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9:40 AM ET, October 12, 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.
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.
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.
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches subscription streaming service Music Unlimited, costs $7.99/mth for Prime members, $3.99/mth for Echo owners, and $9.99/mth for all others  —  Rumors have been swirling around Amazon's plans to launch its own, standalone music streaming service, and now those reports have been proven out …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker tells reporters writing must be sharper, shorter, and more creative as newsroom turns focus to digital  —  The Wall Street Journal is in the middle of a newsroom overhaul.  And, according to its top editor, that transformation will include a sharper focus on cutting out editorial flab.
Washington Post:
Dozens of suspicious court cases, with missing defendants, aim at getting web pages deindexed or taken down outright by abusing firms' policies on defamation  —  There are about 25 court cases throughout the country that have a suspicious profile:  — All involve allegedly self-represented plaintiffs …
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 …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Playboy launches nudity-free magazine in Apple iTunes, Google Play stores, available for $5.99 an issue or $17.99 a year  —  Playboy's 63-year-old magazine — recently stripped of nude pictorials — is now an app.  —  Playboy Enterprises is selling digital copies of the Hugh Hefner's …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Newsroom memo: Huffington Post's Executive Editor Liz Heron is departing the site  —  Liz Heron, managing editor of The Huffington Post, is leaving that organization about a year after being appointed the newsroom's second-in-command.  —  Heron was hired on in September 2015 after serving …
Lexology:
France adopts Digital Republic Act, which includes changes to laws surrounding net neutrality, data portability, video games, and copyright  —  Introduction  —  One year ago the French government launched a new democratic experiment: an online public consultation on the draft bill on the ‘Digital Republic’.
Scott Dadich / Wired:
Wired's Editor-in-Chief Scott Dadich on how the magazine collaborated with President Obama as he guest-edited the magazine's November issue  —  I'll admit that working on this issue kicked up a few West Wing fantasies for me.  Yes, every time the WIRED team and I visited the real West Wing for meetings, I took selfies.
Discussion: @wired and @sdadich
 
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Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
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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:
CNN launches personalized business news app, CNN MoneyStream, which allows users to follow their favourite companies, topics, and CEOs
Krishnadev Calamur / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic names national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg as editor in chief, overseeing editorial in print, digital, and video
 

 
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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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