Mediagazer: Report: Facebook's Q1-Q3 2016 US ad revenue exceeded Comcast's and Disney's ad sales, first time the social network's ad revenue overtook traditional media's (Matt Pressberg/The Wrap)

Loren Grush / The Verge:

RCN, CNN's regional partner in Boston, says it can find no evidence porn was aired; story was based on a series of tweets which news orgs failed to fact-check — Last night, a twitter account by the name of @solikearose tweeted out a surprising image of CNN broadcasting porn instead …

Ishmael N. Daro / BuzzFeed:

The CNN porn glitch appears to have happened, but only affected one viewer; initial reports claimed it was widespread for viewers in Boston — A woman in Boston who tried to watch CNN on Thanksgiving says her cable box showed her hardcore porn instead. — Twitter user @solikearose shared …

Discussion: The Next Web, @rafat, @mathewi and RT

Mathew Ingram / Fortune:

One group WaPo cited in its Russian propaganda story is associated with Cold War proponents; the second group appears to have launched only recently — One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea …

Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:

Report: Facebook's Q1-Q3 2016 US ad revenue exceeded Comcast's and Disney's ad sales, first time the social network's ad revenue overtook traditional media's — Facebook has become most Americans' main source for news, and it now brings in more U.S. ad revenue than the country's biggest media companies …

Discussion: The Information

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Google has been warning prominent journalists and professors that their accounts are under attack from “government-backed attackers” — A flurry of social media reports suggests a major hacking campaign has been uncovered. — Google is warning prominent journalists and professors …

Amelia Tait / New Statesman:

Reddit CEO Huffman's decision to delete and alter comments on Trump thread amounts to censorship and has eroded the site's credibility with users — The ruling of a High Court judge to allow the body of a 14-year-old girl to be cryogenically preserved is another glance at a potential scientific utopia.

Discussion: @artypapers, @chrislhayes, AOL, The Next Web, Engadget, Washington Post, Fortune, The Daily Caller, TechCrunch, CNET, International Business Times, The Independent, Mashable, WIRED UK and The Verge

The Guardian:

Charlie Hebdo to launch German edition December 1 with initial print run of 200K, available every Thursday for €4 — The French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, whose Paris offices were the target of a jihadist massacre in January 2015, will launch a German edition on 1 December in the wake …

Discussion: @niemanlab

Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed:

How the rise of the Internet, Facebook, and fake news has fueled anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar — YANGON, Myanmar — The internet brought Donald Trump to Myanmar. Or, at least that's how Shar Ya Wai first remembers hearing about the Republican president-elect. — “One day, nobody knew him.

Discussion: Amnesty International, @_bensalt, @buzzfeedben, @zeynep, @azmatzahra, CNBC, @cwarzel, Associated Press, International Business Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, @jonrussell, The Guardian, The National, Reuters, Al Jazeera English and The Guardian

Michael Tegos / Tech in Asia:

Streaming video service Hooq launches in Singapore with offline viewing, and Singtel partnership for data bundles, at a monthly fee of $6.20 — Streaming video service Hooq is finally launching in Singapore, the company announced today. The Singaporean startup is opening up its video streaming …

Discussion: The Tech Portal, Mumbrella Asia, Techgoondu, AsiaOne Digital, The Straits Times and Capacity Media

Laura Sydell / NPR:

Q&A with Jestin Coler, registered Democrat and founder of Disinfomedia, which owns fake news sites including the Denver Guardian, on ad networks, money, more — A lot of fake and misleading news stories were shared across social media during the election.

Discussion: @johnrentoul, New York Times, @jesnowden, @dandrezner, @kimmaicutler, Boing Boing, @stanfordusa, @realsesmith, @macloo and @sydell, Thanks:@ravichandrans25

Roy Greenslade / The Guardian:

Trinity Mirror's Chief Executive Simon Fox and the paper's board should resign for failing to protect their source, Robert Norman — Trinity Mirror has no right to own newspapers. Its board should resign. Read the story of what the publisher did to Robert Norman, as detailed …

Discussion: Press Gazette, @briancathcart, @pressgazette and @djbond6873

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Verizon hires Steve Woolf, formerly global head of networks at AwesomenessTV, as head of programming for Go90 — Steve Woolf, formerly global head of networks at AwesomenessTV, has joined Verizon's Go90 mobile-centric video group as head of programming. — At Verizon, Woolf will oversee …

Discussion: @stevewoolf