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12:45 PM ET, December 6, 2014

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New York Times:
Luke Somers, American Hostage, Is Killed During Rescue Attempt in Yemen, U.S. Official Says  —  SANA, Yemen — An American journalist held for more than a year by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen was killed during a rescue attempt by United States commandos late Friday, a senior United States official said.
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’
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS, Dish Reach Carriage Deal After Brief Blackout  —  CBS and Dish Network on Saturday morning said they reached a multiyear pact for carriage of CBS-owned stations across the U.S. as well as the Eye's cable networks, coming after CBS pulled its signals Friday night from the satcaster.
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 …
Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:
Evernote users compare news links from Context feature to ads and worry about privacy of notes  —  Algorithm fatigue: What Evernote's news-recommending product can tell us about privacy  —  e all remember Clippy, right?  He of the friendly, persistent “It looks like you're writing a letter.
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
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed:
Russia threatens to ban BuzzFeed after the site posted news about deadly gunfight in Chechnya  —  Russia Threatens To Ban BuzzFeed  —  BuzzFeed has received a warning over a post on this week's attack in the capital of Chechnya.  —  Russia has warned BuzzFeed that it will ban access …
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 …
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 …
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
French Court Orders Internet Providers to Block Access to The Pirate Bay  —  A French anti-piracy group, backed by the music majors, pushed for the file-sharing site to be banned online  —  France has become the latest country to block The Pirate Bay.  —  A court in Paris has ordered …
Discussion: TorrentFreak
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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