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3:20 AM ET, October 2, 2016

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Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Life On Air, developers of Meerkat, pull the app from the App Store to focus on group video chat app Houseparty  —  Remember Meerkat?  It came out of nowhere in early 2015 — a star of SXSW, in particular — and was on everyone's tongue for weeks.  Then came Periscope …
Discussion: The Verge, Engadget, @rafat and @digiphile
Bruce Campion-Smith / Toronto Star:
Torstar chair John Honderich warns of a crisis in Canadian private media as newsrooms shrink, advertising disappears, and federally funded CBC News competes  —  Canadian media are facing a “crisis” as market forces shrink newsrooms, leaving fewer journalists to report the news vital to a vibrant democracy, Torstar chair tells MPs.
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Sean Craig / Financial Post:
Rogers Publishing in Canada retreats from print, announcing 4 magazines will cease printing, 3 other titles will reduce frequency, 34 trade titles are for sale  —  TORONTO — Rogers Publishing Limited, the publishing subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. announced a major retreat from print media Friday …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for “massive DDoS attack” Thursday night, after it published an article about Trump's business dealings in Cuba  —  Newsweek suspects that hackers are to blame for the crash of its website on Thursday night, after it published an article …
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Inside a two-year-old catfishing ebook scam on Amazon that has generated over $3M in revenue for its creator, Valeriy Shershnyov  —  For years, thousands were tricked into buying low-quality ebooks.  —  NEW YORK — Emma Moore could have been the health and weight loss guru you spent your life looking for.
Discussion: @zackwhittaker, @kashhill and @grimmelm
Lizzie Crocker / The Daily Beast:
How a feud erupted between Vogue fashion editors and street-style bloggers, whose businesses have grown in influence  —  This week, several senior Vogue editors and critics reflected on Milan Fashion Week before heading to Paris, alighting on a general consensus: The collections were fabulous …
R.L. Bynum / Raleigh & Company:
McClatchy executive Robin Johnston explains how the company's print production hubs operate and details plans to produce all 28 newspapers in hubs by Q1 2017  —  The Charlotte publishing hub that produces The News & Observer always has been quite busy.  It got busier in August …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Mental Floss announces it will end its print magazine with November-December issue after a 15-year run  —  Mental Floss magazine is ending its print edition, parent company Dennis Publishing announced on Friday.  —  “While this is the final issue of mental_floss magazine …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Reuters Institute report details changes at 25 private-sector legacy news orgs across six countries in Europe, including Finland, France, Italy, and Poland  —  It's hard not to sound like a broken record here, but the digital media environment has upended everything legacy publishers have relied …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Washington Post's new newsroom-wide initiative to shorten copy discourages stories over 1,500 words for digital or 50 inches in print  —  In August, Washington Post Managing Editor Cameron Barr and his fellow senior editors decided to do something about a problem that had been niggling at them for some time:
 
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Rob Schmitz / NPR:
How the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's largest English-language daily, has gradually softened its coverage of mainland China in recent years
Discussion: @nprinskeep
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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The CW TV Network releases new Apple TV app that eliminates cable subscription login, but limits content to only five episodes from most recent season of shows
Discussion: 9to5Mac
USA Today:
For the first time in its 34-year history, USA Today's editorial board takes a stance on presidential race, saying Trump is unfit for the presidency