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6:15 PM ET, October 5, 2016

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Atlantic endorses Clinton, its third endorsement in 159 years, but the impact of editorials against Trump remains unclear  —  The Atlantic magazine has made only two presidential endorsements in its 159-year history: one for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and one for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter board consulting advisers on how to deal with internal disagreement over possible sale, with Ev Williams in favor of and Dorsey against it  —  A few days before Twitter's Sept. 8 board meeting, as the company's finance team readied a presentation, it received conflicting directions on a crucial question.
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Amazon rolls out Prime Reading, giving Prime members free access to more than 1,000 Kindle books and magazines including Sports Illustrated  —  In addition to faster shipping for products from its online store, Amazon's Prime subscription plan offers numerous benefits, including unlimited photo storage …
Discussion: Nieman Lab and VentureBeat
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
BuzzFeed attacked by hacker group OurMine after publishing story identifying a member; group alters articles, claimes to have seized database, threatens release  —  A number of BuzzFeed posts were vandalized by hackers this morning in apparent retaliation for a story that claimed to expose a member of their group.
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Sources: over next 2-5 years, AT&T will expand into original programming via acquisitions; CEO Stephenson has target list of 40+ companies, some worth $2B-$50B  —  @MoritzDispatch , More stories by Scott Moritz  —  Largest U.S. pay-TV provider wants to cut programming costs
Discussion: Consumerist, Light Reading and Fortune
Michelle Fields / The Huffington Post:
Sources: Glenn Beck's The Blaze, which once aimed to be a right-wing Huffington Post, has dropped from 25 editorial employees to 6; staffers feel it will close  —  Glenn Beck's The Blaze was once the envy of other right-leaning sites.  Not anymore.  —  WASHINGTON Glenn Beck's website …
Discussion: FishbowlDC and Mediaite
Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal:
The New York Times will move away from standardized banner ads on its website, replacing them with its own proprietary display ad formats, beginning today  —  Publisher to replace standardized banner ads with its own flexible format that works across devices and looks more ‘native’ to its site
Discussion: MediaPost
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors:
Shazam launches an iMessage app for easily identifying and sharing songs  —  Popular music-detecting app Shazam today rolled out an update that adds support for the service within Messages, so users can send new artist and song discoveries directly to friends and family members.
 
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Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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