Top News:
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Sources: Facebook is working on Collections, a feature to showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed — Facebook is working on a new feature that will showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed, according to two people familiar …
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, Digiday, Vox, VentureBeat, @mikeisaac, @pernillet, @jbenton, @alexia, Mediaite, Engadget, Vanity Fair, @pewinternet, Mashable, The Verge, Fortune and SocialTimes
Bloomberg:
Pandora's stock up 16% on reports of a possible sale; sources say Sirius XM approached the company again and Pandora has reached out to other potential suitors — Board hasn't responded to new engagement from Greg Maffei — Pandora advisers have begun soliciting interest from buyers
Discussion:
CNBC, Business Insider, San Francisco Business Journal, CNET, Business Insider, Reuters, RAIN News, The Wrap, Deadline, Variety, VentureBeat, TechCrunch and Fortune
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
BuzzFeed names fake news expert Craig Silverman as its first media editor; based in Toronto, he will focus on social media platforms, misinformation, and more — Media writers at traditional news companies tend to see New York City as the nexus of all things important to the industry.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Corey Lewandowski, Trump's informal adviser and potential employee, says NYT editor Dean Baquet should be in jail for publishing Trump's tax documents — Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump's first campaign manager, said Thursday that New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet “should be in jail” …
Discussion:
@moorehn, @celeste_pewter, @thekarami, @mattdpearce, @scalzi, @rulajebreal, @katzonearth, @anandwrites, @poniewozik, Mediaite, @daviduberti, @jamilsmith, @alexckaufman, @mikeisaac, @hadas_gold, @jackshafer, @dabeard, @adamserwer, The Huffington Post, @evanchill, @resnikoff and Talking Points Memo
RELATED:
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeffrey Zucker defends CNN against political operatives' accusations of bias toward Trump, says he's proud of hiring Corey Lewandowski
Jeffrey Zucker defends CNN against political operatives' accusations of bias toward Trump, says he's proud of hiring Corey Lewandowski
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Washington Post, Fortune, The Guardian, Hot Air, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, TVNewser, FishbowlDC, @hadas_gold, Jezebel, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, ABC News, Washington Post, FTVLive, @johnrobinson, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Week, The Huffington Post, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller, Variety, @chrislhayes, @kylegriffin1, @jonathanchait, @markberman, @adviserdavid, @dangillmor, @id_gordon, @katherinemiller, @dangillmor and @ditzkoff
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump surrogates' disdain for facts should not be surprising but requires vigilance from reporters and a re-reading of Orwell — You may think you are prepared for a post-truth world, in which political appeals to emotion count for more than statements of verifiable fact.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Automated placement of online advertising complicates brands' efforts to disassociate from Breitbart News and fake news sites — The Vanguard Group does its best to stay away from politics when advertising, going so far as to have a policy against marketing on overtly partisan websites.
Discussion:
NPR, Little Green Footballs, Digiday, Business Insider, Fast Company and USA Today
Lauren Johnson / Adweek:
Hearst forms 10-person Native and Emerging Technologies team to work on voice-based experiences on devices like Echo and smartphones, AI, AR, OTT apps, and more — Hearst may be a 129-year-old media company, but even it's planning for a Jetsons-like future when news will be consumed through voice-controlled technology.
Discussion:
The Drum, VentureBeat and @laurenjohnson
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC reaches preliminary conclusion that AT&T is violating net neutrality with DirecTV data cap exemption, asks AT&T to respond by December 15 — Verizon also in trouble with FCC over charging competitors for zero-rating. — The Federal Communications Commission has reached …
Discussion:
The Verge, The Verge, Associated Press, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, BGR, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Broadcasting & Cable and Los Angeles Times
Ben Sullivan / Motherboard:
The Free Press Action Fund wants money raised through the sale of public TV spectrum to be spent on community media and local journalism — As society gulps down more and more digital services, it's also rapidly moving away from consuming media via traditional television channels.
Discussion:
Slate
Peter Sterne / Politico:
As part of proposed $31M settlement, Nick Denton can't buy back Gawker.com unless he gets explicit written permission from Hulk Hogan — Gawker Media founder Nick Denton can't buy Gawker.com unless he gets explicit written permission from former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
Kim Zetter / The Intercept:
Internet Archive and EFF fend off FBI national security letter that demanded records of an Internet Archive user and came with an everlasting gag order — A decade ago, the FBI sent Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a now-infamous type of subpoena known as a National Security Letter …
Discussion:
Techdirt, @theintercept, @filosottile, @agcrocker, @micahflee, @jennamc_laugh and Electronic Frontier Foundation
Kristina Cooke / Reuters:
Facebook developing AI to flag nudity, violence, and other content violating its policies in Facebook Live streams — Facebook Inc (FB.O) is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Mashable, PC Magazine, Engadget, ZDNet, NetNewsCheck Latest, The Tech Portal and Consumerist