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CNN says reports of Lewandowski suspension are untrue while the Trump campaign says it will continue to pay him through remainder of 2016 — Donald Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will be paid by the campaign through the end of 2016, heightening concerns of a conflict of interest for CNN …

Charley Lanyon / New York Magazine:
Fox says it didn't know about Sean Hannity's appearance in recent Trump campaign video, says the network star will not appear in any in future

Discussion: Washington Post, AOL, Mediaite, CNNMoney, Politico, @rosiegray, @ybbkaren, @timobrien, @fmanjoo, Talking Points Memo, @eleutheria_heis, @ericboehlert, @kagrox, @tomkludt and The Wrap

Washington Post:
Trump's Federal Election Commission filing shows former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski received $20K for strategy consulting in August while working for CNN

Discussion: Vanity Fair, @mikemadden, @bterris, @karol, @philiprucker, @mateagold, New York Times and ABC News

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Raju Narisetti, senior vice president of strategy at News Corp, is named CEO of what was Gawker Media; company to be renamed Gizmodo Media Group — Raju Narisetti is the new CEO of the Gawker-less Gawker Media Group, which is being renamed the Gizmodo Media Group.

Discussion: KABE-LP, @lpolgreen, @brianstelter, Variety, @lheron, @raju, FishbowlNY, @kevglobal, @mitrakalita, @mathewi, Engadget, The Wrap, @arctictony, Media Wire Daily, @sulliview, @jeffjarvis, @erikwemple and Talking Biz News

Kurt Wagner / Recode:

Twitter will live stream Bloomberg's coverage of all three presidential debates, split revenue from ads displayed during pre-debate and post-debate coverage — Hillary versus Trump, live on Twitter. — When Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first nationally televised presidential debate …

Discussion: Nieman Lab, CNNMoney, The Verge, Fast Company, Variety, FishbowlNY, TechCrunch, Media Wire Daily, @harrymccracken, LostRemote, @ninatypewriter, @niketa, @brianstelter, @digiphile and TechCrunch

Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube to Live-Stream 2016 Presidential Debates From PBS, Telemundo, Washington Post — Video giant launches #voteIRL initiative to encourage people to register and vote — YouTube, as part of launching a get-out-the-vote initiative aimed at young Americans, has set deals to live-stream …

Discussion: YouTube Blog, BetaNews, SocialTimes, Engadget, Adweek, VentureBeat and Fortune

Emily Steel / New York Times:

Viacom says it will no longer seek sale of minority stake in Paramount, adjusts Q4 earnings estimate to $0.65-$0.70/share from expected $0.98, cuts dividend — The fight for control of Viacom is settled, but the drama over its future is far from over. — Thomas E. Dooley will step …

Discussion: Variety, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Viacom Inc., Reuters, Vanity Fair and Business Wire

Tony Maglio / The Wrap:

Viacom's interim CEO and President Tom Dooley will depart November 15, as search for permanent CEO continues — Viacom's new interim CEO and president Tom Dooley is set to exit the company — yes, already. — Additionally, the company announced on Wednesday that it has dropped …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Fortune, Variety, Forbes, Financial Times, The Drum, Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, @ej_fournier, @alexweprin, @edmundlee, @edmundlee, @alexweprin and Hollywood Reporter

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Play Books updated with Discover recommendation feature and Editorial supplementary content; available on Android, coming soon to iOS — Google today is launching a new feature for Google Books which aims to offer a better challenge to Amazon's Kindle app when it comes to helping you find new things to read.

Discussion: Official Android Blog, Tech Times, Android Community, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, AndroidHeadlines.com, SocialTimes, Publishers Weekly, Engadget and Android Police

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Verizon in advanced talks to buy Jason Kilar's mobile video startup Vessel, which is working on new Snapchat-like product — Verizon likes video, but Vessel has been working on a non-video product, too. — Verizon is in advanced discussions to acquire mobile video startup Vessel …

Discussion: VatorNews, @jyarow, @sfiegerman and @joshconstine

Business Insider:

Inside Mode Media's end: a changing ad market, a free-spending co-founder and CEO, and investors who had lost faith — From the winding freeway that links Silicon Valley with San Francisco, the giant Mode Media sign gracing the company's headquarters was a hard-to-miss proclamation alerting passing drivers …

Discussion: Ning Creators Network, @bclayne, @alex, @hblodget, @lexnfx and @michellemadhok

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix CFO David Wells says company wants original content to make up 50% of its catalog within a few years, is currently “one-third to halfway” toward target — Netflix is driving toward having half the content on its streaming service be original productions over the next few years …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Polygon, /Film, Vocativ, Tech Times, @jembradshaw, Vanity Fair, Consumerist, MacRumors and Engadget

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Comcast CEO says the company plans to debut a wireless service by mid-2017, using leased Verizon airwaves and Comcast's 14M+ Wi-Fi hot spots — Comcast just solidified long-rumored plans to launch its own MVNO cellular service. Speaking at an investor conference moments ago …

Discussion: Tech Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Crain's New York Business, Fast Company and Ad Age

Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:

AAP: mass market paperback sales down 25.5% YoY in Q1 2016, as decline in e-book sales continues — Sales of adult books fell 10.3% in the first quarter of 2016, compared to the first period of 2015. Sales of children's/YA titles dipped 2.1%, according to figures released by the AAP's StatShot program.

Discussion: GalleyCat

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
French startup Ownpage tracks user behavior, creates personalized newsletters for publishers; Le Monde uses it to power a personalized section on its homepage

Jack Detsch / Christian Science Monitor:
Twitter says requests from governments to remove tweets rose 13% in the past six months, with 5K+ requests to remove info, 80% of which came from Russia, Turkey

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Roger Cheng / CNET:
AT&T CEO says company will launch online streaming video service, DirecTV Now, in Q4, which will feature 100+ premium channels and “aggressive” price points

Patrick Foster / Telegraph:
Leaked PricewaterhouseCoopers report shows BBC journalists are paid up to 40% more than commercial rivals

Discussion: Press Gazette, @janemartinson and @stuartclarkson

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Source: Sunlight Foundation will lay off about five staffers out of about 20, a major drop from a staff count of about 40 in early 2014

Discussion: Sunlight Foundation Blog, The New York Observer, @johnwonderlich, Fast Company and Sunlight Foundation Blog

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Delay in surfacing police shooting of Terence Crutcher underscores need for Facebook to reexamine Trending Topics

Discussion: Guardian

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Alphabet:
Alphabet Q1: revenue up 15% YoY to $80.5B, net income up 57% to $23.7B, Google Cloud revenue up 28% to $9.6B, and headcount down 5%; GOOG jumps 12%+ after hours

Microsoft:
Microsoft Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to $61.9B, net income up 20% to $21.9B, Office Commercial revenue up 13%, LinkedIn revenue up 10%; MSFT jumps 4%+ after hours

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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