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6:40 PM ET, October 25, 2016

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Peter Sterne / Politico:
The New York Times will add new product verticals to The Wirecutter, Sweethome, is already hiring more staff, has no plans to put the sites behind a paywall  —  A little less than a year ago, The New York Times began thinking about what it would be like if it did Consumer Reports-style product recommendations, Ben French told POLITICO.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
A.G. Sulzberger on his new role as the NYT's deputy publisher, the conclusion of the 20/20 report, and job cuts coming to the newsroom in 2017  —  Talk about having your work cut out for you.  —  In a few days, Arthur Gregg Sulzberger will start as deputy publisher for The New York Times …
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
AT&T's new streaming TV service, DirecTV Now, will debut in November with 100+ channels for $35/month, includes unlimited mobile data for TV viewing  —  AT&T just dropped a bombshell by announcing that its streaming TV streaming package, DirecTV Now, will include more than 100 channels for only $35 a month.
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings open to AT&T Time Warner merger if net neutrality is upheld  —  Netflix CEO Reed Hastings signaled that his company wasn't outright opposing the AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner at the Wall Street Journal's WSJ.D Live conference in Laguna Beach, California Monday night.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump says he has no interest in setting up Trump TV, claims his only interest is in winning the election  —  Donald Trump says he has no interest in setting up “Trump TV” when the election ends.  —  “No, I have no interest in Trump TV,” Trump said on Cincinnati radio station 700WLW on Tuesday.
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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Trump's campaign launches nightly news show on Facebook Live, hosted by advisers Boris Epshteyn and Cliff Sims, with TheBlaze commentator Tomi Lahren
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Breitbart coordinated with liberal activist and organizer Aaron Black who disrupted GOP primary campaign events, was involved in Project Veritas DNC sting  —  A liberal activist and organizer coordinated with reporters from the conservative news site Breitbart during the primaries to cover …
TechCrunch:
Pandora reports Q3 revenue of $351.9M, up 13% YoY, vs $366M expected; active listeners were 77.9M at end of Q3, down from 78.1M YoY; stock down 8%+ after hours  —  Oct 25, 2016, 1:21 pmOct 25, 2016, 1:40 pm  —  In what has become a very competitive landscape for digital music, early pioneer Pandora is trying to remain a leader.
Discussion: Reuters, @lucas_shaw and Pandora
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Paul Beatty becomes first US writer to win the Man Booker prize, for his satire about race and economic inequality, The Sellout  —  Paul Beatty's novel “The Sellout,” a blistering satire about race in America, won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday, marking the first time an American writer has won the award.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
HBO CEO Richard Plepler says “Vice News Tonight” has been watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers in its first two weeks and is performing well on digital  —  HBO's new daily news program “Vice News Tonight” has been watched by “hundreds of thousands” of viewers within the first two weeks …
Discussion: Forbes
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Financial Times has 286K followers on Instagram, up from 40K a year ago, is adding thousands more each day  —  The Financial Times has found an unlikely outlet for its charts and graphics: Instagram.  —  A year ago, it had 40,000 followers to its Instagram account.
 
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Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:
About.com launches third standalone vertical, Lifewire, a tech information and advice site; site debuts with 16K pieces of evergreen content by 40 authors
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Woman at center of Rolling Stone story, “Jackie”, says she can't recall details about assault due to PTSD, didn't know her account was to be main focus of story
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times removed words from stories to convince readers to whitelist its site.  47% agreed
Discussion: Press Gazette
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Interview with Keith Olbermann on The Closer, his GQ election season video series, which has attracted about 25M views over more than 20 installments
 

 
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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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