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3:00 PM ET, December 14, 2016

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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Trump has gone 36 days without holding a press conference since becoming President-Elect, twelve times longer than Bush and Obama  —  The president-elect postpones this week's press conference, his first planned since July, while holding four “Thank You” rallies — and meeting Kanye.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
In radio interview, Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus says there are “different ways” to do WH daily briefing, seemingly suggesting it could be abolished  —  Transcript: HH: Joined now by the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, incoming White House Chief of Staff as well.
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Amazon expands Prime Video to 200+ countries excluding China, no additional cost for Prime members, $5.99/month in countries with no Prime subscription option  —  A month after it dropped major hints, Amazon has made its Prime Video service available in more than 200 countries worldwide bringing …
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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
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 …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Michael Flynn Jr., son of Trump's national security advisor General Michael Flynn, slammed the Washington Post and questioned if it should continue to operate  —  Michael Flynn Jr., the son of incoming Donald Trump national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, attacked The Washington Post Wednesday …
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
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Twitter adds live video broadcast to its iOS and Android apps; Periscope will continue as a standalone app  —  Periscope down  —  Twitter released an update today that will let you broadcast live video from within its app for iOS and Android.  The feature is “powered by” Periscope …
 
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Commenting platform Disqus lays off 20% of its workforce, or 11 people, as it shifts business models to focus on data services for publishers and advertisers
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and ex-Politico editor Susan Glasser say it's worrisome press didn't stand up sooner when Trump blacklisted some news orgs
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CQ Roll Call Chief Content Officer David Ellis is leaving the company, as it reorganizes its senior executive team
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Time Inc. wants to offload xoJane and xoVain which it acquired just over a year ago; founder Jane Pratt is searching for an investor or new publisher
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
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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Felix Salmon / Nieman Lab:
In 2017, headlines will matter more than ever and journalists will need to wrest control of headline writing from social-optimization teams
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
Discussion: PolitiFact and @hadas_gold