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1:20 PM ET, November 30, 2015

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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Tribune Publishing Disputes Rupert Murdoch's Claim It's Selling Company and LA Times  —  Tribune Publishing disputed Rupert Murdoch's claim on Monday that it's in negotiations to sell the company.  —  An email to staff addressed reports that Tribune Publish would be bought by a Wall Street firm …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Former Hulu Boss Andy Forssell Resurfaces as Fullscreen COO  —  Fullscreen has tapped former Hulu acting CEO Andy Forssell as its COO.  —  Forssell joins to help oversee rapid expansion for the company, which has evolved beyond its multichannel network roots to multiple new lines …
Omar Mohammed / Quartz:
M-Paper distributes print editions of 46 newspapers to Tanzanian Android phones, offering free front pages, and individual or subscription purchases  —  This app is changing the way Tanzania reads the news  —  Tanzanians, like other Africans on the continent, are doing almost everything via …
Discussion: @raju, @dibussi and @sunnysunwords
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with America's Test Kitchen's David Nussbaum on paywalls, social media, and videos  —  America's Test Kitchen, “the Consumer Reports of cooking,” wants to grow to new platforms  —  Many home cooks, when they think of Cook's Illustrated, think of the bow-tied, bespectacled Christopher Kimball …
Michael Depp / NetNewsCheck Latest:
Dallas Morning News Will Take Third Try At Paywall In '16  —  Dallas Morning News Publisher Jim Moroney III says the paper isn't done trying to make a digital subscription model work, but the industry needs to look hard for revenue solutions beyond digital subscribers and advertisements to offset ongoing print declines.
Katherine Cowdrey / The Bookseller:
Pearson completes sale of FT Group to Nikkei Inc for £844m in cash  —  Pearson completes FT sale  —  Pearson has today (30th November) completed the sale of FT Group to Nikkei Inc for £844m in cash.  —  The deal, first announced in July after Nikkei outbid German rival Axel Springer …
Discussion: About us and FT Alphaville
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Now that The Sun's paywall is down, News UK is rethinking how it works with advertisers  —  The Sun may be one of the country's most well known media brands but News UK admits it hasn't monetised this popularity as well it could have done, with its paywall coming down today (30 November) …
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
After phone hacking scandal, UK tabloids dropped dubious reporting practices, now favor celebrity interviews, gossip, promoting owners' political agenda  —  Murdoch's British Tabloids Clean Up Their Acts  —  LONDON — A July article on a front page of The Sun on Sunday tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was a classic of its kind.
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Analysts: it's not too late for Pandora to compete strongly with Spotify, YouTube, and Apple for on-demand paid streaming customers  —  Pandora's Rdio Acquisition Sets Stage for Epic Streaming Music Battle  —  The details behind Pandora's recently announced purchase of digital music service Rdio sound …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
‘MY BAD!’  Mike Allen issues mea culpa for proposed softball interview with Chelsea Clinton  —  Mike Allen, POLITICO's chief White House correspondent, this morning issued an apology for floating the possibility of a “no surprises” interview with Chelsea Clinton in 2013 during an email exchange with Clinton confidant Philippe Reines.
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and FishbowlDC
Washington Post:
South Africa's student protests saw hashtags and social media eclipse mainstream media like #BlackLivesMatter did in the US  —  The day mainstream media became old in South Africa  —  The date Oct. 21, 2015, will be remembered as the day mainstream media became old in South Africa.
Discussion: @francoislct
 
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