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3:15 AM ET, December 6, 2014

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone's disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias  —  On Slate's DoubleX Gabfest podcast last month, reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely explained why she had settled on the University of Virginia as the focus for her investigative story on a horrific 2012 gang rape of a freshman named Jackie …
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Rolling Stone says its trust in source for UVA story ‘was misplaced’  —  Rolling Stone says “there now appear to be discrepancies” in the account of a rape at the center of its blockbuster story about rapes at the University of Virginia.  —  The magazine has “come to the conclusion …
Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:
Why CBS went dark on Dish: it's all about the internet  —  Credit: Suzanne Tucker / Shutterstock.com  —  Credit: Suzanne Tucker / Shutterstock.com  —  After weeks of threats, CBS followed through late Friday afternoon and took its stations off Dish Network.
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Richard Lawler / Engadget:
CBS goes dark on Dish Network in NYC and LA
Discussion: Variety
Dylan Byers / Politico:
New Republic staffers resign en masse  —  The majority of The New Republic's masthead resigned en masse on Friday following the owner's decision to force out the editorial leadership, move the magazine to New York, and rebrand the venerable, century-old publication as a “digital media company.”
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Facebook Prince Purges ‘The New Republic’: Inside the Destruction of a 100-Year-Old Magazine
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Why it's so hard to calculate the cost of the Sony Pictures hack  —  The cyberattack on Sony Pictures went far beyond the typical corporate hack — with attackers allegedly leaking huge amounts of data, including personal information about employees and internal company strategy information.
Discussion: Mashable, Hit & Run and TIME
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Hack Reveals Top-Secret Profitability of 2013 Movies  —  A new document reveals figures for ‘This Is the End,’ ‘Grown Ups 2,’ ‘Captain Phillips’ and ‘American Hustle,’ among others  —  As The Hollywood Reporter continues to sift through a massive trove of Sony Pictures documents leaked …
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Candy Crowley Leaving CNN  —  Candy Crowley, a 27-year CNN veteran, is leaving the network.  TVNewser just obtained an email about the departure from CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker.  “[I]t is with mixed emotions, that I wanted to let you know that Candy has let us know that she has made the decision …
Alan D. Mutter / Reflections of a Newsosaur:
USA Weekend shuts as costs spike and ads tumble  —  USA Weekend, the second-largest Sunday newspaper magazine in the United States, will print its final edition on Dec. 28, succumbing to soaring distribution costs and plunging advertising.  —  The circulation of the Sunday supplement …
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
IAC puts CollegeHumor up for sale amid video deal boom  —  CollegeHumor, an entertainment website owned by IAC IACI 0.81% , is talking to potential acquirers about sale of the business, according to sources familiar with the situation.  IAC, which acquired a majority stake in CollegeHumor eight years ago …
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:
Netflix is testing a “Tweet Me a Reminder” button on Twitter for new episodes  —  It can be hard to remember when new content is streaming online - you don't get assaulted with loud commercials nearly as much as on TV, after all - but it looks like Netflix and Twitter now want to make your life easier by tweeting you reminders.
Discussion: Electronista, VideoInk and The Verge
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Prominent Azerbaijani Journalist Sent To Two-Month Pretrial Detention  —  Azerbaijani reporter Khadija Ismayilova was taken from a Baku courthouse to a pretrial detention center on December 5 as supporters gathered outside the court, chanting her name.  —  BAKU — A court in Baku has ordered …
Allan Kozinn / New York Times:
Rare Dylan Recordings Set for Release in Copyright-Extension Bid  —  Thanksgiving has come and gone, and there's a nip in the air — no question about it, European Copyright Extension season is upon us.  —  Since 2012, when the European Union passed a revised copyright law …
Discussion: @bowiesongs and @sisario
 
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Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
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