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9:45 PM ET, December 25, 2014

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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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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

Netflix in Talks to Stream ‘The Interview’ as Starz Releases Pay TV Rights (EXCLUSIVE) — YouTube, Google Play and Xbox will also offer the Sony comedy — Netflix is in talks with Sony Pictures to make “The Interview” available for streaming by its subscribers.

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

Discussion: The Official Google Blog, CNNMoney.com, Gawker, Vox, Forbes, Re/code, @neil_mcneil, Wall Street Journal, Just Jared, Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Lab:

What does it mean to run “product” in a news organization? Hayley Nelson's big challenge at Wired — f there's a news outlet you would expect to be ahead of the curve in digital media, it might be Wired. The San Francisco-based magazine of technology has been at it longer than just about anyone …

Discussion: @ceodonovan

Regina Ruiz / KOAT.com:

The Albuquerque Journal website taken down for several hours to investigate ISIS propaganda post; no data compromised says the newspaper — Albuquerque Journal, on ISIS headline: There was no data breach — Newspaper site goes down after ‘Cyber Jihad’ — A radical group's Christmas …

Discussion: KRWG, Gawker, The Santa Fe New Mexican, bizjournals, KRQE-TV, The Inquisitr News and Mediaite

Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki encourages experimenting with professional content and new business models, like subscription-based Music Key, to grow revenues — YouTube's Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button — This fall, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive of YouTube, appeared on a panel …

Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:

New York Times Insider: Multi-Million Dollar Shortfall Causing Drastic Cuts — The New York Times building. (Photo by Arman Dzidzovic/ New York Observer) — Yesterday, New York Times readers were treated to a beautifully nuanced and balanced and richly detailed feature about a topic very much in the mix.

Discussion: @danmunns and Capital New York

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

MPAA Secretly Settled With Hotfile for $4 Million, Not $80 Million — It's been nearly a year since Hotfile was defeated by the MPAA, resulting in a hefty $80 million dollar settlement. — While the public agreement left room for the file-hosting service to continue its operations …

Discussion: Techdirt

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 …

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 …

Discussion: NK News, Foreign Policy and Mediaite

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.

Discussion: @thebookseller and LJ INFOdocket

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.

Discussion: @rafat, @rafat, @mikeisaac, @jallenj, @cwarzel and @mccarthyryanj

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.”

Discussion: @jodyavirgan, @visionnehemiah, @theyesmen, The Huffington Post, @ggreeneva, Media Nation and WBFF-TV

Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Fox Affiliate Edits Protest Chant to Sound Like ‘Kill a Cop’

Discussion: Raw Story, Variety, @becketadams, @drewunga and FTVLive

Diana Mehta / Canadian Press:

Imprisoned Al Jazeera journalist warned network of potential trouble with Egyptian government — Fahmy warned Al Jazeera that tactics could come back to ‘bite’ them — An Egyptian-Canadian journalist who has spent the last year in a Cairo prison sounded the alarm about his network's approach …

Discussion: TVNewser

Peter Greste / Sydney Morning Herald: Peter Greste sends greetings from a cell in Cairo

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