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5:55 AM ET, September 14, 2016

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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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, @laura_nelson, @dangillmor, @dangillmor, www.wnyc.org, @sulliview and @mantzarlis

Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:

Deadspin writes a post that includes content of two posts it was forced to delete in Univision deal, using court documents as sources — Univision's decision as part of their acquisition of Gawker Media to take down six posts that were the subject of pending litigation, including three Deadspin posts …

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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

Discussion: @mathewi, @ggreenwald, @eamonn, @oliverdarcy, Gizmodo and Gizmodo

Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:

Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, launches an ad exchange to help marketers display “acceptable ads” to users — Eyeo, the company behind the popular online ad blocking software Adblock Plus, said Tuesday it's launching an online advertising service to help marketers place …

Oriana Schwindt / The Wrap:

AT&T Adds NBCUniversal Channels to DirecTV Now Streaming Bundle — AT&T is inching closer to launching its live TV-over-the-Internet bundle. The telecommunications giant has just closed a deal with NBC Universal to include NBCU channels like Bravo, USA and E! in its DirecTV Now package …

Discussion: TVNewser, Variety and Broadcasting & Cable

Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:

Why Susan Estrich, a celebrated feminist legal scholar and lawyer, took Roger Ailes as a legal client — Susan Estrich is known for being first. — A celebrated feminist legal scholar, Ms. Estrich was the first female president of The Harvard Law Review.

The Post:
Ohio University decides to return $500K donation from Roger Ailes, remove name from student newsroom, in wake of sexual harassment allegations

Discussion: Business Insider, TVNewser, The Huffington Post, Washington Post and Vanity Fair

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.

Discussion: YouTube Creator Blog, The Verge, Android Police, PCMag UK, Variety, TechCrunch, Mashable, @johngreen and @kullatheworld

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Time Warner leads $12M Series B round for You.i TV, a Canadian firm that helps TV brands build video apps for various devices — “Delivering video directly to consumers is becoming vital to the media industry, and offering a compelling user interface and app experience is an important piece …

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Wall Street Journal:

Jay-Z's music streaming 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 …

Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Music Business Worldwide and @mgsiegler

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.

Discussion: Bearing Arms, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Guardian, The Wrap and @gabrielmalor

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.

Discussion: Rolling Stone, @shelly_peiken and @gerardfoxlawyer

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Pandora's new music services could launch as early as Thursday; deals set with Universal Music, Sony, and Merlin, but not yet Warner Music — Sources say it's aiming for a Thursday launch. — Pandora wants to launch two new music services, and it may be ready to do it this week.

Discussion: VentureBeat, Business Wire, Ars Technica and The Verge

Greg Evans / Deadline:

Vice delays debut of News Tonight, its anchorless nightly newscast with HBO, until Oct. 10; program will have touchscreen elements for easy access to extras — The launch of Vice News Tonight, the unconventional half-hour nightly newscast from Vice Media and HBO, has been postponed from September 26 to October 10.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Vulture, Broadcasting & Cable and USA Today

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.

Discussion: Fortune, Fast Company, Media Wire Daily, Ad Age, @lahlahlindsey, @danprimack, @brianstelter, Digiday, Politico, AOL and Publishing Executive

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Time Inc. appoints Rich Battista as CEO, Joe Ripp moves to Executive Chairman role

Discussion: Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, New York Times, @jeremymbarr and Wall Street Journal

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
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Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files

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