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7:10 PM ET, December 2, 2015

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: potential bidders for a Yahoo sale include Verizon, IAC/InterActive, with News Corp and Time Inc. likely interested in pieces of Yahoo  —  Bidders Emerge for Yahoo's Internet Business  —  Potential buyers range from media and telecom giants to private-equity firms
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Shareholder who controls about 10% of Viacom asks CEO Philippe Dauman for more disclosure about Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone's health and competency  —  Mario Gabelli Wants More Disclosures on Sumner Redstone's Health  —  Billionaire money manager's Gamco Investors owns about 10% of Viacom voting shares
Discussion: Reuters, The Wrap and USA Today
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Advertising holding company Publicis Groupe overhauls company structure and top management  —  Publicis Groupe Shuffles Management  —  Advertising holding company looks to coordinate its myriad agencies and rejuvenate business  —  PARIS— Publicis Groupe SA is overhauling its structure …
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Q&A with new Tidal CEO, former SoundCloud exec Jeff Toig, the startup's third CEO in under a year  —  Jay Z's Tidal Gets New CEO: Former SoundCloud Exec Takes the Streaming Reins  —  EMAIL ME  —  The former Muve Music and Soundcloud executive should be a steadying influence as Tidal's third CEO in less than a year.
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Prince Charles requires outlets sign 15-page contract before interviews demanding preapproved questions and editorial oversight, may breach Ofcom rules  —  The 15-page contract that reveals how Charles tries to control the media  —  Prince Charles is demanding “North Korean-style” …
Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Cameron Barr named a managing editor at The Washington Post  —  Martin Baron, executive editor, made the following announcement today:  —  I am pleased to announce that Cameron Barr will become managing editor overseeing news and features.  —  All of you know Cameron as a driven, focused, and super-smart journalist.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
App Annie: Spotify top-ranked music streaming app worldwide in Q3 2015, Pandora retains lead in US on iPhone and Android  —  Spotify Claims Streaming Music Throne Worldwide, But Pandora Is Still Top Service In U.S.  —  Spotify is the world's top streaming music service in terms of active users …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Network veteran, Nick News chief Linda Ellerbee retiring  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Linda Ellerbee, a veteran newswoman who wrote an irreverent best-seller about her time on television and built a second career at Nickelodeon explaining tough stories to youngsters, says that she's signing off the air for good.
Alex Spence / Politico:
New funding of £85M/year for the BBC's World Service boosts ability to compete in “global information war” against Russia, China, Iran, and more  —  BBC World Service set for fightback in ‘information war’  —  David Cameron and the public broadcaster agree on one thing: the importance of the international station.
FBI:
FBI opens beta test of eFOIA, offering online FOIA requests on dedicated website, requests limited to one per day  —  Try New eFOIA System  —  The FBI recently began open beta testing of eFOIA, a system that puts Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests into a medium more familiar to an ever-increasing segment of the population.
Discussion: FedScoop
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
CNN to enter learning market with online English language service  —  Broadcaster aiming at international market seeking to learn ‘business-level’ English  —  CNN is to enter the learning market with the launch of an international online English language learning service.
Discussion: @cnnpruk
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google finishes porting Songza's features to Google Play Music and will shut down Songza on January 31  —  Google will shut down Songza on January 31, 2016  —  Google today announced the Songza website and app will be killed off on January 31, 2016.  The Google Play Music team …
Jeff Stone / International Business Times:
Chinese Hackers Used Dropbox To Monitor Hong Kong Activists, Journalists: FireEye  —  Chinese hackers used malicious software to monitor journalists and activist groups involved in the Hong Kong protests this year, according to new research from the cybersecurity company FireEye.
 
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