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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.”
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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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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 …
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Espen Egil Hansen / Aftenposten:
Facebook limits freedom with algorithmic censorship, says editor in chief of Norway's Aftenposten in letter to Zuckerberg after deletion of historic war photo — Dear Mark Zuckerberg. — I follow you on Facebook, but you don't know me. I am editor-in-chief of the Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten.
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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.
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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
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
In an interview with Larry King on Kremlin-backed RT, Trump criticizes US media and dismisses idea that Russian hackers targeted Democratic Party — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized U.S. foreign policy and the American political press corps Thursday during an interview …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Leaked Washington Post memo: annual digital ad revenue now in nine-digits, biggest growth comes from native advertising, which is up 275% YoY — The Washington Post is enjoying a “remarkable” revenue picture, the paper said in a leaked memo. — The Post's financial picture has been shrouded …
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Kristine Lu / Pew Research Center:
Pew: 55% of US smartphone users get mobile news alerts, but only about half of them click through to the story or search for more information — Many news organizations have recently ramped up their use of mobile news alerts - notifications that pop up on mobile phones, alerting people of breaking news or major headlines.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Oculus Story Studio wins the first Emmy for an original VR production with its animated short film, Henry — Facebook-owned Oculus just won its first Emmy: The virtual reality (VR) company's Oculus Studio unit has been awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program …
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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 …
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Twitter removes live video alert button a day after it rolled out, says it's experimenting with different ways to discover live video — That new button Twitter rolled out yesterday? The one that lets you subscribe to live video notifications for individual accounts? It didn't last 24 hours.
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