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10:45 AM ET, October 19, 2015

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 Top News: 
Jay Carney / Medium:
New York Times story on Amazon left out critical information, including that one named source resigned after internal investigation revealed fraud  —  What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. buys pop-culture, beauty, and lifestyle site Hello Giggles, source says in the range of $20M  —  Time Inc. Buys Hello Giggles  —  Website operator focuses on pop culture, beauty, lifestyle topics of interest to younger women  —  Seeking to broaden its appeal to younger women …
Marty Baron / Washington Post:
Kevin Merida steps down as Washington Post Managing Editor, joins ESPN as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of The Undefeated  —  Kevin Merida to step down as managing editor of The Washington Post  —  Executive Editor Martin Baron sent the following announcement to staff:
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Media Network get $1.3M from Knight to speed up digital adoption in newsrooms  —  Knight is giving $1.3 million to help 3 legacy newsrooms ‘speed up digital adoption’  —  Temple University's School of Media and Communication will work …
Matt Rosoff / Business Insider:
Some VCs, appearing defensive, dismiss WSJ's reporting on Theranos, but should actually welcome investigative journalism  —  Some tech investors sure seem to be getting defensive lately ...  Nobody likes to be questioned.  —  But lately, some of Silicon Valley's big tech investors seem …
Press Association:
UK resisted Julian Assange's offer to be questioned in London, emails reveal  —  Julian Assange has expressed shock after new documents revealed fresh details about the involvement of UK authorities in the long-running saga that has seen the WikiLeaks founder live inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the past three years.
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban Threats to Afghan Journalists Show Shift in Tactics  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan journalists covering the fall of Kunduz this month had a litany of complaints: The military often blocked their access to the battle; top officials tried to get them to change reports that disputed official accounts …
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Inside German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!V's collaborations, projects, and growth  —  The German investigative nonprofit CORRECT!  V is building a name for itself by doing a bit of everything  —  BERLIN — CORRECT!  V launched with lofty goals.  In the year-plus that it's been in operation …
Discussion: @hristio and @nicebastard
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Ex-BBC journalist Jacqueline Sutton dies in suspicious circumstances at Turkish airport  —  British journalist found dead at Turkish airport  —  Jacqueline Sutton, 50, who worked for the UN and the BBC, died at Istanbul's Ataturk airport en route to Iraq  —  Tributes have been paid …
New York Times:
As it expands globally, Netflix faces increasing competition and demand for local-language programming  —  Netflix Faces Challengers in Its Push to Expand Globally  —  At first glance, Miguel Díez Ferreira would seem to make an ideal customer for Netflix.
Guardian:
ITV confirms £100m takeover of UTV Media's television channels  —  Northern Irish-based group will be left with TalkSport and a number of local radio stations as ITV takes control of almost the whole of channel 3  —  ITV has confirmed the £100m purchase of TalkSport owner UTV …
Seth Liss / Poynter:
Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara's new job: chief content officer at Bankrate  —  Lou Ferrara leaves AP for Bankrate.com  —  After 10 years at The Associated Press, Managing Editor Lou Ferrara will start a new job next week: chief content officer of Bankrate.com.
 
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Mădălina Ciobanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Interview with Zaina Erhaim on the responsibilites and challenges of training citizen journalists in Syria
Discussion: Mashable
Meagan Doll / MediaShift:
Q&A with Northwestern University professor Josh Meyer on the challenges and opportunities of reporting on national security
Erin Carroll / Columbia Journalism Review:
FOIA “expedited processing” provision for media often ignored, reflects widening disconnect between government and media
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Atlantic's April redesign has tripled click-through rates, increased time spent on native ads to over four minutes, surpassing industry average
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
After the success of recent collaborations with Huffington Post and Gawker, the Intercept is considering working with other newsrooms to broaden its reach
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
How hyperlocal news site Hoodline fuses data scraping bots with traditional journalism to cover 24 neighborhoods in San Francisco
Discussion: @coryweinberg
 

 
From Techmeme:

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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