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2:55 AM ET, September 22, 2016

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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.
Politico:
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 …
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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
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
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 …
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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 …
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.
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: @jyarow, @sfiegerman and @joshconstine
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
Viacom's interim CEO and President Tom Dooley will depart November 15, as search for permanent CEO continues
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  —  About two years ago, the daily French financial newspaper Les Echos was looking to expand its email newsletter offerings.
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  —  At a moment when governments around the world are working harder to confront the Islamic State and its propagandists on the web …
Discussion: Engadget, Wired, TechCrunch, Fortune and Vocativ
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 …
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 …
 
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Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Sources: Sony Pictures nears co-financing deal giving Dalian Wanda minority stakes in some big films with global appeal
Discussion: The Wrap and Variety
Danielle Bacher / Esquire:
Behind Andrea Tantaros' $49M suit against Fox News: in run-up to suspension from the network, Tantaros accused Ailes and Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment
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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
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
AAP: mass market paperback sales down 25.5% YoY in Q1 2016, as decline in e-book sales continues
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Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Razer pauses direct sales of the upcoming Blade 16 and other laptops in the US as new tariffs loom

Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Internal memo: the US DOJ disbands the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, established by Biden in 2021, as the agency is “not a digital assets regulator”

Reuters:
Sources: US officials say DOGE is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency's communications for anti-Trump talk; a source says DOGE is also using Signal

 
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