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12:30 PM ET, December 21, 2015

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Bloomberg Business:
Star Wars sets record for largest opening weekend, with $238M earned in US and Canada, and $517M worldwide  —  ‘Star Wars’ Soars With Record-Breaking $238 Million Debut  —  Anousha Sakoui and Christopher Palmeri  —  “Chewie, we're home.”  —  Han Solo's line in the new “Stars Wars” …
Wall Street Journal:
Under Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post is focusing on what made Amazon successful: customer service, a long-term vision  —  Bezos Takes Hands-On Role at Washington Post  —  Amazon founder increasingly is making his mark, with a focus on customer experience
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and GeekWire
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Ofcom study: 31% in UK read print newspaper to keep informed, down from 41% 2014, making newspapers the least popular medium for news  —  Newspapers now the least popular medium for news, says Ofcom study  —  Just 31% of the UK population read a newspaper to get their current affairs fix, down 10 points on 2014 figure
Discussion: @stuartrowson
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Streaming TV breaks the narrative rules of television, delivering a whole story that viewers can watch as they wish  —  Streaming TV Isn't Just a New Way to Watch.  It's a New Genre. … At some point during Netflix's “Sense8” — a gorgeous, ridiculous series about eight strangers scattered across …
Discussion: Fortune and Nieman Lab
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
Washington Post “What was fake on the Internet this week” column ends because readers who share hoax stories aren't convinced by debunking  —  What was fake on the Internet this week: Why this is the final column  —  There is nothing — NOTHING — too crazy for the Internet hoax beat.
Ken Doctor / Politico:
Sources: Mashable is being shopped to potential buyers, asking between $300M and $350M, anticipates $35M-$40M in revenue for 2015  —  Next up for sale: Mashable  —  Mashable, the 10-year-old digital tech news phenomenon, looks like the next big digital news organization to test the waters for a sale.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
How two reporters from ProPublica and The Marshall Project overcame traditional competitive instincts to collaborate on a 11K-word project  —  Two rival reporters team up to produce one incredible story  —  On Wednesday, ProPublica and The Marshall Project teamed up to publish a powerful story …
Discussion: NPR
James Cook / Business Insider:
SoundCloud settles lawsuit with PRS for Music, which manages rights for Adele, other UK artists, signs licensing agreement to use their music on the service  —  SoundCloud has signed a key licensing deal with a company that took legal action against it this year
Discussion: The Verge
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Telegraph fined £30,000 over email urging readers to vote Tory  —  Editor's message asking hundreds of thousands of readers to oppose the most ‘leftwing Labour leader for a generation’ crossed a line, says watchdog  —  The Telegraph has been fined £30,000 for sending hundreds …
Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:
How a small team in Wisconsin delivers investigative reporting to 10 Gannett papers  —  Late last month, Gannett's papers in Wisconsin began to roll out a major project that examines widespread disparities in criminal sentencing among the state's judges.  Wedding reported analysis …
 
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Alastair Reid / Nieman Lab:
Eyewitness accounts to become more important in newsgathering and verification, with organizations devoting more time and resources to social media
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
BBC launches automated voiceover technology to publish video news in multiple languages
Discussion: Ars Technica UK
Matthew Flamm / Crain's New York Business:
MediaFinder report: in US and Canada, only 96 magazines launched in 2015, down 35% from 148 in 2014
Discussion: @crainsnewyork
 Earlier Picks: 
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre's 2015 pay falls nearly 40% to £1.48M as he moves to long-term incentive pay scale
Discussion: Press Gazette
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Knight Foundation to donate $140K to PolitiFact to fact-check political posts on Medium during presidential election
Discussion: bookforum.com and Poynter