Mediagazer: 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 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)

3:55 PM ET, December 8, 2016

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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

Discussion: Variety, @charliebeckett, @aleximostrous, @roshanamn, Press Gazette, @robferdman, @jtemperton, @jane__bradley, @guardiannews, @timmy, @christianobeno, @journalistfritz, Editor & Publisher and FishbowlNY

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Interview with Vice CEO Shane Smith, who says that Vice will decide on an IPO at a board meeting in January — Shane Smith, the bombastic founder and CEO of Vice, thinks the current political climate is “crazy” and that the level of dysfunction in Washington is at a whole new level never seen before in history.

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Breaking News, NBC News' popular 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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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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Steve McClellan / MediaPost:

WPP CEO Martin Sorell says the ad firm will spend $70M on Snapchat this year, versus $5.5B on Google, up from $4B a year ago, and $1.75B on Facebook — Facebook may have issues with measurement, but they don't appear to be hampering the social media giant's advertising growth.

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

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Lisa Respers France / CNNMoney:

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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:

The Washington Post adds editor's note to its article about Russian propaganda amid US election, saying it does not vouch for findings of PropOrNot group — A lengthy editor's note appeared Wednesday atop Craig Timberg's November 24 Washington Post story claiming that a Russian propaganda campaign aided …

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Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:

In a first, newspaper trade group NMA writes to Trump, saying cross-ownership rules are outdated, fair use needs limits, and copyright needs strengthening — The president-elect may not always get along with reporters, but a shared desire for fewer regulations could be common ground …

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