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5:15 PM ET, November 26, 2015

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Jeremy Borden / Columbia Journalism Review:
How a little-known, Uber-driving freelancer brought the lawsuit that forced Chicago to release a police shooting video  —  It was the moment Brandon Smith and legions of media had been waiting for: the city of Chicago's release of a damning video that showed a white police officer shooting …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
New York Times staff writer Sarah Nir offers to cover the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year to celebrate life on the anniversary of a near-fatal attack  —  For The New York Times' Sarah Maslin Nir, covering the Macy's Parade is a life-affirming tradition
Discussion: @sarahmaslinnir
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC Trust confirms BBC3 TV channel will be switched off and moved online by end of February 2016  —  BBC3 TV channel to be switched off by February, BBC Trust confirms  —  Corporation's governing body rubber-stamps decision to move youth-oriented channel online, but calls for more youth programming on BBC1 and BBC2
Alex Weprin / Politico:
CNN pivots HLN back toward news  —  CNN is pivoting its sister channel HLN back toward news, abandoning the social media focus it had been pursuing in recent years.  HLN's chief executive, Albie Hecht, will depart the channel, and CNN executive VP (and former HLN chief) Ken Jautz will step in on an interim basis.
Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land:
Google received 15.7M copyright related URL takedown requests over one week in November, almost double from 8.2M last year  —  Google Received More Than 65 Million URL Takedown Requests In The Past Month  —  The number of URL copyright removal requests sent to Google continues to climb at a rapid rate.
Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Google announces ad partner support for Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, launching early next year  —  Google Announces New Advertising Support For AMP Pages  —  Fast-loading pages may also mean fast-loading ads, with advertising platform support for AMP that's been announced.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Emails to and from State Department aide Philippe Reines show negotiations by Politico's Mike Allen for access to Chelsea Clinton and more  —  Emails Show Politico's Mike Allen Promised Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton  —  Few journalists are more thoroughly connected to Washington's power elite …
James Estrin / New York Times:
World Press Photo Introduces New Ethics Guidelines for Contest  —  The World Press Photo Foundation on Wednesday announced major changes to its photo contest for 2016, including a code of ethics for entrants and detailed guidelines regarding digital manipulation of images.
Discussion: World Press Photo
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department investigating whether Comcast's business practices in the “spot” cable ad market violates federal antitrust law  —  Justice Department Probing Comcast's Role in ‘Spot’ Cable Ad Sales Market  —  DOJ investigating whether Comcast hinders competition in cable ad sales
 
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Austin Siegemund-Broka / Hollywood Reporter:
MPAA Wins $10.5 Million and Injunction in MovieTube Lawsuit
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
Dolan named executive editor at The Washington Times
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YouTube Kids Faces Further FTC Complaints Related To Junk Food Ads Targeting Young Children
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Bruce Livesey / National Observer:
Postmedia, with nearly 200 Canadian newspapers, faces a declining editorial reputation as it pays off $646M in long-term debt, primarily to two US hedge funds
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Jung & Naiv, an interview show born and popularized on YouTube, gets another shot at television
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Jeff Bezos says The Washington Post's goal is to become the “new paper of record”
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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