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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Las Vegas Review-Journal staff told to ease up on coverage of new owner — Now that Sheldon Adelson's family owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal, how should the newspaper handle stories that involve Adelson? — Or to ask the question another way: How can and should the paper cover itself?
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Las Vegas Review-Journal taps Providence Journal executive editor Dave Butler to help establish guidelines on covering newspaper's owner — Review-Journal brass brings in Dave Butler to guide newsroom — New Media Investment Group, the company that continues to manage the Las Vegas Review-Journal …
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Politico, Poynter, @jayrosen_nyu, The Huffington Post, @petersterne, @bradagreenberg, @stephgrimes, @jeffjarvis, @stephgrimes, @joepompeo, @stephgrimes and @joepompeo
Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Michael Schroeder, manager of News + Media Capital Group LLC, which bought the Las Vegas Review Journal, has been removed from position — Controversial ‘manager’ of Review-Journal parent company removed from job — The Connecticut newspaper publisher at the center of a national media-ethics firestorm …
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New York Times, @rickhasen, @iandon, @reviewjournal, @jayrosen_nyu and Poynter
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Yahoo shuts down Yahoo Screen, moves video content to its digital magazines like Yahoo Music — Yahoo Shutters Video Service Yahoo Screen (Exclusive) — Yahoo has shut down Yahoo Screen, the video hub the beleaguered company launched over two years ago to unite its many original and syndicated programming under one roof.
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Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
Source: China's Dalian Wanda agrees to buy majority stake in Legendary Entertainment, valuing the movie studio between $3-$4B — Exclusive: Dalian Wanda clinches deal for Legendary Entertainment - source — Chinese property and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group has agreed to acquire …
Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
Charlie Hebdo Runs Religious Extremism Cartoon Cover on Anniversary of Terror Attack — Charlie Hebdo Runs Religious Extremism Cartoon Cover on Anniversary of Terror Attack — Thursday will mark the anniversary of the deadly attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo …
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Guardian, Agence France-Presse, mUmBRELLA, Guardian, Quartz, Mediaite, Canada - The Huffington Post, EW.com, DW.COM, Washington Post, Mashable and Deadline
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Why The International New York Times has little to no control over Pakistan printer's blocking of a print story — Pakistani Censorship ‘Runs Counter’ to Times Values — The printer's email came as The International New York Times was going to press in Pakistan, and it was to the point …
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Bina Shah, @ellenbarrynyt, Mediaite, @eyokley and @declanwalsh
Erick Erickson / Erick on the Radio:
Erick Erickson announces The Resurgent, will move his radio-affiliated site's content there, says he won't compete with RedState, where he served as EIC — Introducing The Resurgent — On Tuesday, this radio website will go away. In its place will be a new home for conservatives …
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@charliespiering and @ewerickson
kristine / reddit:
Reddit's numbers in 2015: 82.54B pageviews, 725.85M comments, 88.7K subreddits — Reddit in 2015 — Labels: /r/theydidthemath, the “R” is capitalized now, what a time to be alive It's the last day of the year 2015, and it's been a heck of a year for Reddit, Inc. We're once again wrapping up the year …
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
ESPN's The Undefeated will launch in 2016 — ESPN — After a series of setbacks that included the outsing of founding editor Jason Whitlock, ESPN's site focusing on the intersection of race and sports is primed for a launch in 2016. — That's according to Kevin Merida …
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NPR, FishbowlNY and @poynter
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Roku Has Sold One Million Smart TVs in the U.S., Will Introduce 4K Models in 2016 — Roku is best known for its streaming boxes, but the company is starting to leave a mark in the smart TV world as well: Roku and its hardware partners have sold around one million smart TVs to U.S. consumers since …
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Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Forbes, SlashGear, Business Wire, Wired and Engadget
Guardian:
‘Smear campaign’ against Chinese president linked to disappearance of Hong Kong booksellers — Five men who traded in salacious books about Communist party elite feared abducted, but wife of missing Lee Bo has attempted to withdraw police report — The suspected abductions …
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Hong Kong Free Press, Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post and Melville House Books
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