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10:30 AM ET, November 29, 2016

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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
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
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
In a series of tweets, Trump criticized CNN over its story debunking his voter fraud claim, 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.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
News outlets reported Trump's claim about millions voting illegally as if it were true
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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.
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: FishbowlNY and @perryhewitt
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
CNBC:
Sources: Viacom is waiting for CBS to make an offer regarding a merger, after it delivered a presentation to CBS last Wednesday  —  After Viacom delivered a presentation to CBS last Wednesday, Viacom is waiting for CBS to make an offer, sources told CNBC.  —  The Redstone family …
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Laura Ingraham, currently under consideration for White House press secretary role, owns many websites including LifeZette, which frequently publishes fake news  —  The extraordinary phenomenon of fake news spread by Facebook and other social media during the 2016 presidential election …
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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
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.
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Christopher J. Daggett / New York Times:
Proceeds from the FCC's spectrum auction could produce enormous public benefits if they are used to aid local media and public interest initiatives  —  With the demand for wireless broadband growing, the Federal Communications Commission is auctioning off a big chunk of the public airwaves.
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  —  INMA sets records in 2016, big plans for 2017 … The INMA Board of Directors met in Cape Town last week to discuss plans for 2017 and beyond …
 
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Tucker Carlson will step down as Daily Caller EIC as he devotes himself to his evening Fox News show; he will maintain an ownership stake in the publication
Discussion: Mediaite
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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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