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US Justice Department and FBI investigating whether fantasty sports sites should continue operating under “games of skill” exemption — FBI, Justice Department Investigating Daily Fantasy Sports Business Model — FBI agents have been contacting customers of DraftKings to ask them about their experiences
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Kevin Draper / Deadspin:
Nevada rules daily fantasy is gambling, orders sites like DraftKings and FanDuel to obtain licenses from gaming commission or shut down — Nevada Regulators Rule Daily Fantasy Is Gambling, Order Sites To Shut Down In State — The Nevada Gaming Control Board offered perhaps …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Wayne Simmons, recurring Fox News guest, charged with lying about CIA ties — Wayne Simmons, a recurring guest on Fox News who claimed to have 27 years of experience with the CIA, was arrested Thursday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he lied about his service.
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IAB launches program to address ad blocking with light, encrypted, ad choice supported, and non-invasive ads — Getting LEAN with Digital Ad UX — We messed up. As technologists, tasked with delivering content and services to users, we lost track of the user experience.
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Alex Spence / Politico:
Sources: Guardian prepares for editorial cuts after advertising sales slow — Guardian braces for cutbacks after ‘difficult’ year — An era of lavish spending is over, says a newspaper insider. “We have to be realistic.” — LONDON — The Guardian is preparing for steep editorial cuts after a slowdown in advertising sales.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
New season prime time ratings drop 9% from last year, including DVR and streaming audiences — Prime-Time TV Audiences Fall Despite Delayed Viewing Bump — Average ratings for broadcast networks decline year-over-year — The broadcast networks have been busy boasting about how when delayed viewing …
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Madeline Berg / Forbes:
Top 13 YouTube stars earned $54.5M collectively according to Forbes “World's higest-paid YouTube Stars 2015”, with PewDiePie topping the list at $12M — The World's Highest-Paid YouTube Stars 2015 — Ask just about any stranger on the street who Felix Kjellberg is and you'll likely get a blank stare.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Truth review: story of botched 60 Minutes report that cost Dan Rather his job portrays him as hero, and makes journalistic errors appear as acts of martyrdom — How the Dan Rather Movie ‘Truth’ Lies About Good Journalism — Dan Rather and his producer are portrayed as heroes by Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett.
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Justin Ellis / Nieman Lab:
New York Times updates 4th Down Twitter bot with “live calls”, uses new statistical model, and puts the prediction code on GitHub — Faster, stronger, and with better kickers: The New York Times' 4th Down Bot gets an upgrade — The Vikings were losing, again.
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@noahchestnut and @niemanlab
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
Washington Times reaches profitability after 33 years, $1 billion in losses — Some said it could never be done. Ever. But it's done. The Washington Times announced Wednesday it achieved in September the first profitable month in its 33-year history, successfully transforming …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Daisuke Furuta named founding editor of BuzzFeed Japan — Daisuke Furuta, previously a member of the digital editions team at The Asahi Shimbun, has been named founding editor at BuzzFeed Japan. — BuzzFeed on Thursday night announced the head editor for the company's Japan edition …
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TechCrunch, @masurakusuo and BuzzFeed
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
NBC Sports to launch new Digital Shorts initiative focused on short-form original content for digital platforms — ‘Culture change’: NBC Sports starts taking original digital video seriously — NBC Sports has mostly treated online as a way to distribute and promote TV content, steering clear of original digital video content.
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