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11:30 AM 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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Peter Kafka / Recode:
The New York Times acquires online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M  —  The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide.  The Times will pay more than $30 million …
Matt Haughey / 15 Minutes in the Morning:
How Brian Lam built The Wirecutter, rejecting ads as a revenue stream, opting for affiliate links instead; site is projected to do $200M this year in sales  —  I was happy to read that the New York Times bought Brian Lam's Wirecutter and Sweethome sites for $30 million today.
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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 …
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  —  Welcome to the Donald Trump show!  —  Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate's Facebook page every night …
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.
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 …
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette:
Impress becomes UK's first state-approved press regulator after application for Royal Charter recognition is granted  —  Impress today became the UK's first state-approved press regulator after its application for Royal Charter recognition was granted.  —  After a full day of discussion around whether …
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Woman at center of Rolling Stone story, “Jackie” says she cannot recall details about assault due to PTSD, didn't know her account was to be main focus of story  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The woman who claimed she was brutally gang raped in a story by Rolling Stone magazine …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
The Financial Times removed words from stories to convince readers to whitelist its site.  47% agreed  —  Hope isn't lost for media organizations trying to get readers to stop blocking their ads.  Maybe all they have to do is ask.  —  In July, The Financial Times ran a 30-day experiment …
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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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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump's alt-right supporters have adopted a term popular during the Nazi regime, “lügenpresse,” meaning “lying press” in German, to discredit the media
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson vows to maintain CNN's independence if AT&T-Time Warner merger succeeds, following concerns from ex-CNN president Tom Johnson
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Newsroom memo: Gannett to lay off another 2% of its workforce, about 350 or more positions in total