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10:40 AM ET, December 4, 2014

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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Dish, Writers Guild, Glenn Beck's TheBlaze, consumer groups, and more launch Stop Mega Comcast coalition to fight $45B TWC merger  —  Coalition Opposes Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger  —  A group of companies, public interest groups and labor unions have joined forces to urge regulators …
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Newly Released FCC Documents Show Just How Frustrated Comcast Is With Netflix  —  Giant cable merger under fire  —  Comcast is tired of Netflix, that's for sure.  The cable giant had to answer a number of difficult questions from the Federal Communications Commission last week …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft sells its 17.6% stake in Nook back to Barnes & Noble for $62M and 2.7M shares  —  Microsoft sells its stake in Nook back to Barnes & Noble  —  Microsoft and Barnes & Noble unveiled a “strategic partnership” back in April 2012 which involved the software maker investing $300 million …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Saavn Partners With Twitter To Bring Tweet-Powered Radio To Its Streaming Service  —  India-focused music service Saavn is upping its social game after it partnered with Twitter to introduce a tweet-powered radio station for its users.  —  The company serves up “millions” …
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.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Top Bloomberg Pursuits editors leave abruptly amid shakeup  —  The two top editors at Bloomberg Pursuits, the luxury personal finance magazine from Bloomberg LP, left the company on Wednesday.  —  Ted Moncrieff, the editor of Bloomberg Pursuits, had joined the magazine in December 2012.
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ABC News:
Al Qaeda Group Threatens American Hostage Luke Somers in New Video … Al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate Wednesday night showed an American hostage on camera for the first time, who officials say was the objective of a U.S. rescue attempt last week, threatening to kill him in three days if President Obama doesn't “meet our demands.”
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Sky to sell 80% stake in its betting unit Sky Bet to CVC Capital for up to $1.13B  —  Sky to Sell Controlling Stake in Betting Unit for Up to $1.13 Billion  —  The deal with private equity group CVC values Sky Bet at $1.3 billion  —  European pay TV giant Sky has agreed to sell …
Human Rights Watch:
Iran extends Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's pretrial detention for two more months  —  Iran: Journalist's Detention Extended  —  Washington Post Reporter Held 4 Months, but Not Charged  —  (Beirut) - Iran's judiciary has extended Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian's pretrial detention for another two months.
Courtney Sherwood / Reuters:
U.S. broadcaster intends to test newsgathering drones in Oregon  —  (Reuters) - A U.S. media company said on Wednesday it wants to be among the first broadcasters to launch news-gathering drones once the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues new policies governing the unmanned remote-control aircraft …
New York Times:
Investigation continues into Sony hack, company claims news of North Korea being singled out as culprit is “not accurate”  —  Sony Pictures and F.B.I. Investigating Attack by Hackers  —  LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment and the F.B.I. on Wednesday were hunting …
Gustavo Arellano / Navel Gazing:
Layoffs at Freedom's OC Register, Riverside Press-Enterprise, affecting 100, mostly in sales  —  100 Layoffs Happening at OC Register, Riverside P-E TODAY: UPDATE  —  1ST UPDATE, 11:40 A.M.: Here's a note from new Orange County Register publisher Rich Mirman explaining the layoffs to his crew.
 
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