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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Without a clear newsroom leader, Las Vegas Review-Journal staffers worry about their jobs and wonder who's vetting the articles they write about the paper — The Las Vegas Review-Journal Is in Upheaval After a Sale to Adelson — Shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Michael Hengel …
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Matthew Kauffman / Hartford Courant:
Signs of plagiarism found in New Britain Herald article at the center of Las Vegas Review-Journal controversy — Controversial Article Has Passages Nearly Identical To Those In Other Publications — Michael E. Schroeder, publisher and president of the New Britain Herald and the Bristol Press, in 2009.
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Steve Collins Facebook:
Bristol Press reporter resigns in protest following plagiarized piece connected to Sheldon Adelson — Why I quit my job as a reporter today — Twenty five years ago, as a young reporter, I sat in an Upstate New York courtroom where a judge ordered me to hand over a leaked hospital lab slip …
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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.
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BostonGlobe.com:
DraftKings and FanDuel sue to keep operating in Illinois — DraftKings Inc. vowed to keep awarding cash prizes for fantasy sports contests in Illinois despite the state attorney general's opinion that the games amount to illegal gambling. — The Boston-based company said it would fight …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
FanDuel & DraftKings Are “Illegal Gambling”, Says Illinois A.G.
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Dan Primack / Fortune:
Univision lost $17.8M on Fusion in the first 9 months of 2015, 50% higher than the 2014 first 9 month loss of $11.9M — Here's How Much Disney and Univision Have Lost on Fusion — Fusion, the millennial-focused television network and online media property jointly owned by Walt Disney Co. and Univision …
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Songkick Sues Live Nation, Saying It Abuses Its Market Power — In a case that offers a glimpse into the lucrative but often hidden business of concert tickets, a small company has sued Live Nation Entertainment in federal court, accusing the multibillion-dollar concert giant of abusing …
Bryan Lufkin / Gizmodo:
Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV — You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV — Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos. Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Josh Elliott Leaving NBC After Less Than Two Years — Josh Elliott, the former Good Morning America co-anchor who was considered a major hire in spring 2014 when he was poached from ABC, is leaving NBC after less than two years. — “I'm grateful for the chance to work with the remarkable team …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Express Newspapers seeks almost £4m in editorial budget cuts — Richard Desmond's press group not thought to be looking at reducing numbers of staff, who have been refused pay rise for eighth consecutive year — Richard Desmond is seeking almost £4m in cuts to editorial budgets …
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Richard Desmond to extend pricing strategy by halving cost of Express
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Interview with Google's head of news and social products about AMP, Google's plan to speed up the mobile Web — Inside Google's plan to speed up the mobile Web … Earlier this year, Google announced an effort to speed up mobile news — and the entire mobile Web — with a new initiative called Accelerated Mobile Pages.
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Economist:
Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood, piece by piece — UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Star Wars, Disney and myth-making Fly Title: Briefing: Disney Rubric: Disney is making a fortune and safeguarding its future by buying childhood …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
The Beatles are available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Amazon's Prime Music, and others from December 24 — The Beatles Are Coming to Apple Music, Spotify and Everywhere Else on Christmas Eve — You can spend Christmas streaming the Beatles.
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