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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
GateHouse ordered Las Vegas Review-Journal to scrutinize local judges before sale of paper; one judge is involved in Adelson casino wrongful termination suit — Judge in Adelson lawsuit subject to unusual scrutiny amid Review-Journal sale — Just over a month before Sheldon Adelson's family …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
New York Times needs systemic changes to fix problems that led to errors in San Bernardino shooting story — Systemic Change Needed After Faulty Times Article — Mistakes are bound to happen in the news business, but some are worse than others. — What I'll lay out here was a bad one.
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
New York Times revises report on San Bernardino shooters to clarify that online posts were in private messages and in dating app
New York Times revises report on San Bernardino shooters to clarify that online posts were in private messages and in dating app
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
NYT Public Editor Margaret Sullivan will depart in 2016 — Margaret Sullivan will conclude her tenure as public editor of The New York Times when her four-year contract expires in eight months, she told Poynter today. — “Yes, I am headed into the home stretch of my four-year term,” she said in an email.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Star Wars sets a record with $57M in opening-day sales, but Disney stock falls about 4% amid analyst concerns about ESPN sports rights, other TV licensing deals — Walt Disney Stock Tumbles as ‘Force Awakens’ Soars — “Even The Force cannot protect ESPN,” says BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield as he downgrades the stock to “sell.”
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Knight Foundation to donate $140K to PolitiFact to fact-check political posts on Medium during presidential election — The Knight Foundation Funds PolitiFact to Fact-check Political Posts on Medium — The publishing platform Medium is getting a cash infusion from the John S …
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Relaunches as Amblin Partners — Studio signs multiyear distribution deal with Universal Pictures — Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios has found its fourth lease on life. — The company, which has struggled financially since its last relaunch in 2009 …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Michele Norris leaving NPR, expanding her Race Card Project — Michele Norris, a mainstay of NPR for the past 13 years, is saying farewell to the public radio powerhouse. — Norris said in an interview that she will devote more time to The Race Card Project, her award-winning effort …
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Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Facebook opens its live video-streaming tool to verified Pages — First there were celebrities, then influencers, then nonverified individuals. Today, Facebook is opening up access to its live-streaming service to brands on the social network. Now T-Mobile, Nike, Ford, NBC …
James Cusick / The Independent:
UK chancellor George Osborne met twice with Rupert Murdoch before deciding on £650M cut to BBC budget — Osborne ‘held two meetings with Murdoch before deciding on BBC cuts’ — George Osborne held two private meetings with Rupert Murdoch in June this year before the Treasury informed …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Guggenheim Media Spins Off Money-Losing Hollywood Reporter, Billboard to Company President Todd Boehly — In a major media shake-up, Guggenheim Partners, along with multiple other investors, has spun off The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard Magazine, Adweek, Dick Clark Productions and Mediabistro …
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Cora Currier / The Intercept:
Al Jazeera appears to block column critical of Saudi Arabia by Georgetown professor Arjun Sethi from viewers outside of the US — Al Jazeera Blocks Anti-Saudi Arabia Article — THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS of Al Jazeera appears to have blocked an article critical of Saudi Arabia's human rights record …
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Stefano Esposito / Chicago Sun-Times:
Source: after three-month run, New York Post to end distribution in Chicago at the end of 2015 — Short sale: New York Post to end Chicago ‘trial run’ — Sign-up for Chicago Sun-Times newsletters. … OUTTA HERE! — The New York Post, known for its loud, irreverent — often crude …
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