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11:45 AM ET, December 10, 2015

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Sarah Larson / New Yorker:
Serial launches season two, focusing on the case of US prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl  —  “Serial” Season Two Is Here  —  This morning at 6 A.M., “DUSTWUN,” the first episode of season two of the “Serial” podcast, quietly made its début.  It's the first chapter in a season-long exploration …
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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Serial season 2 to include episode previews and supplemental materials on Facebook  —  Serial season 2 starts today, with podcast previews on Facebook  —  Following months of waiting and anxious speculation, the second season of Serial debuted today, Thursday, December 10.
Discussion: @niemanlab and The Muse
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter Widens Its Advertising Net, Tests Promoted Tweets With Logged-Out Users  —  It's been over a year since Twitter first said it planned to monetize logged-out users — that is, make money off the 500 million or so people who dip in and read Tweets without being signed in or even registered.
Dan Adams / Boston Globe:
Boston Globe announces $100K investigative journalism fellowship funded by companies behind the film Spotlight and First Look Media  —  Boston Globe introduces $100,000 ‘Spotlight’ fellowship  —  Inspired by the success of the movie “Spotlight,” The Boston Globe and the Hollywood companies behind …
Amanda Connolly / The Next Web:
Flipboard now allows sharing through Facebook Messenger  —  Flipboard's latest update for Android and iOS has added Facebook Messenger integration, allowing you to easily share articles with your friends in the chat app.  —  Using the share sheet in the Flipboard app, you can now send a link directly to someone on Messenger.
Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg Business:
Axel Springer Considers Paywall for Business Insider, Upday App  —  Company plans to start charging for some content next year  —  Buys remaining classifieds unit stake for 465 million euros  —  Europe's biggest newspaper publisher is betting it can make money from digital news by winning paying readers in the region and the U.S.
Discussion: @mikeisaac
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Dutch pay-per-article startup Blendle to launch in US early 2016 as beta, is searching for an editor-in-chief  —  Blendle, the Dutch ‘iTunes for news,’ will launch in the U.S. early next year  —  Blendle, a Dutch “digital newsstand” that allows readers to pay by the article …
Max Mason / Sydney Morning Herald:
Facebook and Fairfax Media team up on Instant Articles  —  Facebook is partnering with Fairfax Media as the social media giant continues the global rollout of Instant Articles.  —  The service hosts news articles on Facebook's News Feed so readers don't have to click through to another website.
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Richard Gingras / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project:
Google to start sending search traffic to AMP pages as early as February 2016, announces new partners including LINE, Viber, and Tango  —  Continued Momentum For The AMP Project  —  The AMP effort is building both momentum and speed.  There has been significant progress not only since …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
IAC Creates IAC Publishing with About.com, Daily Beast, Investopedia  —  Barry Diller would like to sell you a Web ad.  —  That's one of the motivations behind a corporate shuffle at Diller's IAC holding company, which is combining several of its websites into a new publishing unit.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC to confirm it will extend 10pm news by 10 minutes  —  Move to beef up Monday to Thursday bulletins from new year comes amid increased rivalry with ITV's News at Ten  —  The BBC is to confirm on Thursday that it will extend its 10pm news bulletin by 10 minutes beginning in the new year.
Discussion: Guido Fawkes
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Daily Mail Editor Paul Dacre urges UK government to back away from plans to curb the Freedom of Information Act  —  Freedom of Information Act MUST be protected, says Daily Mail editor  — Mr Dacre made a submission to the Government's FoI commission in his capacity as chairman of the 2009 review of the 30-year rule
Oscar Williams / Guardian:
City AM says 25% of readers turned off adblockers during anti-adblocker software trial, plans larger rollout on desktop by Christmas  —  ‘Over a quarter’ of City AM readers turned off adblockers in trial  —  Financial freesheet to roll out pioneering anti-adblocking software by Christmas in move watched keenly by news publishers
Discussion: @richardwebbrez and @markismith50
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iranian newspaper condemns media censorship in rare front-page editorial  —  Ettelaat editor urges President Rouhani to intervene against ban on reporting reformist figure Mohammad Khatami  —  Iran's Ettelaat newspaper has strongly objected to the state's ban on publishing the name or images …
 
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
News developers from The New York Times and NPR built Elex, an open-source program that works with AP's new elections API
CNNMoney:
Washington Post staffers and alumni mark last day in old building before they move three blocks to new offices
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Tow report on podcasts breaks down various business models, provides context through history
Discussion: TOWCenter
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
One month after the Wall Street Journal's launch of its WSJ City app in London, Editor Phillipa Leighton-Jones talks about lessons learned
 Earlier Picks: 
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Negotiations between Apple and TV programmers stalled over Apple TV because of disagreements on the mix of channels to be included in bundles
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Profile of Martha Nelson, chief of Yahoo media and ex-Time Inc. editor-in-chief, who faces challenges as Yahoo plans to spin off core assets
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
RIAA and shuttered music streaming site Aurous settle piracy lawsuit for $3M
Discussion: Music Week and Variety
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney raises its ownership stake in Vice to 10% or about $400M