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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Facebook Live broadcast during the final debate attracted 200K concurrent viewers, with pundits and pro-Trump ads — “If you're tired of biased, mainstream media reporting (otherwise known as Crooked Hillary's super PAC), tune into my Facebook Live broadcast."
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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 …
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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 …
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
NPR announces expansion of internal incubator Story Lab, adding resources and planning an online system for internal and external idea pitches — Where do new radio shows and podcasts come from? For an organization as big as NPR, that's a complicated question.
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NPR.org, @nprtraining, @isalara, NPR Training and FishbowlDC
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.
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Ken Fang / Awful Announcing:
Sports Illustrated launches The Crossover, a site focused on the NBA, with lead editor Matt Dollinger — The latest — Music DJ/producer claims FS1's The Herd stole his song for a promo — Lack of Big 12 expansion shows who really holds the power in college football
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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
David Bunnell, founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, and a social activist, died Tuesday in Berkeley, CA, at age 69 — The founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld was an entrepreneur who thought like a social activist. — In 1973, a former schoolteacher named David Bunnell got …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Horror movie maker Jason Blum to produce TV mini-series about Roger Ailes based on Gabe Sherman's unflattering book The Loudest Voice in the Room — LOS ANGELES — The former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes is coming back to television, but perhaps not in a way he will like.
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
New Orleans-based local news site, The Lens, which launched a speakers bureau in 2014, says it earned $10K in speaker fees during 2015 — If you're good at something, the saying goes, never do it for free. — It's advice that The Lens has taken to heart.
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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Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
LeEco is launching LeEco Live, a US video service in partnership with MGM, Lionsgate, Vice, and publication partners Cosmopolitan and Esquire — After much pomp and circumstance around ecosystems and philosophy, LeEco finally debuted something new at today's massive press conference in San Francisco.
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 …
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New York Magazine and Fast Company
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.
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