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10:55 AM 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
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.
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 …
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 …
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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  —  Nearly five months after Roger Ailes was ousted from his position as chairman of Fox News Channel, the sexual harassment accusations against him continue.
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 …
Discussion: Variety, VentureBeat, MacRumors and Recode
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.
Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Virtual reality startup WEVR launches Netflix-style subscription service for cinematic VR titles, available on HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR initially  —  Virtual reality startup WEVR thinks it's time to set a price for premium virtual reality content.  The company announced the launch …
Discussion: Forbes, VentureBeat and Variety
 
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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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James Vincent / The Verge:
Judge clears Backpage.com CEO and co-founders of pimping charges, says the listing site is not liable for user-generated content
Eve Peyser / Gizmodo:
Google refuses to change search results for ‘Did the Holocaust happen?’, despite previously manipulating results to favor its own products
Scott Dadich / Wired:
Wired will publish its first ever fiction-only issue in January, featuring sci-fi stories by different authors
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses by conducting an internal study, codenamed Atlas, to gather employee feedback on products on the market

Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind hacks in June and July of up to 165 Snowflake customers including AT&T

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
The second developer beta of iOS 18.2 shows a “daily limit” for free access to “advanced” ChatGPT via Siri and an option to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus in Settings
 
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