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2:20 PM ET, December 3, 2014

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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  —  Laura Poitras on Snowden's Unrevealed Secrets  —  Filmmaker and journalist Laura Poitras, who first made contact with Snowden and captured his journey in the Oscar-worthy documentary Citizenfour, opens up about Obama and the NSA.
Discussion: @glinner and @glynmoody
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 …
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 …
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Kevin Roose / Fusion:
More from the Sony Pictures hack: budgets, layoffs, HR scripts, and 3,800 social security numbers
Chris Ip / Columbia Journalism Review:
New narrative journalism startups, like Latterly Magazine, launch as quickly as others fail in a crowded marketplace  —  New narrative journalism startups, like Latterly Magazine, launch as quickly as others fail in a crowded marketplace  —  Jill Abramson and Steven Brill's upcoming longform outfit …
Discussion: Medium and @sulliview
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 …
Discussion: @demandrichard and @gsrubenstein
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
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 …
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 …
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
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Twitter tries to stem its abuse problem with new reporting tools  —  For some time, Twitter has been criticized for having an abuse and harassment reporting process that many victims say is too cumbersome and time-consuming to be useful.  On Tuesday, the company announced that it is rolling out a new …
Jean Lee / The Daily Californian:
Regents approve $7,500 supplementary fee for UC Berkeley journalism school  —  At their Nov. 20 meeting, the UC Board of Regents approved the implementation of an annual supplemental fee of $7,500 on top of the current UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism basic tuition.
 
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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
Bill Mickey / Folio:
I-5 Publishing Launches Dogster and Catster in Print
Discussion: @harrymccracken
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC commmissioner Ajit Pai accuses Netflix of creating its own proprietary fast lanes on ISP networks
D.B. Hebbard / Talking New Media:
Private equity firm KKR invests $50 million in Next Issue Media
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Peter Sterne / Capital New York:
Gawker restructures editorial leadership, removing editorial director Joel Johnson, who remains at the company
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
After Getting to $100 Million, BuzzFeed Ad Sales Boss Andy Wiedlin Heads for the Door
Discussion: @pkafka and @sfiegerman
Roger Parloff / Fortune:
Eddy Cue interviewed on Apple's ebook price-fixing case, says “we have to fight for the truth”