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5:25 PM ET, October 5, 2018

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The Financial Times says Hong Kong will not renew a work visa for Victor Mallet, the paper's Asia news editor, and has not given a reason for the decision — The Hong Kong government has rejected the visa renewal application of the Financial Times' top news editor in Asia …

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

Tech firms strongly refute Bloomberg's story on Chinese spies installing chips into motherboards; story shows the difficulty of reporting on national security — Today's bombshell Bloomberg story has the internet split: either the story is right, and reporters have uncovered one of the largest …

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Kavanaugh hearings are a boon for hyperpartisan publishers on Facebook, though the most popular links on the subject come from trusted news sources like WaPo — “It is certainly the biggest story in politics since the 2016 election,” one publisher told BuzzFeed News

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Spotify says it is beta testing Spotify for Podcasters, a program to give any podcaster the ability to syndicate their show via the music service — Spotify is beta testing a new program to get more podcasts onto its service. Spotify for Podcasters gives any podcaster the ability to syndicate …

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Sources: Boston Herald, bought by Digital First Media in February, lays off about 20 staffers, including at least two photographers and five on sports copy desk — THE STRUGGLING BOSTON HERALD laid off about 20 more staffers Thursday, including at least two award-winning veteran photographers for a tabloid that thrives on pictures.

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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Tronc, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and other daily newspapers, is changing its name back to Tribune Publishing; stock symbol changes to TPCO — A sign marks the Chicago Tribune's offices at One Prudential Plaza on June 12, 2018, in Chicago. The newspaper's parent company …

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

LadBible to buy a substantial part of Unilad's £10M debt as part of administration, prompting allegations that rival site is driving Unilad out of business — LadBible's purchase of Unilad's debt prompts accusations rival is driving Unilad out of business

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Sarah Marsh / The Guardian:

Retailer Topshop abruptly canceled a partnership with Penguin featuring a collection of feminist writing; Topshop apologized and donated £25K to charity Girl Up — Store apologises and makes donation to charity after removal of pop-up promotion — Topshop abruptly cancelled …

Discussion: @hwallop, The Independent, BBC, Daily Mail, Telegraph, @tkingdot, @magic_kitten, @schooltruth and @olivershah

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Guardian Weekly to relaunch as glossy news magazine, will have higher cover price and greater focus on design; GW has a circulation of about 42,000 worldwide — New-look publication will have slightly increased cover price and greater focus on design — The Guardian is to relaunch …

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Sahil Patel / Digiday:

A year after introducing a native video player, Reddit says the player has surpassed 1B views per month, with over 50% of all video views served by it — The first billion is the hardest. A year after introducing a native video player and giving its users the ability to record and post …

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

CBS sets new December 14 deadline to reveal recipients of $20M pledge, announced when Moonves stepped down, to groups that advocate for workplace equality — When CBS announced last month that longtime Chief Executive Leslie Moonves had stepped down amid a sexual harassment scandal …

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter and The Seattle Times

Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed:

Carole Cadwalladr threatened Channel 4 with an injunction to make its reporters and editors hand over sources and transcripts linked to Cambridge Analytica — Carole Cadwalladr hired lawyers to threaten action against her broadcast partner and fell out with the New York Times and BBC in rows over access to sources.

Discussion: @carolecadwalla and @buzzfeedben

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