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3:20 AM ET, December 13, 2015

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Las Vegas Review-Journal removed questions about the newspaper's new mystery owner after article on the sale was published  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal Removed Questions About The Newspaper's New Mystery Owner In Article On Sale  —  No one knows who owns Nevada's largest media outlet.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
ISIS uses LinkedIn's slideshow platform to publish its propaganda magazine Dabiq  —  Why Do People Keep Uploading This ISIS Magazine?  —  LinkedIn's slideshow platform has become the unlikely host for ISIS's propaganda publication.  —  The Islamic State would like to add you to its professional network on LinkedIn.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Profile of Ian Hislop, who has edited Britain's Private Eye, a satirical and investigative magazine for nearly 30 years  —  An Enduring and Erudite Court Jester in Britain  —  LONDON — Ian Hislop looks mild and soft, rather like a pudding, with a nascent double-chin and not much hair.
Bloomberg Business:
Appeals court judge allows FanDuel, DraftKings to continue to operate in New York state while waiting on another ruling  —  Daily Fantasy Sites Back in Business in N.Y. After Appeal  —  DraftKings and FanDuel can continue doing business in New York for now, after an appeals court halted …
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Atlantic Media's Quartz could have a market valuation of $100M-$150M, with possible buyers like Axel Springer and Bloomberg  —  What a Quartz sale might look like, and why  —  Is Quartz the next digital news-start up to be bought?  —  In the continuing roll-up and old media investment …
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
Advance online ticket sales give theaters data about viewing habits, audiences, and more while helping promote upcoming releases  —  ‘Stars Wars’ is latest film to show why Hollywood wants you to buy tickets in advance  —  People camp out in front of the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood ahead …
Zack O'Malley Greenburg / Forbes:
A look at business models for two local news weekly outlets: the Hendersonville Lightning and Straus News in New York City  —  Paper Lions: Why Hyperlocal Newsweeklies Are Making A Quiet Comeback  —  On the corner of Oakland and Asheville in Hendersonville, N.C.-behind a used-car dealership …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
USC Annenberg School class teaches students how to produce stories for social media and emerging platforms like VR  —  A new class at USC is teaching students how to produce stories specifically for social media  —  The video looks like something you might seen on a site like BuzzFeed or Mic …
The Hamilton Spectator:
Independent TV station CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, reduces local programming hours, cuts 129 full-time staffers as parent firm files bankruptcy  —  CHCH TV cancels tonight's newscast; station future uncertain  —  CHCH news staff is waiting to find out the fate of their station after being told …
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Study finds 81% of UK adults used online services to watch TV or films during September and October, ahead of Europe, Japan, Australia, and US  —  UK most advanced TV-watching country in world, research finds  —  Ofcom study shows 70% of British adults watch free-to-air catch-up services …
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:   Ofcom research: global TV revenues hit £244bn in 2014, up 5% year over year, with UK viewers generating an average of £216 each, behind US and Germany
 
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Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Hezbollah TV vows to air after satellite transmission stops
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Kari Wethington / The E.W. Scripps Company:
NC's Capitol Broadcasting signs with E.W. Scripps' over-the-top service, Newsy, to publish daily news videos
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that creates a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview

Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China, saying it was ordered to do so by China's cyberspace officials citing national security concerns
 
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