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6:40 AM ET, November 17, 2016

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Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Analysis shows top 20 fake election news stories generated more engagement on Facebook than the top 20 election stories from 19 major news outlets  —  A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.
Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
Facebook says it overstated organic Page reach and time spent on Instant Articles due to bugs; firm will expand 3rd-party verification, form Measurement Council  —  Facebook is also adding more third-party verification and forming a Measurement Council to stay in step with evolving products and metrics.
NBC News:
Trump's refusal to accommodate press pool is part of a broader trend which suggests his administration will lack transparency  —  Donald Trump Ditches Press, Steps Out for Dinner 0:47  —  In a highly unusual move, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday night left his Manhattan residence without notifying …
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National Press Club:
15 journalism advocacy groups, including the National Press Club, sign open letter to Donald Trump urging him to preserve press pool tradition  —  We, a group of diverse journalism associations representing thousands of journalists from the nation's capital to every corner of the country, begin this letter on a hopeful note.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Univision will cut 200-250 jobs, 6% of its workforce, with most of the layoffs at Fusion; Katie Drummond named executive managing editor of Gizmodo Media Group  —  The Spanish-language media giant, Univision Communications, will lay off almost 6 percent of its workforce — between 200 and 250 people …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump's tweets complaining about New York Times stories are usually about articles that prove to be accurate  —  In the week since he won the presidency, Donald Trump has issued 23 140-character press releases on Twitter.  Of those 23, six were complaints about the New York Times and its coverage.
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Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
In a series of tweets Wednesday morning, incoming US President Donald Trump attacks the New York Times again over coverage of his transition
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Diane Rehm's station taps Joshua Johnson, a lesser-known radio host, as her successor  —  Radio journalist Joshua Johnson will succeed Diane Rehm as the host of the daily public-affairs discussion program that Rehm turned into one of NPR's most durable franchises over its 37-year run.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC deletes everything from November 17 meeting agenda after GOP letter urging Tom Wheeler to refrain from passing new rules before Trump's inauguration  —  FCC chair takes all rulemakings off agenda one day after GOP lawmakers' request.  —  The Federal Communications Commission …
Discussion: Motherboard
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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Google refreshes Play Newsstand for Android and iOS, brings it to the web  —  Google today announced an overhaul to its Google Play Newsstand app on both Android and iOS and also announced the launch of a web version, at newsstand.google.com.  The updated mobile versions will be rolling out over the next few days.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple to cut its 30% App Store fee to 15% for video streaming apps if providers integrate their service with its TV app  —  Move comes as Apple prepares to roll out a new TV app  —  Video partners had been frustrated with Apple's revenue slice  —  Apple Inc. plans to cut the amount …
Alex Weprin / Politico:
BuzzFeed names Kate Nocera DC bureau chief, Adrian Carrasquillo as White House reporter, John Stanton as senior national correspondent, and hires two in bureau  —  BuzzFeed is making some big changes in its Washington D.C. bureau, naming Adrian Carrasquillo White House reporter …
Discussion: @j__velasquez
J. Lester Feder / BuzzFeed:
Transcript of 2014 talk ex-Breitbart Chairman Stephen Bannon in which he describes his worldview and discusses the site's role in the rise of the alt-right  —  The soon-to-be White House director of strategy laid out a global vision in a rare 2014 talk, one where he said racism in the far right gets …
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Dan Primack / LinkedIn:
Sources: DraftKings and FanDuel have agreed to merge; DraftKings CEO Jason Robins to run new company as FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles becomes chairman
Discussion: The Drum
Roddy Salazar / Business Insider:
Business Insider announces Italian site will roll out November 28 and Japanese site to go live on January 16; site in Africa close to being finalized
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
SoundCloud opens up applications for On SoundCloud, its revenue-sharing program for creators
Discussion: SoundCloud and hypebot
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
TMZ founder Harvey Levin interviewed Donald Trump for an hour-long Fox News special broadcast which will be aired Friday at 10pm EST
Discussion: TVNewser and FishbowlDC
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Guardian:
The Guardian asked five liberals and five conservatives to swap Facebook feeds; both sides reported feeling “hurt” by stories they saw
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Scroll, a Netflix-style ad-free subscription service for publications, has raised $3M from investors including the New York Times, Axel Springer, and News Corp
Carmen Forman / The Roanoke Times:
At an event at Hollins University, Donna Brazile said CNN did not give her a chance to defend herself over questions leaks scandal and “ripped her a new one”
Discussion: Washington Post
Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Twitter suspends several high-profile accounts associated with the alt-right, including those of Richard Spencer and Pax Dickinson