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7:35 AM ET, November 30, 2016

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April Siese / The Daily Dot:
Jake Beckman, the creator of @SavedYouAClick, a Twitter account with 230K+ followers that aims to combat clickbait, creates @SavedYouATrick to oust fake news  —  For over two and a half years, Jake Beckman has been waging a war against clickbait.  The flashy headlines peppered with teasers …
Discussion: Forbes
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
MuckRock takes over the free FOIA Machine, which helps users send and track info requests and was funded earlier by the Knight Foundation and via Kickstarter  —  Nonprofit FOIA site MuckRock announced Tuesday that it is officially taking over the records request tool FOIA Machine.
Discussion: @jrnlsm and Poynter
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.
Peter Prengaman / Associated Press:
20 sports journalists from Fox, Globo, and Brazilian radio stations were among those killed in crash of plane carrying soccer team  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Twenty journalists are among the dead in the airline crash that devastated a Brazilian soccer team, officials said Tuesday.
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Starz mobile app update integrates soundtracks and related playlists via Spotify for subscribers of both services  —  Some songs to go with your shows.  —  Watch the movie.  Then listen to the soundtrack.  —  Not a new idea.  —  But what about: Watch the movie.  Then listen to the soundtrack — using the same app?
Robert Andrews / The Drum:
Q&A with Christian Dommers, head of business development at AdBlock Plus, on programmatic, publishers, and acceptable ads  —  It's the mother of all gorillas in the room.  Around 21% of UK adults now use ad blocking software, according to IAB UK's last count.
Discussion: @thedrum
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: @rafat, @rafat and FishbowlNY, Thanks:@steverubel
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 …
Jessica Lessin / New York Times:
Facebook shouldn't take responsibility for fact-checking news because decisions about truth aren't clear-cut, and rules about sources could sway news coverage  —  We finally got a grudging mea culpa from Mark Zuckerberg: an admission that fake news is a significant problem that his social network must help solve.
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 …
 
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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
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
 Earlier Picks: 
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
Discussion: The Independent
CNBC:
Sources: Viacom is waiting for CBS to make an offer regarding a merger, after it delivered a presentation to CBS last Wednesday
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
Discussion: Engadget and Fortune, Thanks:@ravichandrans25
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
Discussion: FishbowlNY and @perryhewitt
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