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12:55 PM 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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Samia Errazzouki / Associated Press:
Online journalism in Morocco struggles as monarchy and government counter with websites and efforts to silence critics  —  Moroccan government and critics vie for online audiences  —  7 photos  —  CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The newest entrant to Morocco's media scene has already reported …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
The Tab, a hyperlocal news site written by unpaid student journalists, raises $3M from Balderton Capital to fund its expansion in the US  —  The Tab Raises $3M For Its Hyperlocal News Site Written By Unpaid Student Journalists  —  The online disruption of journalism continues apace.
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:
Skift gets 30 percent of its revenue from branded content  —  Media companies eyeing new revenue streams have embraced branded content as the area most ripe for growth.  It's the same story on the business-to-business side, where many publishers hope to make big bucks helping B2B brands tell their stories.
Discussion: @digiday, Thanks:@steverubel
Joseph Cox / Wired:
News outlets like The Daily Mail, DrudgeReport, and Forbes have been recently hit with malvertising, malicious ads meant to hack readers' computers  —  Hacker Lexicon: Malvertising, the Hack That Infects Computers Without a Click  —  Malvertising is when hackers buy ad space on a legitimate website …
Discussion: @whatthebit
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.
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.
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: @forbes and FishbowlNY
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 …
 
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
USC Annenberg School class teaches students how to produce stories for social media and emerging platforms like VR
The Hamilton Spectator:
Independent TV station CHCH in Hamilton, Ontario, reduces local programming hours, cuts 129 full-time staffers as parent firm files bankruptcy
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Hezbollah TV vows to air after satellite transmission stops
Discussion: almanar.com.lb, presstv.ir and Reuters
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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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
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Freedom of Press launches fundraiser to help journalists in police brutality investigations
 

 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds

Jibin Joseph / PCMag:
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

Michael Kan / PCMag:
OpenAI makes the ChatGPT desktop app for Windows available to all users, following an October release limited to paying ChatGPT subscribers

 
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