Mediagazer: Trade group finds that 33% of American consumers are very or somewhat likely to try adblockers in the next three months (Joseph Lichterman/Nieman Lab)

5:20 AM ET, December 11, 2015

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Howard Stutz / Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Las Vegas Review-Journal sold to News + Media Capital Group — For the second time this year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and its sister publications in Nevada are under new owners. — The publications were acquired by News + Media Capital, LLC, which is backed by an …

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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:

Trade group finds that 33% of American consumers are very or somewhat likely to try adblockers in the next three months — More Americans are going to start using adblockers in next 3 months, trade group warns — The number of Americans using adblockers will grow over the next three months …

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In a first, Kickstarter hires a tech reporter, Mark Harris, to investigate and document drone startup Zano, which collapsed after raising $3.4M — Kickstarter hires reporter to probe startup that collapsed after raising $3.4M — Crowdfunding firm: We are entitled to further info from Torquing Group.

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Netflix beats HBO in Golden Globe nominations for the first time with nine to HBO's eight; Amazon gets five, Hulu, one, and big four networks, nine total — NETFLIX TOPS HBO FOR FIRST TIME AS STREAMING DISRUPTS GOLDEN GLOBES — Netflix, Amazon and Hulu surge in Globes noms — It's not TV, it's Netflix.

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Yahoo Releases Video Discovery App for iOS and Android — Yahoo want to make it easier for you to find the shows you want to watch online: The company released a new app called the Yahoo Video Guide Thursday, which allows users to search for movies and TV shows across more than 30 online services …

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Financial Times:

Sources: Atlantic Media in talks to sell its business news site Quartz — Atlantic Media in talks to sell Quartz — Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group's business news site …

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Knight Foundation:

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Mozilla's newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilemma of ad-blocking — One of the world's most popular Web browser developers wants to help you block the Web. Or the parts of it, anyway, that slow down your Internet, spy on your online activities and generally make Web-surfing a tedious experience.

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Widens Its Advertising Net, Tests Promoted Tweets With Logged-Out Users — It's been over a year since Twitter first said it planned to monetize logged-out users — that is, make money off the 500 million or so people who dip in and read Tweets without being signed in or even registered.

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:

Time Inc. Partners With Hulu, Yahoo and Zealot Networks for Video Distribution — Time Inc. is continuing its video push, adding Hulu, Yahoo and Zealot Networks to join its video distribution network. Original video from Time Inc.'s portfolio of brands will thus be distributed across the trio of networks, the company said Thursday.

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Dana Rubinstein / Politico:

Port Authority approves incentives for 2 World Trade Center to spur leases from 21st Century Fox and News Corp — Port OKs subsidy for Murdoch, but less than planned — Two companies effectively controlled by Rupert Murdoch will get millions of dollars in state and Port Authority subsidies …

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Kara Swisher / Re/code:

The Exodus Continues: Yahoo Loses Ad Product Chief Prashant Fuloria — Another major Yahoo exec is departing — SVP of advertising products Prashant Fuloria is exiting his job for parts unknown, according to an internal memo. — Fuloria confirmed in an email to me that he was leaving …

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Sayan Chakraborty / LiveMint:

Indian e-commerce site Flipkart stops selling e-books as of December 11, will transition users to Rakuten Kobo — Flipkart stops selling e-books — Flipkart Ltd will stop selling electronic books from Friday, three years after the online retailer started selling the product, acknowledging that Indians are yet to warm up to them.

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

NBC, MSNBC name Robert Costa political analyst — The Washington Post's Robert Costa has been named a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, host Chuck Todd announced on Thursday. — Costa, who's seen his star rise dramatically in the past two years, is exclusive to the network …

Discussion: @nbcnewspr and @jayrosen_nyu

Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg Business:

Axel Springer Considers Paywall for Business Insider, Upday App — Company plans to start charging for some content next year — Buys remaining classifieds unit stake for 465 million euros — Europe's biggest newspaper publisher is betting it can make money from digital news by winning paying readers in the region and the U.S.

Discussion: Forbes, @mikeisaac, Reuters, @pkafka, @felixsalmon and Talking Biz News

Simon Canning / mUmBRELLA:

Australia's ad and communications firm STW halts stock trading as merger with WPP looms — STW Communications enters trading halt with WPP poised to finally complete takeover — WPP could take control of Australia's largest listed advertising and communications company, STW Group, as early as next week, Mumbrella understands.

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Online discourse turns ugly as extreme reactions on social media become part of news stories, fueling infinite loops of media coverage — The Internet's Loop of Action and Reaction Is Worsening — Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton said this week that we should think about shutting …

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Sarah Larson / New Yorker:

Serial launches season two, focusing on the case of US prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl — “Serial” Season Two Is Here — This morning at 6 A.M., “DUSTWUN,” the first episode of season two of the “Serial” podcast, quietly made its début. It's the first chapter in a season-long exploration …

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Serial season 2 to include episode previews and supplemental materials on Facebook

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