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9:25 PM ET, December 22, 2015

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Review-Journal editor steps down in wake of Adelson family purchase  —  Mike Hengel, the top editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, told his staff Tuesday that he is stepping down, two weeks after the family of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson took control of the newspaper.  —  Several staffers reported the news on Twitter.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney in talks with Univision to exit joint venture Fusion by the end of the year  —  Disney Is in Talks to Leave Fusion Joint Venture  —  Negotiations with Univision focused on an exit by year-end, people say  —  Walt Disney Co. and Univision are in talks for Disney to exit Fusion …
Jackie Spinner / Columbia Journalism Review:
Gapers Block, a 12-year-old Chicago local news and culture blog, on hiatus from Jan. 1, faced hurdles competing with Facebook, Twitter, and adapting to mobile  —  One of Chicago's original bloggers discusses why he's signing off  —  AP file photo of the Chicago skyline at night.
Noah Kulwin / Re/code:
FTC issues new rules for native advertising on the Internet, which are in line with FTC's broader stance on deceptive advertising  —  FTC Issues New Rules for Native Advertising on the Internet  —  The Federal Trade Commission today unveiled its rules for how native advertising on the Internet has to look …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Subscription-based tech news site The Information names Martin Peers as managing editor  —  The Information names Peers its ME  —  Martin Peers has been named managing editor of The Information, a subscription tech news site.  —  Before joining The Information in October 2014 …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Pandora announces multi-year licensing deals with ASCAP and BMI, covering 20M musical works  —  Pandora Strikes Two Licensing Deals on Day of Rdio Shut-Down  —  Pandora took another step towards launching a full-blown Spotify competitor Tuesday: The music service announced …
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
New Zealand judge orders Kim Dotcom's extradition to the US, lawyers say they will appeal to the High Court  —  Kim Dotcom to be finally extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules  —  Megaupload founder promises new appeal in case that's dragged on for nearly 4 years.
Discussion: Motherboard and The Next Web
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
How Crain personalizes its city-based email newsletters using software and human editors  —  Crain, known for its business weeklies, is diving into newsletters based on who and where readers are  —  Email newsletters are highly personal: Landing directly in our inboxes …
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst partners with video ad tech firm Reelio for content produced for brands by social influencers like YouTube stars  —  Hearst Partners With Reelio to Build Social Influencer Network  —  Magazines Seventeen and Cosmopolitan will help brands working with YouTube creators
Discussion: Digiday
Wall Street Journal:
T-Mobile's Binge On, enabled by default, also reduces quality of video streams that are not part of the program, YouTube and Internet Association complain  —  YouTube Says T-Mobile Is Throttling Its Video Traffic  —  New T-Mobile program delivers video in lower quality in exchange for users waiving some fees
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV shares fall as investors cool on bid after Comcast denies holding talks  —  NBC Universal owner says no talks have been held about possible takeover causing shares in broadcaster to fall by almost 3% in early trading  —  ITV's share price has fallen by almost 3% in early trading …
 
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The San Diego Union-Tribune's Russ Newton takes a buyout offer, leaves seven months after being named president and COO
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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:
Two-year old Taiwan-based The News Lens has 5M readers a month, plans to focus on readership in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, eventually moving into mainland China
Discussion: Variety
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Cable TV cord cutters now 15% of US population, with “cord nevers” at 9%; 42% of cord cutters don't have broadband at home
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
In interview on MSNBC's rebrand, Andy Lack says there are no talks for Brian Williams to get his own show
Wall Street Journal:
Under Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post is focusing on what made Amazon successful: customer service, a long-term vision
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: China's muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

 
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