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3:30 PM ET, December 18, 2015

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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 reviewing ‘garbled’ report on San Bernardino shooters  —  The New York Times is reviewing its report about the San Bernardino terrorists' social media use …
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.
Discussion: Politico, FishbowlNY, @sarahw and @joepompeo
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Guardian, @dangillmor and @malik_in_dc
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 …
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 …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
FCC wants to meet with AT&T, Comcast, and T-Mobile by Jan. 15 to discuss sponsored data plans that exempt streaming media from data caps  —  Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing and controversial business tactic …
 
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