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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Netflix in Talks to Stream ‘The Interview’ (EXCLUSIVE) — YouTube, Google Play and Xbox will also offer the Sony comedy — Netflix is in talks with Sony Pictures to stream “The Interview” to its subscribers. If a deal comes together, the movie would not be available day and date …
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Jordan Raup / The Film Stage:
Sony Releases Official List of Theaters Playing ‘The Interview,’ Now Available on VOD — Watch Jonny Greenwood Perform Tracks From ‘There Will Be Blood’ and ‘The Master’ In 75-Minute Concert — Trailers … Christoph Waltz Discusses the Relevancy of ‘Big Eyes,’ Importance of Genuine Storytelling, and More
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The Official Google Blog, Gawker, CNNMoney.com, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Just Jared and @neil_mcneil
Krishnadev Calamur / NPR:
The Interview now available to rent for $5.99 or purchase for $14.99 through YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video, and SeeTheInterview.com — Sony To Stream ‘The Interview’ On YouTube, Other Sites Starting Tonight — Sony Pictures' The Interview, the comedy that centers on a plot to assassinate …
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The Official Microsoft Blog, Re/code, Deadline, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, The Wrap, Gigaom, ABC News, CNBC, Washington Post, AppleInsider, Inside Movies and GeekWire
Erik Hayden / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony announces The Interview will play in select theaters Christmas day
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Ex-News of the World journalists given go ahead to sue for unfair dismissal — Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup get green light from employment tribunals to take action against News Group Newspapers — Two former News of the World journalists who were jailed for hacking the phones …
Yoani Sánchez / Nieman Reports:
How Cuba's network of independent and citizen journalists keeps the country informed — How Cuba's network of independent and citizen journalists keeps the country informed — Yoani Sanchez, center, labeled on a banner as an anti-Cuba mercenary, speaks in Brazil in 2013
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
2015 predictions: Comcast offloads NBCU, Facebook airs TV shows, Rupert Murdoch “retires” — 8 Hollywood Predictions for 2015 — The beautiful thing about predictions for the new year is that nobody predicts a continuing muddle. And yet confusion and untidiness …
Lisa Campbell / Bookseller News:
Simon & Schuster allows libraries in UK, Australia, and New Zealand to lend full 14K ebook catalog — S&S UK permits library e-lending for all titles — Simon & Schuster UK is to allow libraries to lend its full catalogue of nearly 14,000 e-book titles, effective immediately.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
DirecTV, Disney Ink Multiyear Pact That Includes Internet-Video Rights — The Walt Disney Co. and DirecTV have reached a multiyear distribution deal, which gives the No. 1 satellite TV broadcaster rights to ESPN, ABC and Disney Channel online-video services.
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ESPN MediaZone, @rickklein, Washington Post, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Deadline, Gigaom and Broadcasting & Cable
Nellie Bowles / Re/code:
Mic tailors news topics and format for millennials, aiming at college-educated 25-year-olds — Mic.com, the Most Earnest Millennials in the Room — One thing that has become clear this year is that we, the millennials, like our news in special millennial-friendly packaging.
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@rafat, @cwarzel, @mikeisaac, @mccarthyryanj and @jallenj
Hadas Gold / Politico:
AP denies Pyongyang bureau under North Korean control — The Associated Press is pushing back on a report its bureau in North Korea is nearly completely controlled by the North Korean government. — In a lengthy article for NKNews.org, Nate Thayer, a former AP stringer …
Bloomberg:
Sony explored selling its music publishing division that includes Sony/ATV and EMI, represents works by the Beatles, Michael Jackson, others — Sony Planned to Sell Music-Publishing Unit Owning Beatles — Sony Corp. was considering the sale of its music-publishing business …
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RAIN News, @lucas_shaw, The Verge, The Wrap, New York Times, @chrispalmeri, @pkafka and @peterlauria3
Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
Meet Val Broeksmit, the rock singer Sony is threatening to sue over his hacking tweets — Just when you think nothing else about the Sony hacking episode can surprise you, along comes another bizarre twist. — The latest involves Sony making legal threats against indie singer …
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Boing Boing, Gigaom, Ars Technica, ReadWrite, Inc.com, @declanm, @marciahofmann, @bradmossesq, @_cypherpunks_ and @kashhill
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
WBFF apologizes for misleading edit on videotape of protest chant — WBFF (Fox45) apologized Monday night online and on-air for misleadingly editing and airing a video Sunday of a protest march in Washington to make it seem as if protesters were chanting “kill a cop.”
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@visionnehemiah, The Huffington Post, @theyesmen, WBFF-TV, @ggreeneva and Media Nation
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Fox Affiliate Edits Protest Chant to Sound Like ‘Kill a Cop’
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Raw Story, Variety, @becketadams, @drewunga, FTVLive and Talking Points Memo
Peter Greste / Sydney Morning Herald:
Peter Greste sends greetings from a cell in Cairo — I write to all our friends and supporters from my jail cell in Mazraa Prison, Cairo. — As we approach Christmas and the rather inauspicious anniversary of our arrest on December 29, there is a temptation to become morose over our continued detention.
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