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7:10 PM ET, November 1, 2016

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Source: CNN Chief Jeff Zucker blasts Donna Brazile in Tuesday editorial call, describing her interactions with Clinton campaign as “unethical” and “disgusting”  —  Network boss has “no tolerance” for tipping off a campaign with debate questions.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN still needs to audit its relationship with political commentators, who flood its payroll, crowding out honesty and journalism  —  As a matter of course, CNN is careful about providing details on the bios of its guests and its paid political commentators.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donna Brazile resigns from CNN, after leaked emails show she shared questions with Clinton campaign before a debate and town hall during Democratic primary
Paul Barbagallo / Bloomberg:
Gannett drops its $683M bid for rival Tronc; source says deal collapsed after bankers pulled out  —  Handshake agreement said to collapse with lack of financing  —  Few other publicly traded newspaper companies available  —  Gannett Co. dropped its bid for rival Tronc Inc. …
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Brian Flood / The Wrap:
Tronc misses with Q3 revenue of $378M, down from $406M in Q3 2015; CEO Justin Dearborn says it's “unfortunate” Gannett's lenders withdrew from deal  —  Tronc unveiled its third-quarter 2016 earnings on Tuesday with revenues of $378 million, down 6.9 percent compared to $406 million in the third quarter of 2015.
Discussion: tronc, inc. and Bloomberg
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
ProPublica adopts Politwoops and four other Sunlight Labs projects using open government data; several other Sunlight projects are headed to other organizations  —  Politwoops, the service that preserves politicians' deleted tweets for posterity and to hold them to account, has a new parent …
Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg:
YouTube strikes deal with German royalty-collection group Gema, ending seven years of legal battles and unblocking thousands of music videos in the country  —  @StefanNicolaBBG More stories by Stefan Nicola  —  Video service to pay licensing fees for clips shown in Germany
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Pinterest makes Instapaper's premium features free, previously $3/month; features include full text search on all articles, speed reading, text-to-speech, more  —  Nearly three months after being acquired by Pinterest, Instapaper is making some changes that will impact its users.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Discovery Communications and MLB's BAMTech form streaming video technology provider, BAMTech Europe, to cater to the continent's broadcasters and OTT providers  —  Discovery Communications has linked arms with Major League Baseball's BAMTech in a pact under which they are forming BAMTech Europe …
Discussion: TechCrunch
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Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti says Tasty reaches more people than BuzzFeed site alone, claims BuzzFeed would be much bigger if comScore tracked its mobile stats  —  Ten years ago, BuzzFeed pioneered viral news and branded content with popular listicles and quizzes.
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The AP is experimenting with machine learning to automate the process of converting print stories to broadcast format  —  The experiment is part of a larger effort by the news agency to incorporate automation into its journalism.  —  On average, when an AP sportswriter covers a game …
Discussion: @johnny_hansel
Debra Kamin / Variety:
HBO declines to comment on whether documentary by Ari Shavit, Israeli journalist accused of sexual assault, will go forward but says it's in post-production  —  HBO is staying tight-lipped on the status of a documentary project from “My Promised Land” author Ari Shavit …
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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
The New York Times partners with Samsung to launch The Daily 360, a daily 360 degree video produced by Times journalists, using Samsung Gear 360 cameras
Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
New Yorker TV critic Emily Nussbaum, who donated $250 to Clinton's campaign, reflects on Fox News' allure during the current election season
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Viacom names Robert Bakish, current CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, as acting president and CEO of Viacom effective Nov. 15.; he succeeds Tom Dooley
 

 
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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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