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4:30 PM 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 …
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! shouldn't be prosecuted on criminal trespass charges for covering Dakota pipeline protests because she was acting as a journalist  —  To the offending prosecutor, Ladd Erickson, who is apparently a fan  —  All Stories  —  A little over a month ago …
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
Amanda Hess / New York Times:
Some celebrities are resorting to cyberbullying tactics like posting revenge porn, sharing secret phone recordings, and rallying online mobs for PR offensives  —  The Latest Celebrity Diet?  Cyberbullying  —  By AMANDA HESS  —  Secret recordings.  Revenge porn.  Sexual humiliation.
Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
BitTorrent says its streaming service BitTorrent Now isn't shutting down, only one co-CEO, Robert Delamar, left the company  —  Last week, Variety published a report detailing some internal turmoil at BitTorrent: the company's CEOs had both reportedly been fired, the recently-launched BitTorrent …
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.
 
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Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch:
Shazam rolls out in-app music video channels, working with Portland firm Vadio, which distributes and monetizes video with ads
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Jemima Kiss / Guardian:
Google News rolls out “fact check” tag for stories on web and mobile apps, starting in the US and UK
 

 
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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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