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7:20 AM ET, December 4, 2015

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Shafik Mandhai / Al Jazeera English:
A rush to post a suspect's name in the San Bernardino shooting leads to a fake name circulating from unsubstantiated sources  —  California shooting, misinformation and ‘Bin Ardogan’  —  Rumours about the motives of the attackers and misidentifications abound after mass shooting in San Bernardino.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook expanding Live Video to all users starting with small selection of US iOS users  —  Facebook begins testing live video streaming for all users  —  Four months after introducing live video streaming for celebrities and other high-profile users, Facebook is now rolling the feature out to everyone inside its flagship app.
Pew Research Center:
Washington Press Corps now has more reporters from digital and specialized outlets and fewer from local, daily newspapers  —  Today's Washington Press Corps More Digital, Specialized  —  D.C.-based newspaper staff focus on Congress, but wire services account for most of what readers see
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Facebook Partners With 50 Publishers To Launch Instant Articles In Asia  —  Facebook is bringing its Instant Article media format to Asia after more than twenty media from eleven countries in the region — including China, India and Indonesia — went live on the platform.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Washington Post editor Marty Baron on the inundation of metrics, what it means by “new publication of record”, and investigative reporting  —  Newsonomics: Marty Baron shines a new Spotlight on journalism  —  Is Marty Baron Oscar-worthy?
Discussion: Digiday and Politico
Damaris Colhoun / Columbia Journalism Review:
Social media censorship in Bangladesh hints at long-term problems for publishers  —  Two weeks have passed since the government in Bangladesh blocked access to Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, and other social media sites.  In Dhaka, some people have crowded into hotel lobbies to access private networks …
Discussion: @derekjandersen, @natashafatah and @cjr
James Crabtree / Financial Times:
India's rules limiting cross-media ownership prevent foreign diversified media firms from making more broadcast investments  —  Foreign media groups stymied by Indian regulations  —  Attempts by Rupert Murdoch's Star India and other global media groups to capitalise on recent moves opening …
The Authors Guild:
Authors Guild, American Booksellers Association, Barnes & Noble, and others file amicus brief asking Supreme Court to overturn Apple ebook price fixing decision  —  Authors Guild Files Brief Affirming Benefits of Competitive E-book Economy  —  The Authors Guild, the nation's largest …
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Survey: 31% of top media buyers plan Snapchat Super Bowl campaigns for 6% of average budget  —  Get ready to see Snapchat in Super Bowl campaigns  —  This week, media planners, top agencies and brands were asked how they would spread their spending on campaigns around the Super Bowl.
Reuters:
Gannett brings its papers under new USA Today Network banner  —  Dec 3 Gannett Co Inc, the publisher of USA Today, said on Thursday it would bring its local and national publications under the USA Today Network.  —  Gannett was separated from its broadcasting and digital arm, Tegna Inc …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable:
Snapchat positions itself as breaking news platform with San Bernardino coverage  —  Snapchat is not typically a place you'd go to for information about a breaking news story.  But the messaging app ran a story on the San Bernardino mass shooting Wednesday, providing its 100+ million users …
Sindy Nanclares / VentureBeat:
StreamRoot, which helps broadcasters deliver faster video streams, raises $2.1 million  —  Video streaming startup StreamRoot raises $2.1 million  —  New York-based video streaming startup StreamRoot announced today through a public filing that it raised just over $2.1 million for its most recent round.
 
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Epic Magazine hires Wired's Executive Editor Mark Robinson as editor-in-chief and former Wired Managing Editor Blaise Zerega as managing editor and president
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
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Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Coldplay's new album will only premiere on streaming services without free tiers, bypassing Spotify like Adele and Taylor Swift
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Fusion Partners with VR Startup Littlstar to Create Virtual Reality Content
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
New Ofcom rules take into account total turnover when deciding penalties, meaning larger media organizations face bigger fines
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Guardian:
Alan Yentob steps down from BBC senior management role as creative director over Kids Company charity scandal
BBC:
India's The Hindu newspaper not printed Wednesday for the first time since 1878 due to heavy floods in Chennai, making the press inaccessible to workers
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Engadget Unveils Redesign Focused on Technology's Effect on Society
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: YouTube seeks streaming rights for TV shows and movies to support its new subscription service Red
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