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4:30 AM ET, October 8, 2016

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How a phone tip quickly led to David Fahrenthold's story about a 2005 video with lewd Trump comments about women  —  Reporter David Fahrenthold got a phone call around 11 a.m. Friday from a source with a tip about Donald Trump.  The source asked: Would Fahrenthold be interested in seeing some previously unaired video of Trump?
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Snapchat moves user posts to top of Stories feature, demotes content from Discover publishing partners, stops auto-advancing Stories, and adds Playlist feature  —  You'll see all your friends' Stories first now.  —  Snapchat is making a small but important tweak to how it displays, and then plays, user Stories inside its app.
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Snap, formerly Snapchat, hires New York Post President David Brinker to lead business development for the company's content division  —  Snapchat has hired New York Post president David Brinker to an unspecified role on the company's content division, Variety has learned exclusively.
Discussion: @raju, @dbrinker and @nickbelluk
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Economist is joining Snapchat's Discover feature, publishing 14-17 snaps each weekend; the partnership could help Snapchat appeal to older users  —  Snapchat is bringing more serious news to its Discover section, adding a new channel from The Economist this weekend.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
The Verge reports almost all content view growth is in video, particularly on Facebook; article views are flat YoY; AMP views represent 14% of Verge traffic  —  I'm only crying because I'm happy about new opportunities, I swear  —  The Verge turns five on November 1st …
Jackson McHenry / Vulture:
Gimlet Media cut Starlee Kine's Mystery Show as she was working on its second season; she is in discussions with Gimlet to produce the podcast independently  —  This might explain why you haven't heard much news about that podcast you love: Mystery Show, the podcast that charmingly investigated …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Bill de Blasio's public snub of a NY Post reporter was unique in the history of discord between City Hall and the press, escalating a long war with the tabloids  —  For weeks, Mayor Bill de Blasio has barely disguised his disgust for the coverage of his administration in The New York Post.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Bloomberg, CBS News, WSJ, ESPN, and other publishers have opted out of Facebook Instant Articles, as they evaluate the feature's costs and benefits  —  A year after Facebook Instant Articles launched, 100 or so publishers were taking advantage of the feature, which loads mobile articles lightning fast.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Spotify and Apple Music add support for user-uploaded remixes after deal with music rights management firm Dubset  —  SoundCloud's big differentiator is its offering of unofficial, user-uploaded content that the major labels don't release and that isn't on Spotify or Apple Music.  Or at least they weren't.
 
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Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Chicago Sun-Times promotes two investigative journalists to top spots in newsroom in move to get back to watchdog reporting
Shaun Walker / Guardian:
A decade after the assassination of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, news organizations increasingly avoid topics that could anger the Kremlin
Daniel Holloway / Variety:
Former MTV exec Andy Schuon forms Every Day Networks, focused on over-the-top digital brands like Fuel TV, which it has acquired from Fox
Discussion: PR Newswire
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Verizon reportedly pushing for $1B price cut on pending $4.8B Yahoo deal after recent report of 2014 hack
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC to vote Oct. 27 on broadband privacy rules, requiring users to opt in on sharing sensitive data like location, children's information, and browsing history
Discussion: The Hill, Engadget and DSLreports
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on calling out lies, embracing video, and building a more digital newsroom
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Pew study: about 40% of American adults under 50 prefer reading news, mostly online; more than half of Americans over 50 opt for watching the news on TV