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1:05 PM ET, December 14, 2016

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New York Times:
Amplified by the US media, Russia executed an effective cyber offensive against the DNC, aided by a sluggish FBI response  —  WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Memo from publisher Fred Ryan: Washington Post is profitable, and traffic increased nearly 50% with digital subscription revenue more than doubling in past year  —  The Washington Post is a profitable and growing enterprise, the newspaper's publisher announced in a memo to staffers Tuesday evening.
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Patrick Frater / Variety:   Amazon Prime Video's absence in China reflects other Internet giants' struggles to break into that market where web services are governed by strict regulation
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV signs deals with Fox Networks Group, NBCUniversal, NBA TV, the Weather Channel, and A&E Networks  —  Virtual pay-TV startup signs Fox, NBC, A+E, among others  —  Coming into the TV marketplace as a new digital entrant and getting the rights …
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Facebook is in talks with TV shows and video producers about licensing content including original, licensed, scripted, unscripted, and sports programming  —  The company says it wants to “kickstart” its video efforts  —  Facebook, which has long relied on other people to provide it with content …
Discussion: New York Times
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Bloomberg Media's flagship app receives 2.5M unique visitors a month, will soon feature a personalized feed of 3-5 relevant stories, adjusted by time of day  —  Forget the mobile web or social platforms: Bloomberg Media's betting its mobile future on apps.  —  Starting with its redesigned …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / WWD:
Amid increased concerns about fake news, The New Yorker adds a “not the news” tagline and banner to The Borowitz Report  —  The New Yorker has taken steps to clarify that The Borowitz Report is not actually true.  —  What it looks like when The Borowitz Report is shared on social media.
Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
In letter to the Culture Secretary, former UK PM Gordon Brown urges UK government to delay Fox-Sky deal until after second part of the Leveson inquiry  —  Former PM says planned second part of inquiry is needed to look at evidence of wrongdoing beyond phone hacking
Discussion: @mediawisemj, @jpublik and The Guardian
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Sources: The Daily Mail's US political editor David Martosko interviewed for a position in the Trump administration  —  David Martosko, the Daily Mail's U.S. political editor, has interviewed for a position in President-elect Donald Trump's administration, POLITICO has learned.
Discussion: @timobrien
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
150 prominent filmmakers sign an open letter to major camera makers, including Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others, asking for default storage encryption  —  In the summer of 2013, when documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras was shooting a still-secret NSA leaker named Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room, she took security seriously.
 
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CQ Roll Call Chief Content Officer David Ellis is leaving the company, as it reorganizes its senior executive team
Dan Frommer / Recode:
RBC survey: 18% of Instagram users say they watch Stories daily; 53% say they watch them at least monthly
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
21st Century Fox faces new lawsuit that claims Roger Ailes sexually harassed reporter Lidia Curanaj in 2011
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Infowars takes down some content that pushed Pizzagate conspiracy theory after one video was cited in a criminal complaint stemming from Washington DC shooting
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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