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1:40 AM ET, December 19, 2016

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, and Bloomberg are all beefing up their White House reporting teams in preparation for Trump's presidency  —  When President-elect Donald Trump moves into The White House, he's going to have a lot of company.  —  In the last week …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
November's election and Trump's attacks on media fuel support for trusted, verified journalism  —  The answer to all the troubling new questions about the future of the news business — how to make money, stop the spread of fake news and reassert a uniform view of reality …
Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
Right-wing vilification of the mainstream media has discredited news orgs among some voters, aiding Trump's rise as right-wing news sources promote untruths  —  MILWAUKEE — After nearly 25 years, I'm stepping down from my daily conservative talk radio show at the end of this month.
Turkey Blocks:
Tor access with the default configuration now widely restricted in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use  —  The Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog has identified and verified that restrictions on the Tor anonymity network and Tor Browser are now in effect throughout Turkey.
Liz Spayd / New York Times:
The New York Times' newsroom is mostly white, suggesting diversity has not been a priority; Dean Baquet says he's committed to change  —  ONLY two of the 20-plus reporters who covered the presidential campaign for The New York Times were black.  None were Latino or Asian.
Maciej Martewicz / Bloomberg:
Amid protests, Poland's ruling party promises to re-open talks about strict media regulations for covering parliament, which were to start January 1  —  Law & Justice suspends plan to curb media access in new year  —  President Duda starts mediating effort amid ongoing protests
Discussion: BBC and CNN
Lakshmi Chaudhry / Columbia Journalism Review:
Behind the rise of digital journalism in India, and the opportunities and challenges facing new media entrants and incumbents  —  India's media startups are pushing the bounds of free expression … In January 2011, I found myself huddled in the basement of a refurbished textile factory …
Politico:
Jared Kushner says Trump campaign struck deal with Sinclair to give TV chain more access in exchange for interviews airing at all affiliates without commentary  —  Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage …
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Investigation finds the site responsible for the “Pope endorses Trump” hoax is part of network that created hundreds of hoaxes on celebs moving to various towns  —  In early July, a website made to look like a real news organization published what would prove to be one of the biggest fake news hits of the US election.
Discussion: Fortune, @joshtpm and @craigsilverman
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Washington Post offers Chrome extension that fact-checks Trump's tweets  —  On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump took a new tack in his war on the Russia hacking issue. … As our Dave Weigel noted, this isn't really accurate.  There was nothing illegal at play …
Molly de Aguiar / Nieman Lab:
Philanthropists for news should provide operating support with no strings attached and encourage newsrooms to take creative risks, collaborate with partners  —  2017 is the year that philanthropy stops asking, “Why should we fund news and information?” and starts asking, “How do we get started?”
David Skok / Nieman Lab:
Publishers could use machine learning, predictive and anticipatory analytics to give readers real-time, user-specific options instead of outdated paywalls  —  For over a decade, digital publishers have been wrestling with an existential strategic question: Should we pursue consumer or advertising revenue as our primary revenue stream?
Discussion: @dskok
 
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Melody Kramer / Poynter:
Q&A with historians from NPR, University of Louisville, and the director of Radio Preservation Task Force on mapping the history of US public broadcasts
Nielsen:
Nielsen Scarborough: more than 169M US adults read a newspaper a month, via print, web, or mobile; 81% engage with print product, and 51% read print exclusively
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Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
The Telegraph begins streaming TV shows with Telegraph Now Showing, a joint venture with Endemol Shine Group, starting with eight shows from Endemol's archives
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Memo: New York Times will vacate at least 8 floors of its building and seek rental income, temporarily moving some staffers including print services amid re-org
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Facebook underreported iPhone traffic to Instant Articles tracked by comScore from Sept. 30 to Nov. 30; report says some publishers' numbers affected by 10-20%
 

 
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

The Baltimore Banner:
Baltimore Police arrest a high school teacher for allegedly framing his principal by using AI to create an audio file of the principal making racist comments

 
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