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2:45 PM ET, September 26, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Politico, and The Washington Post all published weekend articles noting Trump's frequent lies  —  On the weekend leading up to 2016's first presidential debate, four news organizations came to a similar and sweeping conclusion: Donald Trump lies more often than Hillary Clinton.
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Bloomberg TV will conduct on-screen fact-checking of both candidates during Monday night's presidential debate  —  Bloomberg TV will conduct on-screen fact checks of statements made by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during Monday night's debate, POLITICO has confirmed.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Ahead of Clinton-Trump debate, none of the major networks commit to on-screen fact-checking during the debate, when audience is highest  —  Despite Clinton's demand that Trump be held accountable, outlets say they aren't prepared to weigh in while candidates speak.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter, and Salesforce is working with Bank of America to assess potential bid  —  The Walt Disney Co. is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Bleacher Report co-founder Dave Nemetz raises $6M for new digital media startup Inverse, a site aimed at millennial men covering tech, entertainment, science  —  Tech and science publication aimed at millennial men looks to buck distributed media trend  —  Another digital publishing veteran …
Discussion: @mekosoff, TechCrunch and @lukeoneil47
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Email newsletter publisher TheSkimm raises $500K from investors, including the New York Times, in addition to $8M round led by 21st Century Fox during summer  —  It's not a huge investment, but it's an interesting one  —  TheSkimm, the fast-growing newsletter aimed at young women, has new backers, including the New York Times.
Julie Hansen / Business Insider:
Business Insider partners with European publisher Prisma to launch Business Insider France  —  Business Insider launched a French edition today.  —  BI France publishes in French and covers business news of interest to residents of France, Europe, and francophone Africa.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Vox.com creates new position, General Manager, hires The Atlantic's former entrepreneur-in-residence Andrew Golis who will work with product and business teams  —  Vox Media on Monday said that it had created a new position, general manager of Vox.com, and filling it with Andrew Golis …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Security reporter Brian Krebs says independent journalists need protection from DDoS attacks, one of the fastest-growing censorship threats  —  John Gilmore, an American entrepreneur and civil libertarian, once famously quipped that “the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
BandLab investment in Rolling Stone does not include ownership in Wenner Media; BandLab CEO won't comment on whether it'll be liable in defamation lawsuits  —  Investment doesn't include ownership in Wenner Media  —  Rolling Stone has struck a chord with a new investor.
David Segal / New York Times:
How Gabriel Sherman pursued the Roger Ailes beat despite facing insults and threats, from a 2014 biography through stories on Ailes' departure from Fox News  —  Anyone visiting the Rockefeller Center studios of MSNBC on Sept. 2 would have witnessed a peculiar spectacle …
Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:
Business Insider begins testing metered paywall with a small group of readers, will now force readers using ad blockers to whitelist site or pay subscription  —  Business Insider, according to co-founder and CEO Henry Blodget, has long harbored ambitions to create a dual-revenue business model …
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Jose Antonio Vargas relaunches #EmergingUS on Medium as part of the platform's revenue-sharing beta, plans to partner with news orgs, solicit donations
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