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5:30 PM ET, December 17, 2015

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Adelson family confirms ownership of the Las Vegas Review-Journal  —  Putting an end to a week-long mystery, the family of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson confirmed Thursday morning that it has “purchased the Las Vegas Review-Journal through a wholly-owned fund.”
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sources: Adelson's son-in-law Patrick Dumont arranged $140M purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal on Adelson's behalf  —  Adelson son-in-law orchestrated family's purchase of Las Vegas Review-Journal  —  The son-in-law of billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson arranged the $140 million purchase …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
How the Las Vegas Review-Journal broke news about its own sale  —  “No matter who owns the Review-Journal, they don't own us.”  —  On Wednesday night, against the wishes of its new parent company, a team of reporters and editors at the Las Vegas Review-Journal revealed new information about the company's secretive ownership structure.
Discussion: @debgh, @_jrobison and @jayrosen_nyu
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The New York Times is digging deeper into story on San Bernardino shooters' use of social media, to address discrepancies between reports and FBI statements  —  New York Times reviewing reporting on San Bernardino assailants  —  The New York Times is taking a second look at its reporting …
Reuters:
Brazilian judge orders lifting of 48-hour WhatsApp ban, recommends WhatsApp pay higher fine instead; services restored after several hours  —  Court blocks WhatsApp Brazil message service for 48 hours  —  A Brazilian court on Wednesday ordered telecommunications providers to block all access …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Ofcom report reveals dominance of BBC in local, national and online news markets  —  Ofcom's annual report on media consumption suggests that the BBC dominates UK local and national news markets.  —  Asked what specific outlets people use for news, BBC One was by far the most popular …
Discussion: Guardian
Guardian:
Phone-hacking victims ask CPS to review decision to take no further action  —  Prosecution service tells high court it has been contacted by campaign group Hacked Off announcing its intention to seek a review  —  Phone-hacking victims have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Cox found liable for copyright infringements of its customers, must pay music publisher BMG $25M in damages  —  Cox Is Liable for Pirating Subscribers, Ordered to pay $25 million  —  Today marks the end of a crucial case that will define how U.S. Internet providers deal with online piracy in the future.
Katie Roof / TechCrunch:
Tastemade Raises $40 Million From Goldman Sachs To Make Food Videos  —  Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs.  Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media and Scripps Networks.
Sudan Tribune:
Sudan suspends al-Tayyar newspaper, police briefly detain editor and editor of another paper, al-Saiha  —  Sudan's security prosecution office arrests two newspapers editors  —  December 16, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan's state security prosecution office Wednesday evening has arrested …
Discussion: allAfrica.com, @cpjmena and Starafrica
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Acquires Digital-Sports Site 247Sports  —  CBS Corp.'s digital arm has acquired 247Sports, a collection of team-specific digital outlets, and will make it part of its CBSSports.com collection of assets.  —  Terms of the deal were not disclosed and could not be immediately learned.
Micah Singleton / The Verge:
Facebook expands its Music Stories in News Feed to the web, coming to Android in late January, adds Deezer, Rhapsody, KKBOX, plus audio clips for NPR  —  Facebook brings music previews to the desktop and adds support for three more services  —  Six weeks after launching a new post format …
Discussion: PhoneDog.com
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Flipboard Overhauls Publisher Pages With Verified Badges, ‘End Card’ Links And Ad Tech  —  Flipboard, the mobile and web app with some 82 million monthly active users who use the app to read content from around the web in a magazine-style layout, is today taking the wraps off a new version …
Discussion: The Next Web and VentureBeat
 
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Pandora to pay royalty of 17 cents per 100 songs, up from 14 cents, after copyright board decision, with rates rising with inflation through 2020
 

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

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

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