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10:50 PM ET, December 18, 2014

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Kent Walker / Google Public Policy Blog:
Google concerned by reports that MPAA is secretly working with studios to resurrect SOPA  —  The MPAA's Attempt to Revive SOPA Through A State Attorney General  —  We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret …
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Alex Kantrowitz / AdAge:
Inside the Business of the Serial Podcast  —  Signing on as “Serial's” first advertiser has turned out nicely for MailChimp.  The podcast, which investigates the 1999 murder of a Baltimore high school student, quickly became a hit.  But as Serial's only launch partner …
Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New friends: The Washington Post and The Texas Tribune enter into a new reporting partnership  —  The Texas Tribune is taking its split with The New York Times pretty well.  —  Two months ago the Times ended its story-sharing agreement with the Austin-based news nonprofit after four years.
Brent Lang / Variety:
Sony Pictures could lose $75M on “The Interview”, which cost $44M to make, $30M to promote  —  Sony Could Lose $75 Million on ‘The Interview’ (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Sony Pictures Entertainment could lose $75 million over the cancellation of its planned Christmas release “The Interview” …
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Dave McNary / Variety:
Sony Has ‘No Further Release Plans’ for ‘The Interview’
David S. Bernstein / Boston Magazine:
Boston.com, split from the Boston Globe editorially, stumbles in its effort to draw traffic while upholding Globe's standards  —  What the Hell Happened to Boston.com?  —  The site's best and worst moments of the year all happened because of a $4 overcharge at a Chinese restaurant.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Danny Zappin's Zealot Networks Buys Majority Stake in YouTube Licensing Firm AudioMicro  —  Zealot Networks, the digital-media studio formed by ex-Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin, has acquired a majority stake in content-licensing company AudioMicro, whose brands include YouTube music-licensing business AdRev.
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Re/code
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:
The Yahoo app gets more personalized with local news and comments on both iOS and Android  —  Yahoo continues its trend of building personalized content in its latest app update for both iOS and Android.  —  Today, Yahoo is tweaking its digital content app to provide local news regardless of where you travel to.
Discussion: Yahoo, App Advice, 9to5Mac and WebProNews
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Mike Wilson, managing editor of FiveThirtyEight, named editor of Dallas Morning News, starting in February  —  Mike Wilson named editor of The Dallas Morning News  —  Mike Wilson, managing editor of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight, will be the next editor of the Dallas Morning News, the paper announced Thursday in a staff memo.
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Vice video producers average $60k/year, and writers $45k, application for tax incentives shows  —  Here Is Vice Media's Salary Breakdown  —  Vice Media, now valued at two and a half billion dollars, made a ton of money this year.  How much do its employees make?  Here is Vice's most detailed information yet.
Erin Madigan White / The Definitive Source:
Associated Press expands coverage of state government and social issues with team of specialists  —  Doubling down on state government coverage  —  Building on The Associated Press' unmatched presence in all 50 U.S. statehouses, we are adding to our competitive advantage by creating a team of state government specialists.
Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
Journalist sues over arrest at protest in Ferguson, Missouri  —  (Reuters) - A Washington-based journalist has sued St. Louis County and one of its police lieutenants, saying his rights were violated when he was arrested while covering protests over the killing of an unarmed black teenager …
Discussion: @alldigitocracy and @runasand
 
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
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Pandora launches its first native game console app — and it's for Xbox One
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Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Visa renewals obscure a mounting hostility toward Western media outlets operating in China
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Graham Cluley:
Technology news site Ars Technica hacked, readers advised to change passwords
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Press Gazette:
Former Sunday Mirror investigations editor Graham Johnson avoids prison after admitting hacking
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Kent Walker / The Keyword:
Google says the DOJ's “wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision”, would hurt US consumers, and jeopardize the US' global tech leadership

Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance:
Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% YoY to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above est.

Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider:
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind researchers debut ML decoder AlphaQubit, which surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors

 
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