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Hollywood Reporter:
Howard Stern signs 5 year deal with Sirius XM, will continue radio show, expand into video — Stern will stay on the air through 2020, the partners will move into video programming, and Sirius will have access to the host's audio and video library for 12 years.
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Brian Williams Makes First NBC News Appearance Post Scandal — Brian Williams returned to the NBC News airwaves on Tuesday for the first time following the scandal that cost him his “Nightly News” anchor chair. — With Lester Holt out sick, Williams anchored an NBC News special report …
Discussion:
TVNewser, The Daily Beast, Hollywood Life, Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Mediaite
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Showtime partners with Bloomberg for weekly documentary series covering the presidential race, will feature Mark Halperin and John Heilemann — Showtime Getting In On 2016 ‘Circus’ With Weekly Documentary Series — The network will team up with Bloomberg on a series that will air as the campaign unfolds.
Discussion:
CNNMoney, Variety, The Wrap and @jayrosen_nyu
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Serial becomes first ever podcast to win a duPont award — ‘Serial’ wins duPont award — Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism — “Serial,” the breakout hit podcast from the producers of “This American Life,” is among the winners of broadcast journalism's highest honor, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.
Discussion:
TVNewser, NetNewsCheck Latest, FishbowlDC, ABC News, AllAccess.com and The Wrap
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Jennifer Wong Named President of Time Inc. Digital — Time Inc. has named Jennifer Wong president of Time Inc. Digital, a new role at the publisher. Wong comes to Time Inc. from PopSugar, where she served as chief business officer. — Wong has been with PopSugar since 2011.
Discussion:
@raju, @pkafka, WWD and Media Wire Daily
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The Guardian experiments with live chat on WhatsApp during GOP debate with maximum of 256 users — The Guardian is chatting about tonight's GOP debate on WhatsApp — For journalists, much of the conversation around the presidential debates occurs on Twitter.
Discussion:
Guardian, @ylichterman, @ctonk144 and @niemanlab
Laurie Burkitt / Wall Street Journal:
Disney and Alibaba announce DisneyLife, an OTT service with Disney content for China, $125 for device and one year subscription available from Tmall Dec. 28 — Alibaba, Disney Strike Deal to Sell Content System in China — The companies struck a multiyear licensing deal for the Mickey Mouse-shaped DisneyLife system
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Business Wire, Bloomberg Business, VentureBeat, The Next Web, GeekWire, The Wrap and Variety
Mark Scott / New York Times:
EU agrees on EU-wide rules to overhaul data privacy laws, adding hefty fines, broadening right to be forgotten; EU countries will have two years to comply — E.U. Expected to Approve Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials are expected to approve long-awaited data protection regulations …
Discussion:
Guardian, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Business Insider
Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters:
German justice minister announces deal with Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove hate speech within 24 hours of it being reported — Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany — Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed …
Discussion:
Fast Company, The Straits Times, Associated Press, Re/code, TechSpot, The Next Web, CNET and Engadget
Ashifa Kassam / Guardian:
Journalists to sue at European Court of Human Rights to fight Spanish security law with fines for disseminating images of police — Journalists take fight against Spanish ‘gag law’ to European court — Complainants argue law encourages self-censorship and paves way for diminished accountability of police forces in Spain
Discussion:
@gallardo_ortega and @michaelmdowling
Elana Beiser / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ survey finds 199 journalists imprisoned worldwide in 2015; top three countries imprisoning journalists are China with 49, Egypt with 23, and Iran with 19 — China, Egypt imprison record numbers of journalists — Egypt is second only to China as the world's worst jailer of journalists in 2015.
Discussion:
Global Investigative …, Poynter, Guardian, @joelcpj, FishbowlNY, @mlcalderone, Al Jazeera English, @greatfirechina, JOURNALISM NEWS, Newsweek and New York Times
R.L. Bynum / Raleigh & Company:
Interview with the publisher of the North State Journal, a statewide newspaper for North Carolina to launch in spring — Statewide print newspaper launches next year at time when industry is struggling — With newspaper staffs shrinking and the business bleeding red ink amid tough financial times …
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