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3:20 PM ET, December 16, 2014

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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: New York Mag's Boy Genius Investor Made It All Up  —  It's been a tough month for factchecking.  After the Rolling Stone campus rape story unraveled, readers of all publications can be forgiven for questioning the process by which Americans get our news.
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New York Magazine:
An Apology to Our Readers  —  An Apology to Our Readers  —  In the most recent edition of New York, its annual Reasons to Love New York issue, the magazine published a story about a Stuyvesant High School senior named Mohammed Islam, who was rumored to have made $72 million trading stocks.
Jim Romenesko:
Reporter behind NY Mag's high school investor story to join Bloomberg's investigative unit; Bloomberg declines to comment on scandal  —  Is Bloomberg News still hiring Jessica Pressler?  'We're declining to comment'  —  “Is Jessica Pressler still joining Bloomberg News after being snookered …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
NYT layoffs begin today, already exceeds goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated  —  Layoffs begin today at The New York Times  —  Job cuts at the New York Times will exceed the stated goal of 100 newsroom positions eliminated, the Newspaper Guild of New York said yesterday in a memo to union members.
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Jeremy Barr / Capital New York:
Times ‘media pod’ slims down more with Leslie Kaufman exit  —  Digital media reporter Leslie Kaufman's time at The New York Times has come to an end.  —  “Farewell to my beloved Times,” Kaufman wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.  “It was a great run.  Peace and love.”
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
NBC News launches citizen journalism app Stringwire to crowdsource video content  —  Everyone is a Newser with NBC News' Stringwire App  —  In the final season of HBO's “The Newsroom,” the ACN senior staff can't stand the thought of crowed-sourced video taken by anyone who whips out a smart phone at the opportune time to record news.
Nicholas White / Mediashift:
How the Daily Dot Relaunched the Kernel as a Sunday Magazine  —  At the beginning of this year, the Daily Dot acquired the U.K.-based Internet tabloid the Kernel.  What has resulted is an experiment in Internet journalism, and a rebuttal to common conceptions of what you can and can't do online.
Bruce Houghton / hypebot:
Bose Is Building Their Own Streaming Music Service  —  Audio manufacturer Bose is hiring staff and moving “quickly” to build and launch its own “next generation streaming music platform”.  While Bose could integrate their music service within their own audio products, the company still faces very steep competition.
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Warner Music's CEO advocates for paid services as streaming revenue rises 74% in last 12 months while download sales dropped by 12%
Discussion: Billboard
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
After Google News shutdown, external traffic to Spanish media sites plummets, according to Chartbeat  —  External traffic to Spanish news sites plummets after Google move  —  Credit: Flickr / Pavel P  —  Credit: Flickr / Pavel P  —  As expected, Google removed all Spanish publishers …
Kevin M. Gallagher / The Daily Beast:
After over two years in jail, journalist and Anonymous advocate Barrett Brown faces sentencing Tuesday on charges stemming from Stratfor hack  —  Sentencing Looms for Barrett Brown, Advocate for “Anonymous”  —  Barrett Brown could face almost 10 years in prison on criminal hacking charges …
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
Time now accepts Bitcoin for subscription payments  —  Major magazine publisher Time Inc. just announced a partnership with Bitcoin wallet Coinbase that will enable the company to accept Bitcoin payments.  —  As of today's launch, Fortune, Health, This Old House and Travel + Leisure …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Former Politico deputy managing editor Gregg Birnbaum joins New York Daily News as managing editor and head of political content  —  Gregg Birnbaum joins New York Daily News  —  Gregg Birnbaum, who announced yesterday on Twitter he was stepping down as deputy managing editor at POLITICO …
Discussion: FishbowlDC and The Huffington Post
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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