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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.
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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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 …
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.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Glenn Beck reaches settlement with Saudi student over Boston Marathon accusations
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
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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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Defy Media, Digital Studio Behind Smosh, Raises $70 Million and Eyes Shows on Traditional TV
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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