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12:20 PM ET, December 22, 2015

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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
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 …
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
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
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  —  42 percent of cord-cutters don't even subscribe to home broadband  —  Fed up with your cable TV?  Tired of paying for an expensive satellite package you barely use?
Bloomberg Business:
CBS CEO Moonves Said in Line to Be Chairman After Redstone  —  Deal with Shari Redstone limits possible succession battle  —  Judge rejects ex-girlfriend's demand to interview 92-year-old  —  CBS Corp. Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves would become chairman of the broadcaster upon …
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Incisive Media becomes second UK publisher to ban ad blocker users  —  Incisive Media, home to titles including The Inquirer and Risk, could become the second British publisher to ban ad blocker users on some of its websites in the new year.  —  The publisher, which has a mix of subscription-based …
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
New firm Digital Riot Media wants to make movies with YouTube, Vine, Instagram stars, and distribute them via platforms like Netflix and iTunes  —  Doug Barry, John Baldecchi Form Digital Riot Media to Make Movies for Vine Fans  —  Will Vine fans follow their stars from six seconds to 90 minutes?
Discussion: @jroym and PR Newswire
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Frontline is diving deeper into VR with $580,000 from the Knight Foundation  —  Virtual reality in journalism is definitely not going away anytime soon — not with news organizations like The New York Times building and prominently promoting new VR projects (including some created as sponsored content) …
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  —  Indie Media Startup The News Lens Wants To Be A Balanced Voice Of Reason For Asia  —  Since launching two years ago …
Discussion: Variety
 
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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
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Telegraph fined £30,000 over email urging readers to vote Tory
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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
Discussion: firstdraftnews.com