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5:45 PM ET, October 11, 2016

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sources: Billy Bush to be dropped from NBC's Today show; one source says announcement will happen “in the coming days”  —  On Saturday night NBC was going to throw a surprise party for Billy Bush in Greenwich Village.  Now it has been cancelled.  —  “Surprise,” indeed.
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Sammy Nickalls / Esquire:
Apprentice Producer Mark Burnett releases statement, says he does not have right to release Trump footage, did not threaten anyone with legal action over leaks  —  He also added that he “has consistently supported Democratic campaigns.”  —  Amid rumors that The Apprentice producer Mark …
Page Six:
Sources: NBC's Billy Bush boasted in August to NBC staff that he had a “tape of Trump being a real dog”, prompting staffers at Access Hollywood to seek out tape  —  Billy Bush brazenly bragged to NBC staff about the vulgar Donald Trump tape while covering the Olympics in Rio, multiple sources tell Page Six.
Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Ex-Apprentice cast, crew accuse Trump of making sexist, racist comments while on the show, with female contestants forced to adhere to sexy dress code  —  THR spoke with several former contestants on ‘The Apprentice,’ as well as individuals who worked with Trump on the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald implied connections among Trump, WikiLeaks, and Russia that don't hold up under scrutiny  —  This tweet, retweeted thousands of times, is at best misleading. … Kurt Eichenwald is a reporter and writer who has been dogged in looking at Donald Trump over the course of the campaign.
Kurt Andersen / Esquire:
Esquire revives Spy magazine online for last 30 days of presidential campaign  —  We need you.  —  Back in the late '80s and early '90s, SPY magazine pretty much had the American satirical-journalism field all to itself.  Then came the full-blown Internet, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert …
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic names national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg as editor in chief, overseeing editorial in print, digital, and video  —  Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, is the new editor in chief of the 159-year-old magazine, Bob Cohn, The Atlantic's president, announced Monday.
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Google acquires FameBit to better connect YouTube creators with brands  —  Google announced on Tuesday that it has acquired FameBit, with plans to leverage its technology platform to help YouTube creators better connect with brands.  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Fortune's “Term Sheet” columnist Dan Primack leaves for Politico founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen's new startup; the future of the newsletter is unclear  —  The high-profile columnist has been the go-to blog for VC news and insights.  —  Dan Primack, one of the best-known …
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Huffington Post executive editor Liz Heron to resign  —  Huffington Post executive editor Liz Heron is about to announce her resignation from the news site, multiple sources familiar with the matter told POLITICO.  —  Heron joined The Huffington Post in October 2015.
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Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
FCC fines Comcast $2.3M for charging customers for services they didn't ask for, including premium channels, DVRs, more, in largest FCC fine of a cable operator  —  “It is basic that a cable bill include charges only for services and equipment ordered.”  —  The FCC announced a $2.3 million fine …
 
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Ben Travers / IndieWire:
Review of Vice News Tonight debut: without an anchor to guide viewers, it's just a series of YouTube videos stitched together, with too many topics for one show
Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Alan Rusbridger / The New York Review of Books:
The collaborative journalism that began with WikiLeaks and Snowden found new expression with the Panama Papers, pointing to future partnerships
Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
News interactions on Amazon's Alexa are hit or miss: NPR and WaPo excel at briefings, Patch's local updates are enjoyable, and Daily Show is too brand-conscious
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
An assertive debate moderation style is effective when presidential candidates rely on confusion and shutting out the press
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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