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5:15 PM ET, November 19, 2014

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Michael Wolff / USA Today:
BuzzFeed misled by suggesting everyone present at Uber dinner heard Emil Michael's remarks  —  Behind the scenes at Uber/BuzzFeed fracas  —  Uber is at the forefront of a vast reordering of ground transportation and how we use cars.  It is also in the middle of many publicity storms.
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BuzzFeed:
Uber investigating its New York general manager, Josh Mohrer, for tracking BuzzFeed journalist's location without her consent  —  Uber Is Investigating Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations  —  Uber said Tuesday that it is investigating its top New York executive for tracking …
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
Scribner's Magazine to Be Reincarnated as Literary Website  —  Scribner's Magazine, a literary journal that rivaled Harper's Monthly and the Atlantic Monthly from 1887 until 1939, is being reincarnated as a new literary website launching Wednesday.  —  The new project is called Scribner Magazine.
Discussion: GalleyCat and @sarahw
Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen to Measure Netflix Viewing  —  Effort Is Meant to Help Content Owners Gauge Impact of Licensing Shows  —  Even as Netflix Inc. and other streaming-video providers have expanded to reach 40% of American homes, they have largely remained black boxes.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Beats Music to Be Bundled Into iOS Early Next Year, Will Remain Paid Subscription Service  —  As part of Apple's revamp of its recently acquired Beats Music streaming service, the company plans to bundle Beats directly into iOS, reports Financial Times.
Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Former Huffington Post M.E. Jimmy Soni lands gig at New York Observer  —  Jimmy Soni's departure several months ago from The Huffington Post, after having risen quickly through the ranks there from serving as Arianna Huffington's chief of staff to becoming the site's powerful …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Amanda Meade / Guardian:
ABC and SBS funding to be cut by $308m over five years  —  Malcolm Turnbull says the Coalition's budget cuts to the public broadcasters should not affect what Australians see and hear  —  The budgets of the ABC and the SBS will lose almost $308m over five years, but it should not affect …
Discussion: Malcolm Turnbull MP
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The Age:
ABC cuts: Malcolm Turnbull announces budget reduction of $250 million
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
Reuters To Cut Jobs Despite Budget Increase  —  The news agency's budget will go up 1%, but that's not enough to prevent some job losses.  —  ThomsonReutersLegal/flickr / Via flic.kr  —  More layoffs are coming to Reuters, editor in chief Steve Adler said in a memo to staff today.
Discussion: Talking Biz News and @s_m_i
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBC Pulls Bill Cosby Comedy Project Amid Rape Allegations  —  NBC has dropped its Bill Cosby comedy project as the scandal of rape allegations leveled at the comedian by multiple women made it untenable for the network to keep it in development, according to multiple sources.
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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Netflix postpones launch of Cosby comedy special
Kim Willsher / Guardian:
French journalism school executive accused of plagiarism  —  Agnès Chauveau suspended as executive director at prestigious Sciences Po school after alleged use of other journalists' work  —  The executive director of a prestigious Paris journalism school has been suspended after being accused of plagiarism.
Discussion: Poynter
Dara Lind / Vox:
An interview with founder Neil Barsky and editor Bill Keller of The Marshall Project on the state of criminal justice journalism  —  Why Bill Keller left the New York Times to put a spotlight on criminal justice  —  This week marks the launch of the Marshall Project, a nonprofit journalism …
Alexandra Bruell / AdAge:
Condé Nast Agrees to GroupM's Tougher Ad Viewability Standards  —  Condé Nast, the publisher of brands such as Vogue and Style.com, has agreed to GroupM's demand to pay only for online ads that are entirely viewable by consumers, a tougher standard than the industry has been pushing.
Discussion: MediaPost
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China says controls on Internet needed to maintain stability  —  Chinese officials called on Wednesday for controls on the Internet to preserve stability, saying its model for cyberspace regulation can be the framework for spawning commercial successes like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd .
John McDuling / Quartz:
Australian expansion of Netflix exposes arbitrary quirks of international content licensing  —  The problem with Netflix's overseas expansion  —  Netflix's relentless march to world domination continues.  The US-based streaming service finally confirmed plans overnight to launch in Australia and New Zealand next March.
 
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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Xiaomi And Shunwei Capital Make $300M Strategic Investment In iQiyi, One Of China's Largest Online Video Platforms
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom appoints director Steve Unger as interim chief executive
Discussion: Press Association
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China's internet TV sites in $1 billion battle for foreign shows
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Johnston Press, Newsquest, and Local World to launch 1XL digital ad platform to better compete with tech companies like Google, Facebook
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In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle
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Caysey Welton / Folio:
Meredith Increases Its Bet On Wedding Media
Discussion: Radio & Television … and WWD