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5:55 AM ET, September 28, 2016

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NPR:
NPR annotates full transcript of first presidential debate with fact-checks, analysis, and context  —  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head to head Monday night in the first presidential debate.  —  NPR's politics team, with help from reporters and editors who cover national security …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lester Holt's reticence as moderator during presidential debate gets mixed reviews  —  Call him the minimalist moderator.  —  Facing “knees buckling” scrutiny — his words — ahead of Monday evening's presidential debate, Lester Holt of NBC, with the nation's eyes (and the internet's critics) upon him, opted to lie low.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Nielsen: presidential debate drew a total of 84M viewers across 13 traditional TV channels; streaming alternatives not included in count  —  Monday night was the most-watched debate in American history.  —  More than 80 million people tuned in to see Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
How 20 NPR journalists annotated an embeddable debate transcript as an experiment in real-time fact checking, delivering NPR.org a record 7.4M pageviews  —  As Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were preparing to debate one another Monday night, NPR reporters and editors flexed their fingers and got to work.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Presidential debates conversation share: Trump led on Twitter with 62% over Clinton's 38%, and also on Facebook with 79% over Clinton's 21%  —  Monday night's Trump-Clinton match-up was the “most tweeted debate ever.”  —  That's according to Twitter, which crunched the numbers immediately following the debate.
Carolyn Ryan / New York Times:
The NYT assembled a team of 18 debate fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of claims made by candidates and moderator, in real time, as the debate unfolded
Discussion: New York Magazine
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Google debuts data-friendly YouTube Go app for Android in India, with offline viewing, Bluetooth sharing, better video previews and resolution settings, more  —  Google has introduced a new version of YouTube that is dedicated to users in emerging markets.  —  ‘YouTube Go’ is initially available in India and Android only.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Facebook disabled accounts of several prominent Palestinian journalists last week, then restored them and admitted error, a continuing pattern  —  The social platform's temporary suspension of several Palestinian journalist accounts is its latest “error,” with no policy change in sight.
Andy / TorrentFreak:
Major music labels, RIAA, others sue stream-ripping site YouTube-MP3 for copyright infringement  —  Two weeks ago, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry published research which claimed that half of 16 to 24-year-olds use stream-ripping tools to copy music from sites like YouTube.
Antonio José Vielma / CNBC:
Sources: Twitter sale could happen in the next 30 to 45 days  —  Twitter, which is said to be entertaining buyout bids, may also have Microsoft as a potential suitor, a source told CNBC on Monday.  —  CNBC's David Faber reported on “Closing Bell” that the social media giant is moving closer …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts Daily Mix playlists, which are based on your favorite tunes and play artists familiar to you, unlike Discover Weekly, coming to iOS, Android  —  Are you a Spotify user who has a list of favorite bands and songs, but do not have the motivation to find and organize all of them into useful playlists?
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos joins Spotify's board  —  Spotify wants to make a splash in video — kind of like Netflix.  —  Spotify wants to branch out from music to video.  This could help: The streaming music company is adding Ted Sarandos, Netflix's content boss, to its board of directors.
 
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Shelley Hepworth / Columbia Journalism Review:
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CBC News:
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
80% of France's top 40 publishers, such as Le Monde and Le Figaro, have taken measures to combat ad-blocking, including partially obscuring content
Discussion: Press Gazette
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
FCC's plan to open the cable set-top box market may hinge on Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democratic commissioner who believes the plan gives the FCC outsize power
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Time Inc. announces formation of 10 digital desks dedicated to business, sports, food, more; “multi-magazine hubs” will handle print production responsibilities
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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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