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8:15 PM ET, December 4, 2015

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Brian Ries / Mashable:
Journalists swarm San Bernardino shooters' apartment, some broadcast live; MSNBC later says it regrets showing ID cards and photos  —  Journalists storm San Bernardino shooters' apartment after landlord pries open door  —  A swarm of local and national media entered the apartment …
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New York Times:
Reporters and editors discuss their strategies for covering mass shootings amid familiar storylines  —  The News Media's Grim Playbook on Mass Shootings  —  On Wednesday at 2:28 p.m., the CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin was in a split-screen conversation with a network legal correspondent …
John Herrman / The Awl:
How and why access to public figures has changed, shifting power away from the media, and where to go from here  —  Access Denied  —  Earlier this year a young employee at a celebrity magazine explained to me a problem.  The magazine was doing reasonably well, as was its website.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Univision postpones IPO planned for 2015, board leaves options open for early 2016  —  Univision Postpones IPO  —  Company cites lackluster recent performance of media-company stocks  —  Univision Communications Inc., owner of the country's dominant Spanish-language broadcaster …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Car bomb kills journalist Hindia Haji Mohamed of Radio Mogadishu and Somali National TV  —  Car bomb kills broadcast journalist in Somalia  —  New York, December 3, 2015—A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed today in Mogadishu when a bomb blew up her car, according to news reports.
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Source: Condé Nast in talks to outsource some tasks to Hearst's shared-services division  —  Condé Nast Said To Be in Talks With Hearst for Shared Services  —  Talk about strange bedfellows.  Hearst and Condé Nast may be linking up in the U.S. through Hearst's Magazines Publishing Services, WWD has learned.
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Rdio to lay off 123 by December 31, over 50% of its employees, following Pandora acquisition; Pandora says it has given job offers to around 100 Rdio employees  —  Rdio is laying off more than half of its employees following Pandora acquisition  —  Online radio company Pandora's $75 million acquisition …
Discussion: The Next Web, Engadget and Forbes
Eric Barnett / The Official Twitch Blog:
Twitch app now available for Android TV, offers viewing of live and recorded video, ability to follow channels and games  —  Couch Potatoes Rejoice!  Twitch Comes To Android TV.  —  Android fans get ready, we've got something awesome coming your way.  Starting today, you'll be able …
Jacob Bryant / Variety:
Turner and entertainment firm WME/IMG create eSports league, ELeague, to be broadcast on TBS  —  Turner, WME/IMG Christen New TBS eSports League  —  ELeague, which begins in 2016, will be the first league to present eSports on a fully distributed national television platform.
Discussion: Forbes
Associated Press:
China issues rules banning dishonesty in science publishing  —  BEIJING (AP) — After a series of scandals, Chinese regulators overseeing the field of academic publishing for scientific articles have issued rules explicitly banning dishonest practices.  —  The directive, dated Nov. 23 …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
CBS makes case to FCC that it has a right to block online streams for customers of specific cable providers amid carriage fights  —  CBS Defends Right to Restrict Access to Online Streams  —  To hold otherwise, it tells the FCC, would risk broadcasters refusing to put content online in the first place.
Discussion: Plagiarism Today
 
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James Crabtree / Financial Times:
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Medium:
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Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
What publishers around the world learned by sharing their climate change coverage with each other
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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
Discussion: Pocket-lint
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook expanding Live Video to all users starting with small selection of US iOS users