming service and TV Everywhere  —  Discovery Communications said it signed a new long-term carriage agreement with AT&T.  —  Discovery said the new deal distributes its networks to DirecTV …
Bloomberg:
Digital media companies including Vice and BuzzFeed are increasingly being propped up by the old media they're trying to unseat  —  We wrote a few months ago about how many of the prominent digital news and entertainment newcomers including BuzzFeed and Vice Media are backed or owned …
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