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4:46 PM ET, November 29, 2016

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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
In a series of tweets, Trump criticized CNN over its story debunking his voter fraud claim and retweeted criticism of the network from his supporters  —  Donald Trump lashed out on Twitter Monday night and into early Tuesday morning over a CNN report refuting his unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud on Election Day.
Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTuber replaces video saying Barron Trump may be autistic with a retraction and apology after Melania Trump seeks takedown via Hogan lawyer Charles Harder  —  Trump reportedly says her husband's foe Rosie O'Donnell made matters worse.  —  Melania Trump is threatening a lawsuit …
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Canada has lost about half of its journalists in the last decade, sources say, as government assesses future without country's two largest newspaper companies  —  Canada's press woes are bad enough unto themselves, but they also serve as a sign of earlier winter for the U.S. press.
Discussion: Reynolds Center and Politico
Bloomberg:
Kellogg Co. pulls its ads from right-wing news site Breitbart; the move comes following pressure from activists after a Kellogg ad was spotted on the site  —  Kellogg Co. is pulling its ads from the website Breitbart News, the right-wing news organization whose former chairman Steve Bannon …
CNBC:
Since Election Day, amid criticism from President-Elect Trump, the NYT has netted 132K paid subscribers, up 10x year-over-year  —  Despite endorsing Hillary Clinton and enduring Donald Trump's repeated criticisms, The New York Times said paid subscriptions online and in print have soared since Election Day.
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Business Insider announces that President and COO Julie Hansen is leaving at the end of 2016 after eight years with the company to launch a startup  —  Julie Hansen, who oversaw the site's business operations, is leaving to launch a start-up  —  Business Insider's chief operating officer and president …
Discussion: FishbowlNY, Thanks:@steverubel
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Quartz has received a $240K Knight Foundation grant to launch the Quartz Bot Studio, a group focused on developing three bot-related projects this coming year  —  The Quartz Bot Studio (which the publication intends to maintain after the grant funding is used up) will develop new bots …
Discussion: @perryhewitt and FishbowlNY
The Guardian:
The Guardian has moved to HTTPS, partly to stop ISPs tracking what readers are reading, information the paper believes “may be used against them”  —  Our content has now been served over HTTPS for two months and we thought it was time to share some of the reasons, processes and challenges behind the project.
Discussion: @glenngabe
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
SiriusXM agrees to pay up to $99M over 10 years to settle royalty lawsuits with artists for broadcasting pre-1972 songs, separate from major records' payout  —  SiriusXM, the satellite radio giant, has agreed to pay up to $99 million to settle a group of lawsuits over an obscure aspect …
Discussion: Fast Company, Reuters and @sisario
Paul Dallison / Politico:
Documents: Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers Ltd, owner of The Sun, registered as an official Leave campaign group, spent nearly £100K pushing for Brexit  —  A week before the U.K. referendum on EU membership, the newspaper group that owns Britain's the Times and the Sun registered …
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Questions raised about policing of speech on social networks, after Facebook initially refused to remove a far-right group's map of Jewish businesses in Berlin  —  BERLIN — Yorai Feinberg was going about his daily routine this month when his social media feeds and cellphone began lighting up.
Discussion: Fortune and Engadget, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
Alan Travis / The Guardian:
UK's Investigatory Powers bill is now law, mandates all web and call histories be stored, available to select agencies; journalists' records need judge sign-off  —  Home secretary hails ‘world-leading’ laws, which include forcing web and phone companies to collect browsing histories
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming TV service launches Nov. 30 starting at $35/mo. for 60+ channels, up to $70/month for 120+ channels  —  [UPDATE: Channel lineup below the fold.]  —  AT&T has officially unveiled details about its upcoming streaming TV service called DirecTV Now.
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Micah Singleton / The Verge:
AT&T mobile subscribers will be able to stream DirecTV Now without using their data, as the company doubles down on disregard for the ethos of net neutrality
Discussion: @karlbode
 
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Marie Le Conte / BuzzFeed:
The UK's Digital and Cultural Minister Matt Hancock says the government is currently looking into the rise of fake news and considering its implications
CNBC:
Sources: Viacom is waiting for CBS to make an offer regarding a merger, after it delivered a presentation to CBS last Wednesday
Mark Challinor / INMA:
INMA plans for 2017: New distance learning initiative on best practices in media, new membership classifications for startups and universities, apps, and more
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

Financial Times:
Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Sources: the CFPB moves to place Google under formal federal supervision, an extraordinary move that may lead to regular inspections; Google fiercely resisted
 
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