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5:25 PM ET, December 29, 2014

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Annys Shin / Washington Post:
Homicide Watch D.C. will shut down Wednesday after failing to find a local partner or owner  —  The death of Homicide Watch D.C.: Bloggers take their last case  —  Homicide Watch D.C., a much-praised combination of true crime blog, case log, document dump and victim memorial …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Starts Streaming “The Interview”, Too  —  It took Apple a few days, but it's joining the club: Starting today, iTunes users in the U.S. and Canada and rent and purchase “The Interview”, Sony's controversial comedy.  —  The movie became available at Apple's store at 1pm eastern today.
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Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How Emerson Spartz builds viral sites that grab Facebook traffic using headline testing and other people's memes  —  The Virologist  —  How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast Tries to Emulate YouTube With Web Series “73 Questions”  —  2014 has been the year of many things, including the Year That Traditional Media and Advertising Found Out There Are YouTube Stars.  —  Meanwhile, it's also been the year that everybody in traditional media …
Aida Cerkez / Associated Press:
On court order, police raid Bosnian news portal  —  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Police raided the offices of a news portal Monday searching for clues about how journalists had obtained a recording of a phone conversation that said the governing Bosnian Serb party allegedly bribed …
Discussion: @marcelvdsteen, OSCE and InSerbia News
Rona Kobell / Columbia Journalism Review:
One reporter explains how she got burned by a lying source and how she checks facts now  —  Guess what?  People lie to reporters  —  Like Jessica Pressler, I got burned once.  Here's what I did about it.  —  Fourteen years ago, a man lied to me.  I was a business reporter at The Baltimore Sun.
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Comcast-TWC merger looks less likely amid growing opposition, concern over state of US broadband  —  As Comcast merger enters final phase, deal may be on thin ice  —  When telecom giant Comcast announced plans in February to swallow its largest rival, Time Warner Cable …
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Court allows Aereo to auction TV streaming technology assets  —  A bankruptcy court has allowed defunct video streaming company Aereo Inc to auction its TV streaming technology assets, according to court papers published on Friday.  —  The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan ruled on Wednesday …
Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Buzzfeed gets $4 M. tax credit to expand (and stay) in New York  —  New York's chief economic development agency has entered an agreement with Buzzfeed that gives the company $4 million in tax credits to promote the creation and retention of in-state jobs, the agency said in a statement today.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
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Michelle Moghtader / Reuters:
Iran to expand Internet “smart filtering” to censor content without banning entire websites
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Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
NFL to post game highlights and other video clips on Facebook with Verizon Wireless ads, share ad revenues with Facebook
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: EU regulators are planning to fine Apple under the DMA, after it failed to let developers steer users to cheaper deals and offers outside the App Store

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
The Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of its employees and tells staff in an email that it is eliminating its advocacy and global programs divisions

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Interpol says a global operation has taken down over 22,000 malicious IP addresses or servers linked to cyber threats and led to the arrest of 41 individuals

 
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