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8:55 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.
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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
UK Parliamentary committee finds ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler, legal manager Tom Crone, in contempt over phone hacking evidence given to government
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Spirit Media launches The Incline, a sister site for Billy Penn, in Pittsburgh; Jim Brady estimates Billy Penn's on track for a profitable month in early 2017
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Glenn Beck reaches settlement with Saudi student over Boston Marathon accusations
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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
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
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
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Joe Ripp says he decided to step down as CEO of Time Inc. after a recent “health incident”
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