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5:50 PM ET, September 13, 2016

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Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
Eyeo, company behind Adblock Plus, launches an ad exchange to help marketers display “acceptable ads” to users; Google and AppNexus are partners  —  Eyeo, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it's launching an online advertising service …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Joe Ripp says he decided to step down as CEO of Time Inc. after a recent “health incident”  —  Time Inc. is suddenly changing CEOs.  —  Rich Battista, the head of the magazine publisher's U.S. titles, is taking over for Joe Ripp, “effective immediately,” according to a statement from the company.
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Wall Street Journal:
Jay-Z's music streaing service Tidal posted a loss of $28M in 2015, compared to $10M in 2014  —  Cash burn shows the challenge the music-streaming service faces in competing with rivals Spotify and Apple Music  —  STOCKHOLM—In the year rap mogul Jay-Z took control of Tidal …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Source: Gawker staff in discussions about staging a walk-out, after Univision deletes posts at the center of legal disputes; other forms of action were debated  —  Gawker is no more, but Gawker Media—including Deadspin, Jezebel, etc.—is now under Univision ownership.
Discussion: @mathewi, @eamonn and @oliverdarcy
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J.K. Trotter / Gizmodo:
Transcript of interview with Isaac Lee, Univision's chief news officer, on the decision to delete posts from Gawker Media's archive
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Virginia Citizens Defense League, other gun rights advocates file defamation suit against Katie Couric, filmmakers over “misleading” edit in documentary  —  Gun rights advocates don't enjoy being falsely depicted as dimwits who can't answer the most basic of questions about their No. 1 public policy issue.
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
YouTube launches beta of Community, which lets creators share photos, text, more into Subscriptions feed; subs can opt-in to new post notifications  —  Text, still images, and GIFs are now part of the mix that the service gives creators to keep their fans engaged.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Presidential debate moderators must keep control, assert truth in real time, ask follow-up questions, and more  —  Whatever you may think of Donald Trump's politics, fitness for office and character, you have to admit he's a genius communicator, especially on television.
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with WaPo reporter David Fahrenthold on his doggedly transparent coverage of Donald Trump's charitable donations, which is aided by a pen-and-paper approach  —  Washington Post politics reporter David Fahrenthold is trying to find evidence of Donald Trump's charitable donations, but he's running out of paper.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Songwriters of North America sues US Justice Department, saying it overstepped authority in last month's royalties ruling  —  When Michelle Lewis, a Los Angeles songwriter, gets her quarterly royalty statements from Ascap, she receives a stark reminder of how songs are valued in the digital age.
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer Alan Murray says he will probably continue to edit Fortune magazine until mid-2017, juggling the two roles in the meantime  —  On July 13, Time Inc. announced that Fortune editor Alan Murray would succeed Norman Pearlstine as the company's chief content officer …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight's Editor-in-Chief Nate Silver gave a private presentation on elections and polling data to GOP donors, officials, and strategists
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Google-backed First Draft launches new coalition network, which aims to help improve social media newsgathering, with partners like Facebook, NYT
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media, Digital Studio Behind Smosh, Raises $70 Million and Eyes Shows on Traditional TV
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Beacon Reader, a journalism crowdfunding platform, will close October 31 after three years
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
CNN, WaPo report drop in traffic from Apple News after a tweak to Spotlight feature, which now displays articles in-app instead of linking to story