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8:20 PM ET, October 4, 2016

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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Source: along with the NYT, the Daily News received three pages from Trump's 1995 state tax returns, but its reporters couldn't verify that they were real  —  The New York Times wasn't the only news outlet to receive documents from Donald Trump's tax returns.  But they were the only ones to successfully vet them.
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Trevor Timm / Columbia Journalism Review:
Trump's threat to sue NYT for publishing his taxes is at least the 11th time he's threatened to sue a news org or journalist during his campaign for president
Ronald K.L. Collins / Concurring Opinions:
11 prominent First Amendment experts agree that New York Times reporters won't go to jail for publishing Donald Trump's 1995 state tax returns
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Yahoo rebrands its main mobile app as Yahoo Newsroom, a personalized news app that lets users share links to stories  —  Yahoo's homepage used to be the place where web users started their day, reading the top headlines, sports scores, stock updates, and other news.  On mobile, that's no longer always the case.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix shares climb above $100 on Monday and Tuesday, fuelled by Disney acquisition rumour  —  Netflix shares climbed above $100 per share on Monday, to their highest levels since May — fueled by a rumor circulating on Wall Street that Disney might possibly be interested in acquiring the video-streaming leader.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
As Disney's shares dip, speculation mounts that it's looking to grow through acquisitions that would be less obvious than previous deals with Pixar, Marvel
Discussion: Fortune
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
FOIA Wiki, a free, interactive tool for reporters, has launched in beta, featuring forums, directories, and explainers focused on federal sunshine law  —  If confusion is the first step to knowledge, FOIA users must be geniuses.  Fee categories.  Pre-determination agency actions.  Multitrack processing.
Discussion: Nieman Lab and @freedomofpress
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
American Society of News Editors changes membership dues tiers to focus on monthly unique visitors rather than print circulation  —  In a sign of the continuing industry-wide shift away from print, the American Society of News Editors on Tuesday announced that its membership structure …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
The Guardian creates an in-house virtual reality team, composed of five editorial staffers led by Francesca Panetta as executive editor  —  Guardian News and Media has created an in-house virtual reality team, becoming one of the first UK news media publishers to invest dedicated resources in the emerging technology.
Discussion: @raju
Bloomberg:
Sources: Gannett and Tronc are working out details of a sale, with no imminent announcement  —  Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login  —  Final deal on merger of newspaper publishers said not imminent  —  Gannett said in talks to buy rival for $18.50-$19 a share
Discussion: @ckrewson, @taylorbuley and FishbowlNY
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Guardian, Wired, are turning to crowdsourcing to identify bad ads on their sites, encouraging staff, readers, to report them, in bid to defeat ad-blocking  —  Once or twice a week, Jen Soch, evp of commercial delivery for The Guardian, gets an email from a colleague alerting her to a problem ad on the site.
Discussion: @lmoses
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Gawker Media's liquidation plan reveals that Nick Denton, other Gawker execs may face claims of breach of fiduciary duties, with an investigation underway  —  The bankrupt Nick Denton company also is proposing that two-thirds of Univision's $135 million be allocated to its Hungarian affiliate.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Two weeks since its launch, Vice's UK TV channel, Viceland, scored zero ratings on some nights, with maximum viewership reaching 14K  —  Channel has only attracted peak audience of just under 14,000 during 9pm to 11pm in its first two weeks of broadcast, according to analysis
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon in talks with EU regulators to settle antitrust probe into e-book contracts with publishers  —  Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login  —  Settlement talks with Amazon and publishers at an early stage  —  EU concerned that Amazon contracts may harm rival retailers
Discussion: Forbes
 
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