Top News:
Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Univision buys out Disney's stake in Fusion, creates new division, Fusion Media, to include The Onion, The Root, and more — Univision buys Walt Disney's stake in Fusion — Univision is buying Walt Disney out of its stake in Fusion and wrapping the millennial-focused US cable channel …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Politico, The Wrap, Ad Age, @bluechoochoo, @tomgara, Broadcasting & Cable, CNNMoney, Business Wire, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and USA Today
RELATED:
Jonathan Levin / Bloomberg:
Sources: Univision aims for IPO in second half of 2016, seeking market value of $6.5B — Univision Said Eyeing Second Half of Year for $1 Billion IPO — Company said to aim for market value of at least $6.5 billion — Shares to be sold by company, proceeds will go to repay debt
Discussion:
@digidave
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Medium raises $50M Series C led by Spark Capital, adds Ben Horowitz, Judy Estrin to board; source puts value at $600M, up from $400M in Sept when it raised $57M — Ev Williams's Medium raised $57 million in September — now it's raised another $50 million — You may have heard there's …
Discussion:
Ev Williams, SiliconANGLE, @pkafka, @sarahcuda, @mgsiegler, @msquinn, @beller, @davewiner, @bijan, VentureBeat, The Wrap, @joshelman and TechCrunch
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Jay Wallace becomes EVP news and editorial at Fox News as Michael Clemente moves to longform unit: both will report directly to CEO Ailes — Fox News Launches Longform Unit With Michael Clemente; Jay Wallace Upped to News Head — EMAIL ME — The new division shifts former news topper Clemente to specials.
Discussion:
TVNewser, Variety, Deadline, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Los Angeles Times, Broadcasting & Cable and Inside Cable News
Jonathan Peters / Columbia Journalism Review:
Survey: Editors see media losing ground as legal advocate for 1st Amendment — Editors around the country are losing confidence in the news industry's ability to fulfill its role as a First Amendment champion, and they believe that shrinking resources are to blame, according to a report released …
John Koblin / New York Times:
ABC's change to boost morning TV lineup creates rancor after executives failed to notify Kelly Ripa of Michael Strahan's move to Good Morning America — Kelly Ripa's Absence From ‘Live’ Points to Rancor at ABC — It seemed like an innocent enough announcement: Michael Strahan …
Discussion:
TMZ.com, Page Six, Philly.com, @kateaurthur, Hollywood Life, The Wrap, Jezebel, USA Today, The Daily Caller, The Wrap, TVNewser, The Week, CNNMoney, People.com, Vanity Fair and Gothamist
Jotham Sederstrom:
Fired New York Daily News editor Jotham Sederstrom says CMS and distraction to blame for missing attribution in Shaun King story — Regarding Shaun King and the Daily News — When I learned in October that Shaun King had been tapped to become a social justice columnist for the Daily News …
Discussion:
mUmBRELLA, @cernovich, @arthur_affect, @mc_nyc, @sara_ann_marie, @johnmcquaid, @mlcalderone, The New York Observer, New York Post, The Wrap, @ryanchittum, @jbarro, Poynter, Mediaite, CNNMoney, @resnikoff, @jozenc, @fmanjoo, @willoremus, @emilydparker, @moneyries, @caseyjohnston, @poniewozik, FishbowlNY, @ggreenwald, @vtuss, @brianstelter and Plagiarism Today
Facebook:
Facebook's News Feed starts prioritizing time spent on content, and reduces how often it shows posts in a row from the same source — News Feed FYI: More Articles You Want to Spend Time Viewing — As we work to improve News Feed, we make updates to help make sure you see the most relevant stories at the top.
Discussion:
Digiday, The Next Web, SocialTimes, Digital Trends, @lindseywiebe, @rafat, Windows Central, TIME, Slate, @jackmarshall, ZDNet, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, @benmullin and VentureBeat, Thanks:@steverubel
New York Times:
Sources: Chinese regulator shut down iBooks Store and iTunes Movies in China last week, six months after Apple launched the products in the country — Apple No Longer Immune to China's Scrutiny of U.S. Tech Firms — For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China.
Discussion:
VentureBeat, Tech in Asia, MacRumors, @comradewong, @paulmozur, The Verge, AppleInsider and China Digital Times
James Warren / Poynter:
SEC filing: ousted Tribune Publishing CEO Jack Griffin to receive $2M in addition to $3.2M 2015 compensation — $2 million golden parachute, a jet plane and other tidbits from Tribune Publishing SEC filings — Departing can be very sweet sorrow in corporate America …
Discussion:
@allisonprang
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
How storytelling pioneers are experimenting with GoPros, 3-D printers, and homemade camera rigs to invent a new medium, cinematic VR — Studio 360 — Janicza Bravo makes short films about loneliness. In one, Michael Cera plays an abrasive paraplegic who can't get lucky.
Charles Ornstein / New York Times:
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to pay $2.2M to settle violations of HIPAA rules after allowing ABC TV crew to tape dying patient for reality show NY Med — New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Over Unauthorized Filming of 2 Patients — NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to pay …
Energy & Commodities Editor, Tokyo — 
Politics Reporter, TX — 
Consumer Brands Reporter, GA — 
Deputy Editor - Health Care, VA — 
Product Editor, CA — 
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sydney — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Bangor Reporter, ME — 
Commerce Editor - Health, Remote US — 
Sports Editor, MI — 
Managing Editor, Remote US — 
Lex Writer, London — 
Trending News Reporter, NY — 
Weekend Editor, CA — 
Part-Time Reporter, AZ — 
Political Correspondent, NV — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Evening Dep. Breaking News Ed., CA — 
Copy Editor - Miami HQ, FL — 
Police & Courts Reporter, OH — 
Senior Science & Health Writer, NY — 
Data Journalist, MN — 
Tech Correspondent, CA — 
City Government Reporter, OR — 
Healthcare Business Reporter, MA — 
Senior Consumer Tech Reporter, NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Editorial Director - Audio & Video, NY — 
Local Editor - Morris County, Remote NJ — 
Deputy Managing Editor, IA — 
Senior Editor - NBA, Remote US — 
Immigration Reporter, CA — 
Breaking News Editor - Weekend, HK — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
