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5:00 PM ET, December 3, 2014

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
BuzzFeed expanding San Francisco bureau to 20 staffers, hires Mat Honan from Wired as bureau chief  —  Wired's Mat Honan Hired to Run New Buzzfeed Silicon Valley Bureau  —  Matt Honan, the high-profile Wired writer and editor, has been hired by Buzzfeed to be its new Silicon Valley bureau chief.
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Behind First Look Media's inception, star hires, staff turmoil, and uncertain future  —  Can First Look Media Make Headlines That Aren't About Itself?  —  When a crusading but conflict-averse billionaire bankrolls several of journalism's most prominent mavericks to create …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Q&A with Laura Poitras on privacy, Snowden documents, and startup hurdles at First Look Media
Discussion: @glinner and @glynmoody
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Ann Marie Gardner steps down at Modern Farmer  —  Staff and contractors of Modern Farmer have been informed that founder and editor in chief Ann Marie Gardner has stepped down from the celebrated food-culture magazine she founded in 2013, and which won a National Magazine Award just one year later …
Discussion: @joepompeo
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
NYC public libraries will offer 10,000 portable WiFi hotspots for checkout to eligible patrons  —  New York Public Library will rent Wi-Fi hotspots to people who need it most  —  Sprint Wi-Fi hotspots will be funded partly by a $1 million donation from Google.
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney.com:
As new viewing options gain ground, live television viewership is slipping  —  Americans continue to watch most of their TV shows the old-fashioned way, but new Nielsen data proves that the old-fashioned way is fading.  —  According to a Nielsen trends report released on Wednesday …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Cavaliers owner Gilbert seals deal for Robb Report  —  Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has purchased the Robb Report, ending months of negotiations over the 38-year-old magazine for the ultra rich.  —  The billionaire, who made the deal through his Rockbridge Growth Equity …
Ted Johnson / Variety:
FCC Restarts Clocks on Comcast-TW Cable, AT&T-DirecTV Merger Reviews  —  The FCC has restarted the clock on its review of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger, as well as that of AT&T and DirecTV, establishing new deadlines for comments to be filed on the transactions.
Abigail Edge / Journalism.co.uk:
Ophan: Key metrics informing editorial at the Guardian  —  The outlet's in-house analytics platform, designed to promote the ‘democratisation of data’, recently launched new features including a bigger focus on attention time  —  Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr.  Some rights reserved
Discussion: metamedia
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Vimeo Revamps Its Mobile Website, Adds Features For Logged Out Users  —  Video service Vimeo is out this morning with a faster, revamped mobile website that reduces clutter, improves performance and lets users interact with the service while logged out.  On the updated site …
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
In memo to staff, Sony execs Michael Lynton and Amy Pascal confirm confidential data was stolen  —  Sony's Michael Lynton & Amy Pascal On Hacking: “Malicious Criminal Acts”  —  EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has been largely quiet as it has dealt with a massive pre-Thanksgiving cyberattack …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Demand Founder Raises $20M at a $100M Valuation for Legal TV-Clipping Startup Whipclip  —  Longtime Los Angeles entrepreneur Richard Rosenblatt is launching a startup called Whipclip in private beta today, striking a series of deals with big media companies and attracting a roster of entertainment …
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Verizon's Tech News Website Sugarstring Quietly Dies  —  Verizon's experiment in technology blogging appears to be over.  At the tail end of October news broke that Verizon would be entering the blogging business via a new website dubbed SugarString.  The effort appeared to be Verizon's attempt …
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Live from everywhere: ABC News journalists will stream video to your screen  —  ABC News is giving its journalists the ability to live stream video to viewers, embracing a popular tool among citizen journalists.  —  The project, called GoStream, will allow any of ABC's field journalists …
Discussion: TVNewser, ABC News and Variety
 
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Jean Lee / The Daily Californian:
Regents approve $7,500 supplementary fee for UC Berkeley journalism school
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Federal judge finds ESPN's transmission of Roku serial number to Adobe doesn't violate the Video Privacy Protection Act
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Broadcasters experiment with second screen content for monetizing sports franchise deals
Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable
Bill Mickey / Folio:
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