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6:35 PM ET, October 19, 2016

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Gabe Sherman to work on TV mini-series about Roger Ailes with Spotlight director Tom McCarthy  —  LOS ANGELES — The former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes is coming back to television, but perhaps not in a way he will like.  —  The writer-director Tom McCarthy, whose journalism drama …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
A.G. Sulzberger, son of NYT publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., appointed deputy publisher of The New York Times after recommendation of seven-member committee  —  The New York Times brought a new generation of the Sulzberger family into its top ranks on Wednesday, naming Arthur Gregg Sulzberger the deputy publisher.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google reaches deal with CBS to carry network on Unplugged web TV service on YouTube, to debut early 2017; talks ongoing with 21st Century Fox, Disney  —  New service, to be housed on YouTube platform, is likely to debut in early 2017  —  Google Inc. has reached an agreement …
Politico:
Fears grow that the AP and other news orgs could face a cyber attack on or near election day, with debate moderators being briefed on cyber security by the FBI  —  A hack on the AP and its results tally could have chaos-inducing consequences.  —  Despite spending hundreds of millions …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Fast Company
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Sources: Snapchat to stop sharing ad revenue with media partners within weeks, will change to up-front flat licensing fee as it prepares for 2017 IPO  —  Evan Spiegel has a new deal for “Discover” publishers: We pay you up front, and we keep all the ad money. … Snapchat says it's done sharing with media companies.
USA Today:
Internal memo: WSJ owner Dow Jones plans restructuring after ad slump, including “rationalizing” print, making paper “more concise and digestible” soon  —  The company that owns the Wall Street Journal is reportedly preparing a restructuring plan following a revenue slump and a tussle with a newsroom union.
Ad Age:
Sources: Pinterest building an Explore channel for publishers and brands to create multimedia posts, to test ad revenue potential with integrated video ad units  —  Pinterest is building a new media channel for publishers and brands to create videos and multimedia posts, according to advertisers familiar with the plans.
Discussion: @themehulpatel and @garettsloane
CNNMoney:
Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon did not deny rumors of a Trump TV network when asked, replying that Trump is an “entrepreneur”  —  Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon says Donald Trump is “the master of the head fake.”  —  According to Bannon, the news that President Obama's Trump …
Discussion: Mediaite and BuzzFeed
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
From Billy Bush to People Magazine, the media knew Donald Trump was a sexual abuser - but enabled him with sycophantic coverage anyways  —  Sleazy?  Well, duh.  Donald's been a lout for three decades, but a sycophantic news business willingly built him up until, with some help …
Discussion: AOL
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Journalists face rise in anti-Semitic tweets, fueled by Trump supporters, Anti-Defamation League says  —  At least 2.6 million anti-Semitic tweets have been directed at more than 800 journalists since the 2016 presidential campaign began, often because those journalists voiced critical opinions …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The Washington Post will use an automation tool, Heliograf, to generate election coverage, with reporters adding color, analysis, alongside bot-written stories  —  On Election Day, journalists at The Washington Post will get an assist from their non-human counterparts.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and @poynter
New York Times:
How the Cubs-Dodgers National League playoff ignited a feud between between the Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, which are owned by the same company  —  Correspondents for The New York Times in Los Angeles and Chicago discuss how baseball and journalism have combined to bring out a rivalry between the two cities.
Discussion: Curbed LA - All
 
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Jake Kanter / Business Insider:
BuzzFeed UK profit was $677K in 2015, up from $172K in 2014; company assets, including cash on hand, quadruple to $9.8M over last year, revenue remains unclear
Pulitzer.org:
Pulitzer Prizes open all journalism categories to magazines, due to expansion of digital journalism and overlap in work of newspapers, magazines, websites
David Bond / Financial Times:
After cutting its print edition, The Independent becomes profitable for first time in 23 years, with digital ad rev up 45% YoY, 2016 revenue of £20M expected
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Energy returns to Fox News after Ailes scandal as Chris Wallace prepares to moderate presidential debate
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Univision Signs Deal With BroadbandTV to Manage YouTube Channels
Discussion: RAIN News and Adweek
Steve Buttry / The Buttry Diary:
The newspaper industry's mistake wasn't moving to a digital first strategy, but rather spending decades reluctantly moving toward digital adoption
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

 
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