Mediagazer: Sources: Twitter sale could happen in the next 30 to 45 days (Antonio José Vielma/CNBC)

11:35 AM ET, September 27, 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 …

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:

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.

Discussion: The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, Washington Post, CNN, Independent Journal Review, @brianstelter and The Week

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 — With clashes over truth, lies and exaggerations dominating the prelude to the first presidential debate, The New York Times has assembled …

Discussion: TechCrunch, @poniewozik, @alanblinder, @bcappelbaum and New York Magazine

Alexios Mantzarlis / Poynter:

Monmouth University poll: 60% of Americans want moderators to fact-check the debate; 31% say moderators should leave fact-checking to the candidates — Nearly everyone has weighed in on whether moderators should fact-check the presidential debates: the media, the campaigns, the boss of the organizing commission.

Discussion: Monmouth University, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Media Matters for America, @mantzarlis, @mantzarlis, @kristenhare and CNNMoney

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 …

Discussion: The Drum, Guardian, Fortune, @fmanjoo, East Bay Times, LostRemote, Tech Trader Daily, TIME, TechCrunch, SFist, Consumerist and Wall Street Journal

Bloomberg:

Sources: Disney considering a bid for Twitter; Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, Comcast, AT&T are all uninterested in buying the site — 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.

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 — In France, publishers are taking to the barricades to fight ad blocking. — After what publishers believe to be a successful trial …

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 — WASHINGTON — When the Federal Communications Commission announced a plan this year that would free people from having to rent cable set-top boxes …

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:

Twitter refuses Turkish court order to block the account of noted DC journalist Mahir Zeynalov; despite refusal, Zeynalov predicts his account will be censored — A Turkish court ordered Twitter to block the account of a noted journalist last week, accusing him of “instigating terrorism.”

Discussion: @lorenzofb, Quartz, Business Insider, @dwdavison9318, BuzzFeed, @dougsaunders, @andreabellemare and @akbarsahmed

Reuters:

Omani court orders permanent closure of Azamn, a privately owned newspaper that had reported on corruption in the judiciary, and jails three of its journalists — A court in Oman on Monday ordered the permanent closure of a newspaper which had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary …

Discussion: @dr_davidson and Committee to Protect …

Richard Horgan / FishbowlNY:

Bloomberg Pursuits hires Troy Patterson, formerly a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, as its new style editor — Earlier this year, Troy Patterson wrote about “The Politics of the Hoodie” for The New York Times Magazine. And in 2015, in the pages of Slate …

Discussion: @emmarosenblum and @leahfayec

Jeremy Barr / Ad Age:

Time Inc. announces formation of 10 digital desks dedicated to business, sports, food, more; “multi-magazine hubs” will handle print production responsibilities — In a “progress report” memo to Time Inc. editorial staff, Chief Content Officer Alan Murray on Monday announced …

Discussion: @adage and @jeremymbarr

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 …

Discussion: @ljkawa, @joelcifer, @themehulpatel, @dankennedy_nu and @niemanlab

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: @lukeoneil47, @mekosoff and TechCrunch

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.”