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7:15 PM ET, September 15, 2020

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump says he will be resuming weekly appearances on Fox and Friends, as he did until 2015, though co-host Steve Doocy says Fox hasn't committed to that  —  New York (CNN Business)President Trump says he is resuming his weekly visits to “Fox & Friends,” the morning show that gave …
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Sources: the Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether John Bolton unlawfully disclosed classified information when he published his memoir  —  Investigators are examining whether the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.
Josh Reyes / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Tribune closes the Daily Press offices in Newport News, VA; filing: Tribune didn't pay rent for April, May, and June for the majority of its facilities  —  Tribune Publishing will close the Daily Press' office in Newport News' City Center, according to an email sent to staff Tuesday morning.
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Apple One bundles launch with discounts on services including Music, TV+, Arcade, iCloud storage, Fitness+, and News+ and tiers between $15 and $30/month  —  The hardware giant leans into its software offerings  —  The long-rumored bundle bringing together Apple Music, Apple TV Plus …
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Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Spotify calls on governments to “act urgently” to restrict “Apple's anti-competitive behavior”; Apple says its bundles simply offer a great value for customers
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
ViacomCBS will rebrand CBS All Access as Paramount+ early next year and expects to expand internationally, starting in Australia, Latin America, and the Nordics  —  Announces 5 New Originals, Plans to Expand Internationally in 2021  —  It's official, CBS All Access is changing its name to Paramount+ next year.
Jay Rosen / The Verge:
Q&A with ex-CSO of Facebook Alex Stamos on why big newsrooms should have threat modeling teams, how media is amplifying disinformation with its coverage, more  —  An interview with Facebook's ex-security chief  —  Editor's note: We're barreling toward the 2020 election with big unresolved problems …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Off-the-record schmoozefests like the one at Susan Page's house for Seema Verma should end, along with the White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  From the perspective of the Washington women involved in “Girls' Night Out,” the social gathering was friendly, professionally helpful, and harmless.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
BBC reports median gender pay gap of 6.2% and a 55:45 gender split in on-air roles; BAME make up 26.8% of on-air contributions but only 9.8% of off-screen ones  —  Director general Tim Davie says he wants “a modern, highly efficient BBC that truly reflects Britain” as the public broadcaster …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:   BBC report 2019/20: £3.52B in licensing fees, down 5% YoY; deficit of £119M; BBC Studios profit grew 14% YoY to £181M; must save extra £125M due to COVID-19
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Fortune launches Fortune Connect, an online learning platform and community for mid-tier and senior executives, priced at $2,500 per person per year  —  There is a finite number of CEOs who can tune into Fortune's CEO Initiative virtual conference.  And there are only 50 leaders …
Discussion: @fortunemagpr
eMarketer:
Disney+ is estimated to reach 72.4M users in 2020 and surpass Hulu's audience by 2024  —  Nearly one-third of OTT viewers watch Disney+ … According to our latest estimates for over-the-top (OTT) video services in the US, Disney+ will have 72.4 million users this year, representing 32.1% of OTT viewers.
 
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Patrick Frater / Variety:
Conviva: steaming video consumption in Asia grew just 2% YoY in Q2, compared to an average of 63% globally; Europe grew 134% YoY and North America grew 57%
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
In a filing, Fox News' Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, and other Fox staffers to be deposed in October in Seth Rich case, over the network's role in debunked reporting
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Helen Stubbs / Gallup:
Survey: 69% of US adults are more concerned about bias in others' news sources than in their own; 56% feel their own sources have at least a fair amount of bias
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Anchor says it is cracking down on copycat podcasters by improving the detection of stolen podcasts, adding new rules around monetizing shows, and more
The Daily Beast:
Washington Post reported as genuine a fake FBI raid on infamous right-wing trickster Jack Burkman's house, staged by Jacob Wohl, before adding a correction
Chris Jaffe / YouTube Blog:
YouTube says it is launching an early beta of YouTube Shorts, a 15-second video feature, in India
 

 
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Scott Stein / CNET:
Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo plan Horizon OS-compatible headsets; Meta plans an Xbox branded Quest

Emilia David / The Verge:
Microsoft launches Phi-3 Mini, a 3.8B-parameter model that competes with GPT-3.5, and plans to release Phi-3 Small and Phi-3 Medium with 7B and 14B parameters

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal:
Source: UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare was compromised on February 12, nine days before the ransomware attack; the company paid a ransom to the hackers

 
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