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5:20 PM ET, November 23, 2015

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Snapchat's Story Explorer lets you view event-related Snaps from other users, available for New York and Los Angeles Live Stories today  —  Snapchat Taps User-Generated Content to Expand On Stories, Ramp Up Video Views  —  Snapchat just made it easier for users to find clips their peers shot …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The Google-backed First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content  —  Some news startups, like Eyewitness Media Hub and Storyful, are built around social media and user-generated content, with reporters trained in verifying and reporting from it.
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Vox.com added to Snapchat Discover lineup, launching November 23  —  Vox.com is Snapchat's newest Discover publisher  —  Snapchat is adding another publisher to its Discover feature with Vox.com set to come aboard Nov. 23.  It's not the first news publisher to get a channel on the messaging app …
Discussion: @digiday, FishbowlNY and Vox
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
The Wrap announces three hires: Tim Molloy as deputy managing editor, Andrew Curry as director of audience development, Joan Solsman as business and tech editor  —  TheWrap Welcomes New Hires Tim Molloy, Andrew Curry, Joan Solsman  —  TheWrap is pleased to announce the addition to its staff …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Alex MacCallum named head of video at The New York Times  —  Alex MacCallum, who heads up audience development for The New York Times, will add the company's video unit to her portfolio of responsibilities, according to a memo from Executive Editor Dean Baquet and New York Times CEO Mark Thompson.
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Gawker's new focus on politics simply allows it to shift to different targets  —  Gawker is still Gawker  —  Gawker, the multimillion dollar gossip and bile website, reined in the worst of its antisocial behavior this summer after a widespread backlash over the particularly sadistic pummeling …
Discussion: @jyarow
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
The Christian Science Monitor built a separate site just for coverage of the Paris climate talks  —  Paris is currently in the global limelight because of the terrorist attacks last Friday, but at the end of the month delegates from around the world will converge there for the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN, Fox, other TV networks met to discuss how to respond to Donald Trump's attempts to restrict press at events, including blacklisting reporters  —  TV networks hold conference call to discuss Trump treatment  —  Executives from several television networks held a conference call on Monday …
Erik Kain / Forbes:
Why Kotaku Was Right To Go Public When They Were Blacklisted By Two Major Video Game Publishers  —  The big story in games journalism and the video game industry right now is Fallout 4.  But right on its heels we have a post by Kotaku's editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo that's generating …
Bloomberg Business:
Alibaba's Jack Ma Said to Be in Discussions to Buy SCMP Stake  —  If completed, Ma would follow Bezos in buying storied masthead  —  Hong Kong-based SCMP was once world's most profitable paper  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s founder Jack Ma is in talks to buy a stake in the publisher …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Axel Springer sues developers of ad-blocker Blockr, attempting to stop its development, distribution
Alex Hern / Guardian:
YouTube plans to defend film-makers against copyright claims
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