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9:15 AM ET, December 9, 2015

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CBS CEO Les Moonves says Apple puts live TV plans on hold; source says media firms want more money for their programming — Apple Said to Suspend Effort to Develop Live TV Service — Focus instead will be on App Store as platform for others — Media companies resist channel package at $30 to $40 a month

Oliver Darcy / The Blaze:

Leaked Memo: BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Says It's ‘Entirely Fair’ to Call Trump a ‘Mendacious Racist’ — BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith wrote in an email to his editorial staff Tuesday that calling Republican frontrunner Donald Trump a racist on social media does not violate the company's ethics guidelines.

Discussion: @buzzfeedben, CNNMoney, Politico, Gawker, @glynnmacn, Talking Points Memo, @mattbors, @mattyglesias, @jmsummers, Mediaite, @azi, @davidfolkenflik, @davidfolkenflik, @ggreeneva, @elongreen, American Press Institute and Business Insider

Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Arianna Huffington announces The Huffington Post will no longer relegate Trump to its entertainment section, noting his impact on other candidates

Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Spotify to test allowing some musicians to temporarily withhold music from ad-supported version of the service — Spotify to Allow Some Musicians to Withhold Music From Free Service — Last year Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from Spotify because the streaming service …

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, Guardian, Pocket-lint, TechHive, Canadianreviewer.com, AllAccess.com, BuzzFeed, Engadget, TIME, The Verge, Gizmodo, Forbes, Mashable, Business Insider and Music Business Worldwide

Agence France-Presse:
Coldplay will put latest album on Spotify starting Friday, a one-week delay from official release; last album had a 4-month delay before Spotify availability

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Billboard and The Verge

Vindu Goel / New York Times:

Yahoo scraps Alibaba spinoff plan, will spin off core assets including stake in Yahoo Japan; Max Levchin resigns from board — Yahoo to Spin Off Its Core Businesses — SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo said on Wednesday that it had dropped a plan to spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company.

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Diane Rehm, host of her self-titled news show that aired nationally on NPR for two decades, plans to retire after 2016 election — Diane Rehm, an NPR staple, eyes retirement from broadcasting — Diane Rehm, the host of one of public radio's longest-running and most popular news discussion programs …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Radio & Television …, CNNMoney, @brianstelter and Politico

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Apple News app updates with a Top Stories tab curated by editors and adds ComScore integration so publishers can get credit from advertisers for traffic — Apple Updates Its News App to Make It More Like a ... Newspaper — Apple is tweaking its News app, with hopes of making …

Discussion: 9to5Mac, CNET, MacStories, TrustedReviews, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, App Advice, iDownloadBlog.com, Forbes, The Next Web and AppleInsider

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: some media firms are pulling back from syndicating videos with AOL On network, uncertain where their videos appear — AOL On's Video Distribution Troubles Media Partners — Network syndicates 2.5 million videos from media companies to place on websites

Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:

Tribune Media Invests $25 Million in Dose and OMGFacts — Venture founded by Emerson Spartz specializes in identifying, creating viral content — Emerson Spartz began his media career with the Harry Potter blog he created at the age of 12. Fast forward 16 years and he is still channeling …

Discussion: Re/code, Ad Age, Chicago Tribune, Built In Chicago and AdExchanger

Mark Scott / New York Times:

Europe to create a digital single market in which digital content can be temporarily viewed throughout the EU regardless of European country of purchase — Europe Plans to Ease Copyright Rules on Using Digital Content — Europe's policy makers on Wednesday will announce far-reaching plans …

Discussion: Guardian, Reuters, Bloomberg Business, EU Press Room, CNBC, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Finextra Research news, Daily Mail and TorrentFreak

Owen Bowcott / Guardian:

David Miranda launches new appeal challenging legality of his 2013 Heathrow detention while carrying Snowden files — David Miranda in fresh challenge over Heathrow detention — Glenn Greenwald's partner was held in 2013 under counter-terror laws while carrying files linked to Snowden leaks

Discussion: @davidmirandario and Solicitors Journal

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

Time Out to cut about 40 staff in UK and US — Listings title aims to focus on digital as it becomes a global multimedia business — Time Out is to cut about 40 staff at its UK and US operations as part of a strategic refocus of the listings magazine into a global multimedia business.

Dana Rubinstein / Politico:

Port Authority to weigh $25M in incentives for 21st Century Fox and News Corp at 2 World Trade Center; firms would commit to 1.5M square feet for 30 years — Port and New York State consider subsidizing News Corp. lease — New York State and the Port Authority are considering giving …

Discussion: The New York Observer and The Real Deal New York

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Alphabet:
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Microsoft:
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