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4:10 PM ET, December 7, 2015

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Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Sinclair bought Circa assets for $800K in August, plans a relaunch, will hire 70 journalists, focus on both original reporting and user-generated content  —  Sinclair Acquired and Will Relaunch Mobile News Site Circa  —  TV station owner plans to hire 70 journalists for new push in digital media
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
MSNBC to broadcast Bloomberg Media's politics show With All Due Respect, hosted by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin  —  MSNBC to Add Bloomberg TV Political Show  —  “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg Media's flagship political television show, will also be shown on MSNBC, weeknights at 6 p.m., after a deal between the two.
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Streaming services now account for 70% of internet traffic, including 37.1% by Netflix  —  Netflix and Other Streaming Services Hog 70 Percent of the Internet  —  Streaming media sites now devour more than 70 percent of internet traffic in North America, with No. 1 Netflix accounting …
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Gannett taps Joanne Lipman, founding EIC of Condé Nast Portfolio, as chief content officer, and Daniel Bernard, formerly of Time Inc., as chief product officer  —  Gannett to tap former Conde Nast Portfolio editor as content officer  —  Dec 7 Gannett Co Inc, publisher of USA Today …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Vevo Buys Showyou Video Site in Step Toward Subscription Service  —  Largest U.S. online music video site makes first acquisition  —  Showyou already sells subscriptions, offers curated stream  —  Vevo LLC, the largest online music video service in the U.S., has acquired video streaming company Showyou …
Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
National Association of Black Journalists may close due to $380K estimated budget shortfall, questions raised about financial practices  —  Why The Country's Largest Minority-Journalism Group May Close  —  As it prepares to mark its 40th anniversary this week, the National Association of Black Journalists is in trouble.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Refinery29 has 10 staffers producing 14 pieces per day, seven days a week for Snapchat Discover  —  Inside Refinery29's Snapchat Discover Operation  —  Women-focused digital publisher churns out 14 pieces of content, 7 days a week  —  The number “33” is written on a dry erase board.
Discussion: Ad Age
Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters:
Some Pakistani officials hinder Reuters and Washington Post journalists in Punjab from reporting on California shooter Tashfeen Malik  —  Pakistani security seeks to tamp down reporting on California shooter  —  Pakistani security forces appeared to be trying to dampen down reporting …
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Sun takes down story claiming reporter travelled from Turkey without passport  —  Croatian government criticises article claiming investigator dodged its officials on his way to Paris - and produces a scan that it says they took of his passport  —  A Sun story claiming its reporter managed …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Newsweek names Margarita Noriega as Director of Social Media  —  Newsweek Names Director of Social Media  —  Newsweek has named Margarita Noriega director of social media.  Noriega most recently served as an editor for Vox.com.  —  Noriega previously worked as director of social media …
 
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Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
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David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism School dean Steve Coll on balance, disclosure, and ethics when advocacy groups support nonprofit news in wake of Exxon controversy
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Nielsen: time spent on TV keeps falling while number of 18-34-year-olds on smartphones, tablets, and game consoles surges 26% YoY ending in May
Discussion: Fortune
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Huffington Post's politics vertical had 6.5M unique visitors in October from its Good News section, though many stories weren't directly related to politics
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The New York Times prioritizes commenters by placing them at the center of its homepage
Siobhán O'Grady / Foreign Policy:
A new report by the PEN American Center details the systematic repression of journalists in Myanmar
Discussion: PEN American Center
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Podcast network Gimlet Media raises $6M at $30M valuation in round led by Graham Holdings
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