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8:20 PM ET, September 16, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Major TV networks refused to cover Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel, a protest of his campaign preventing any editorial presence on the tour  —  In a show of joint defiance, the major television networks collectively voted to pull a camera and erase video of Donald Trump giving a tour of his hotel …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time for TV news to stop playing the stooge for Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump said “Jump,” and TV news said “How high?”  —  It happened again on Friday morning when the Republican presidential candidate held the media hostage for nearly an hour after promising a major news announcement.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump mocks his traveling press pool for being late to rally even though his campaign is responsible for travel arrangements
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
NFL ratings: over 2M watched Thursday's game stream on Twitter, with an average of 243K at any one time, compared to 15.4M on average on TV  —  And 48 million watched it on regular TV.  —  Kurt Wagner / Recode  —  More than two million people watched Thursday night's football game between …
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Terry Collins / CNET:
Twitter streams its first NFL game, part of a 10-game package, as the social network tries to broaden appeal
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Daily Dot lays off at least 15 across company  —  The Daily Dot laid off at least 15 people on Friday, POLITICO has learned.  —  The cuts were across the board, affecting everyone from upper management and the business side to the newsroom and art department.  The entire product team was laid off.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
After enabling movie ticket sales through Apple's iMessage, Fandango will start selling tickets through Facebook this weekend; sales on Snapchat coming soon  —  LOS ANGELES — By making it easy for people to buy movie tickets online or through a smartphone app, Fandango has experienced breakneck growth over the last two years.
Discussion: The Next Web, Mashable and Fortune
Steven Levy / Backchannel:
Profile of internet activist Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org, who is being sued for publishing building codes, safety rules, more on his website  —  August 8, Carl Malamud wakes up early.  He usually does.  Most days, from the moment his eyes open, he is fixated on the mission.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Apple News update lets publishers sign-up subscribers through the app; Apple to get 30% cut of revenue from new subscriptions, 15% from renewals  —  New version allows publishers that offer subscriptions to sign up new customers within the app, with Apple collecting 30% of the revenue from new subscribers, 15% from renewals
Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Disney/ABC Taps Bruce Rosenblum as President of Business Ops  —  Television Academy chief reports to Ben Sherwood  —  Bruce Rosenblum has been named president of business operations at Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG), reporting to Ben Sherwood, cochairman of DATG and Disney Media Networks.
Discussion: New York Times, The Wrap and Variety
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Associated Press, Vice Media, and Gannett sue FBI for information on how the agency broke into San Bernardino shooter's iPhone  —  Three news organizations, including USA TODAY's parent company, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking information about how the FBI was able to break into the locked iPhone …
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with former LA Times business reporter E. Scott Reckard, on his story that led to a $185M Wells Fargo fine, the state of the financial press, and retirement  —  Photo credit: Ken Teegardin, Wikimedia Commons  —  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week slapped Wells Fargo …
 
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
The Hill is launching a vertical on healthcare regulation and policy, the first of several to be part of The Hill Extra, a collection of paid service offerings
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
NYT revives managing editor role, naming international editor Joseph Kahn to the position, making him a leading candidate to succeed top editor Dean Baquet
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump stage-managed his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show like a reality-TV reveal, creating the impression of transparency with the release of his doctor's letter
Carlett Spike / Columbia Journalism Review:
American Society of News Editors survey finds journalist diversity highest in nearly 14 years, but newsrooms still don't reflect communities they serve
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Mode Media, publisher and ad network formerly known as Glam and once valued at $1B, shuts down; company was on track to generate over $100M in revenue this year
 

 
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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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