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2:45 AM ET, October 15, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN's Jeff Zucker says he has no regrets about Trump coverage, though he says in hindsight the network aired too many early unedited campaign rallies  —  Jeff Zucker sleeps great at night.  —  The president of CNN said in a conversation at Harvard University on Friday that he has no regrets …
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
The conspiracy theories Donald Trump espouses show he has fully embraced the Breitbart worldview, pushing nationalist narratives into the mainstream discourse  —  Donald Trump on Thursday railed against a conspiratorial plot by the Democrats, corporations and the mainstream media …
Financial Times:
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on Twitter bid: “In this case we've walked away. It wasn't the right fit for us”; Twitter shares down over 5% on news  —  CEO Benioff says messaging platform is not ‘right fit’ for his cloud company  —  The boss of Salesforce.com has ruled out his company …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Donald Trump's threats to sue media outlets highlight the need for a federal anti-SLAPP act imposing penalties on frivolous lawsuits  —  A message to the U.S. Congress: Pass a federal anti-SLAPP statute.  —  Donald Trump is spending the waning days of his buckling presidential campaign complaining about unfairness in the media.
Discussion: @eriqgardner and Techdirt
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Reuters:
A Reuters review of state and federal court records suggests that Donald Trump has not sued a newspaper for libel since 1984
Politico:
The New York Times refuses demand from Trump attorneys to retract article in which two women accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
Competitive pressure and the notion that everything belongs in the public domain are leading some news sites to recklessly publish stolen private data  —  In 1972, a group of burglars working for the Republican Party broke into Democratic headquarters in the dead of night …
Aishwarya Venugopal / Reuters:
Viacom special committee hires Morgan Stanley, Allen & Company, and LionTree LLC to advise on potential CBS merger  —  Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) said on Friday that it had hired financial advisers to explore a merger with CBS Corp (CBS.N) following a proposal by Sumner Redstone's National Amusements Inc …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Multichannel News
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
French legislature gives preliminary approval to 2% tax on ad revenue from video platforms like YouTube, in order to help finance local content  —  PARIS - The lower house of the French legislature passed a bill to levy a 2% tax on the advertising revenues of online video platforms, including YouTube and Dailymotion.
PR Newswire:
Twitter's average minute audience for 6th week of Thursday Night Football was 300K viewers  —  Twitter today announced the live streaming results of their week six matchup of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, featuring the San Diego Chargers beating the Denver Broncos 21-13.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
How UK's Sun uses Facebook to grow audience, boost traffic, and build brand recognition after paywall, dropped last November, left it with low search rankings  —  National tabloid The Sun has learned a lot since dropping its paywall last November.  For starters, the News UK-owned title …
Discussion: @girlfromafrica and @digiday
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Eastern NC news organizations relocate staff, shift some distribution to Facebook, and cooperate with competitors in hurricane's wake  —  On Saturday, The Robesonian flooded in Lumberton, North Carolina.  —  That day, The Fayetteville Observer in Fayetteville, North Carolina lost power for awhile.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Q&A with newly named Group Nine CEO Ben Lerer, on media consolidation, long-form video content, expanding into new verticals, more  —  Three months ago, Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer declared on the Digiday podcast that his company would be on TV within a year.
 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

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