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4:45 PM ET, September 1, 2017

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Kashmir Hill / Gizmodo:
Reporter details pressure from Google and bosses to take down 2011 Forbes post criticizing Google practices with Plus and search; Google says info was under NDA  —  The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How publishers' extreme reliance on various Google services gives Google effective monopoly power, stifles criticism, and sometimes results in unexpected losses  —  An unintended effect of Google's heavy-handed attempt to silence Barry Lynn and his Open Markets program at New America …
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Breitbart has hired Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, candidate for governor, and vice chair of Trump's election commission, as a columnist  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is now a regular columnist on the far-right news site run by President Donald Trump's former chief strategist.
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent Music plans to sell about 3% stake at $10B valuation to strategic partners like labels to secure music rights in China ahead of an IPO  —  Chinese music giant said seeking funds at $10 billion value  —  Partnering with labels may help secure content deals
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify's head of original video and podcasting, Tom Calderone, is leaving as firm rethinks its video strategy, tying it more closely to music
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple is in talks to move its original content division to The Culver Studios, the iconic Hollywood studio where Gone With The Wind was filmed  —  Apple is eyeing the studio where films from Gone With The Wind to The Matrix were shot, as the base for its big push into Hollywood production.
Detroit Free Press:
Peter Bhatia, formerly of The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Portland Oregonian, is named editor of The Detroit Free Press, starting September 19  —  Peter Bhatia, a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning editor who has led several large news organizations across the country, was named editor of the Detroit Free Press on Thursday.
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
Local union president says Village Voice will lay off 13 of 17 union workers when print edition ends the third week of September  —  Just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, employees at The Village Voice in Manhattan received an email from co-workers saying that the weekly newspaper appeared to be on the verge of announcing layoffs.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Profile of The Cipher Brief, launched two years ago by a former CNN executive producer and focusing on national security with a staff of 20, plus contributors  —  “Imagine a newsroom where half of the room is analysts and half is reporters.  You combine what each of them is so good at doing and deliver that every day to the reader."
Discussion: The Cipher Brief and @rafat
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Alan Butterfield and Ruaridh Connellan, the two Daily Mail journalists stranded for 18 hours covering Harvey, are in stable condition at a hospital in Houston  —  Clinging to a tree branch in torrential rain and howling winds, Ruaridh Connellan fought against the ferocious current of Houston's Greens Bayou.
Discussion: Houston Chronicle and @matthewhaag
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
The Washington Post expands its use of Heliograf, its in-house automated storytelling technology, to cover all DC-area high school football games every week  —  The Washington Post is expanding its use of Heliograf, its in-house automated storytelling technology, enabling The Post to cover all Washington …
 
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Ethics expert Kathleen Culver says the flaws of Katrina reporting provide lessons for journalists covering Harvey
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Time Inc. will stream a cooking show on Facebook later this year, and plans to produce about 40 hours of TV programming that will be licensed to 12 networks
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Glenn Beck announces layoffs for 20% of staff at TheBlaze and Mercury Radio Arts; source estimates number at about 50
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Michael Blanding / Nieman Reports:
How some news outlets are covering climate change well, amid a dearth of coverage from networks, uneven newspaper coverage, and issues with false balance
Alison Weissbrot / AdExchanger:
HowStuffWorks is spinning off from parent company System1 as an independent podcast network with a $15M Series A investment from The Raine Group
Discussion: Recode
Max Willens / Digiday:
Gannett plans to throw more than 500 events this year and in the past two years has doubled the size of its events strategy group
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
The appointment of neoconservative journalist Bari Weiss to The New York Times' op-ed team reinforces the paper's lack of viewpoint diversity
 

 
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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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