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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
As media faces more criticism and fake news causes real trouble, it's tempting to tune out, but this moment requires keen awareness and critical thinking — In another strange time in American history, the counterculture guru Timothy Leary urged people to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Trump will remain executive producer of Celebrity Apprentice, getting royalties through MGM, likely in the low five figures per episode — Donald Trump will remain an exec producer on NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” which is returning Jan. 2 after a two-year hiatus with new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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John Markoff / Backchannel:
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, and become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017 — I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times.
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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Breaking News, NBC News' alert app, to shut down at the end of the year due to lack of revenue; all 20+ staff to remain on payroll until January 20 — Breaking News, the popular alert app from NBC News, is shutting down at the end of the year. — The entire staff at Breaking News …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
BuzzFeed adds Tampa Bay Times' Anthony Cormier, a Pulitzer winner, to its investigative unit, and hires Daily Beast's Nancy Youssef to cover the Pentagon — Buzzfeed News is adding Anthony Cormier to its Investigative Unit and Nancy Youssef to its World team, the company was set to announce on Friday.
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
Fox News closes six-year-old Fox News Latino, its English-language site aimed at the Latino community in US and Latin America — Fox News is shuttering Fox News Latino, its six-year-old independent site dedicated to covering news for the Latino community in English.
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Wall Street Journal:
Time Inc. hires Morgan Stanley and Bank of America to weigh takeover offers after overtures from investors including Edgar Bronfman Jr.; stock up 7%+ — Move follows bid from group including Edgar Bronfman Jr — Time Inc. hired banks to help field takeover or partnership interest …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Sources: Nielsen in advanced talks to acquire media data firm Gracenote, one source says deal could be between $450M and $500M — Nielsen is in advanced talks to acquire Emeryville, Calif.-based media data specialist Gracenote from Tribune Media, Variety has learned from multiple sources.
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Hillary Clinton urges action from private and public sectors to combat malicious fake news and false propaganda — Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke about the dangers of the promulgation of fake news on Thursday after conspiracy stories involving her campaign spurred violence recently.
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Frances Robles / New York Times:
In latest episode over proliferation of fake news, a Tampa woman who believes the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax is charged with threatening a victim's parent
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Donations to nonprofit journalism groups up after election night with ProPublica receiving $750K, eclipsing total donations of $500K in 2015 — WASHINGTON — It did not take long after election night for the donations to start pouring in to America's nonprofit journalism organizations.
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Matt Pressberg / The Wrap:
Lionsgate closes its purchase of pay-TV network Starz in $4.4 billion cash-and-stock deal — “The Hunger Games” studio Lionsgate has closed its $4.4 billion deal to acquire pay-TV network Starz, after the two companies' shareholders approved the merger in a near-unanimous vote, Lionsgate announced in a Thursday statement.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The Guardian is joining up with Vice as part of a content deal that will see Guardian journalists work at Vice's London offices and contribute to its HBO show — Deal will see Guardian journalists work at Vice's London offices and contribute to US TV network HBO
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Kidnapped journalist John Cantlie appears in new Islamic State video after appearing in at least eight propaganda videos over past four years — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has posted a new video showing kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie, who has been used for years …
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