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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.
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Fact-checking debates in real-time is a burden moderators are not as well suited to handle as seasoned staffers at Politifact or The Washington Post — Presidential debate moderators often go into hiding as they prepare to carry out their thankless jobs. But Fox News' Chris Wallace caused …
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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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Adblock Plus launches a marketplace for Acceptable Ads, will get 6% revenue from ads and publishers will receive 80% — Adblock Plus is launching a new service that... uh, puts more ads on your screen. — Rather than stripping all ads from the internet forever, Adblock Plus is hoping …
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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 …
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Lynne Marek / Chicago Business:
Despite Gannett takeover talks, CEO Justin Dearborn says Tronc is eyeing potential acquisitions, including newspapers and ad tech companies — While Gannett waits on the chance to buy Tronc, the Chicago newspaper company is making acquisition plans of its own.
Aoife White / Bloomberg:
EU publishes proposals for new copyright rules which would allow news publishers to demand payment from aggregators like Google News — Copyright plan may curb online use of news articles, content — EU also seeks to bolster rights of music performers, authors
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The Irish Times, BBC, Politico, Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal
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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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
Roger Ailes' lawyer Susan Estrich, a celebrated feminist legal scholar, took case because she is staunchly supportive of friends, and felt beholden to Ailes — 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.
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YouTube Creator Blog, SlashGear, Engadget, Android Authority, Softpedia News, The Verge, Android Police, PCMag UK, Variety, TechCrunch, Mashable, @johngreen and @kullatheworld
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.
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Bearing Arms, CNNMoney, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Guardian, The Wrap and @gabrielmalor
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 …
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