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12:50 PM ET, November 28, 2016

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 Top News: 
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat; app to be shut down, team to form a new media startup as an extension of CNN  —  With millions of people regularly tuning in to his YouTube video blogs every morning, Casey Neistat has a millennial fan base coveted by both marketers and media companies.
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Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CNN's deal to acquire Beme is valued at about $25M  —  YouTube creator will launch new video brand at CNN  —  CNN has acquired video-sharing startup Beme, a social media app launched last year by popular YouTube star Casey Neistat, the cable-news network announced Monday.
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News outlets reported Trump's claim about millions voting illegally as if it were true  —  Newsrooms are still coming to grips with a soon-to-be-president able to distract and distort on Twitter.  —  NEW YORK On Sunday afternoon, Politico editorial director for digital Blake Hounshell rightly pointed …
Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:
Voter fraud claim had already been debunked by Snopes and Politifact, after being shared on Facebook 50K+ times, before Trump tweeted it  —  Fake news, we have learned over the past several weeks, is spread easily by profiteers, propagandists, and performance artists.
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Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Report: Time Inc. board rejects buyout bid from Edgar Bronfman Jr. for $18 a share, which is an 18% premium over its Friday closing price of $13.80  —  Edgar Bronfman Jr. is making a bid to buy Time Inc., publisher of People, Time and Sports Illustrated, The Post has learned.
MediaDC.com:
Salena Zito, reporter praised for her coverage of Trump voters in the Rust Belt region, joins the Washington Examiner as a full-time political correspondent  —  For Immediate Release  —  Washington Examiner is excited to announce that Salena Zito is joining its staff as a full-time political correspondent.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and FishbowlDC
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes Media partners with Advantage Media Group to launch book publishing unit, ForbesBooks  —  Forbes Media announced Monday that it is starting a book publishing operation in conjunction with Advantage Media Group.  —  ForbesBooks will provide a variety of services …
Ross Benes / Digiday:
Viral publishers like ViralNova, Distractify, and Upworthy are attracting fewer media buyers as they struggle with fraud, lose traffic  —  Viral publishers have been inoculated.  —  Media buyers tell Digiday that interest in viral publishers — such as ViralNova and Distractify …
 
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Carrie Brown:
In election coverage, the press has done a better job of representing white working-class voters than it has marginalized groups like ethnic minorities
Ben Arnon / The Huffington Post:
Q&A with National Geographic's Sarah Leen on the process of getting images from camera to the page, advice for photographers, and on finding the perfect photo
Sarah Esther Maslin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Profile of El Faro, an 18-year-old growing news site covering the drug and gang wars in El Salvador, which has faced threats and won journalism prizes
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Roy Greenslade / The Guardian:
IPSO assembles a yet-to-be named journalists' advisory panel and a six-member readers' advisory panel that includes Leveson inquiry participant Tom Rowland
Variety:
Disney CEO Bob Iger discusses his retirement in June 2018, future plans, succession troubles, and the “inevitability” of selling ESPN directly to consumers
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Mark Jamison, one of two advisers appointed by President-elect Trump to examine the FCC, has said the agency should only license radio spectrum
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