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8:20 AM ET, September 18, 2017

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Wenner Media has hired bankers to explore sale of its controlling interest in Rolling Stone; both Jann and Gus Wenner hope to stay on at the magazine  —  From a loft in San Francisco in 1967, a 21-year-old named Jann S. Wenner started a magazine that would become the counterculture bible for baby boomers.
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Interview with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and other execs, on Vogue's 125th anniversary, whether it's lost influence, creating memorable content, more  —  In a rare interview, Vogue's famed editor in chief discusses the title's September issue, the Internet — and influence.
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Possible successors to Graydon Carter as editor of Vanity Fair include THR's Janice Min, Esquire's Jay Fielden, New York's Adam Moss, GQ's Jim Nelson, and more  —  Graydon Carter's exit means the Vanity Fair editorship is up for grabs.  —  So Graydon is gone.  Now what?
Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:
Snap says it has complied with Saudi Arabia's request to block access to Al Jazeera content, including articles and videos, for users in the country  —  Snap said it is following a request from the Saudi government; Al Jazeera calls move an ‘attempt to silence freedom of expression’
Discussion: TechCrunch, Fast Company and Engadget
Lee Rainie / Pew Research Center:
Pew survey: 61% of people ages 18-29 say they primarily watch TV via streaming services; 31% say they mostly watch via cable or satellite subscription  —  The rise of online streaming services such as Netflix and HBO Go has dramatically altered the media habits of Americans, especially young adults.
Discussion: Business Insider
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Users' reactions to “disputed” labels on Facebook are largely irrelevant as those labels are more about reducing reach of false stories and training algorithms  —  When it comes to Facebook's effort to stop the flow of misinformation on its platform, the labels can be misleading …
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Hatem El-Gamasy, a NYC bodega owner, has appeared frequently on Egyptian TV since he wrote an article predicting Trump's win, which was spotted by producers  —  Hatem El-Gamasy often appears as a pundit for Egyptian television news programs.  His viewers don't know his day job: He owns a bodega in Queens.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Why it took so long for news outlets to examine the dubious sources of Kevin Deutsch, who spent 15 years as a crime reporter at five newspapers  —  Kevin Deutsch's professional life has become a hash of denials and self-justification, a running argument with his doubters.
Discussion: @farhip and @nikkiusher
Henry Fountain / New York Times:
UK press regulator IPSO forces The Mail on Sunday to acknowledge that an article about NOAA climate change research was inaccurate and misleading  —  A self-policing group within the British news industry has forced the tabloid The Mail on Sunday to acknowledge that an article it published asserting …
Craig Marks / Vulture:
Profile of Spotify's Tuma Basa, who runs its 50-song RapCaviar playlist, followed by 7.67M+ users, on how he finds music, the playlist's influence, more  —  In this, the year hip-hop won the music business, one of its defining hits was released more or less by mistake.
Mounir Lamouri / Chromium Blog:
Chrome 64, coming January 2018, will allow autoplay video only when media has no sound or the user shows interest in content  —  Users watch and listen to a lot of media, and autoplay can make it faster and easier to consume on the web.  However, one of the most frequent user concerns …
Discussion: Business Insider
 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

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The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

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