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5:00 PM ET, December 19, 2016

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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Reporters who attended Trump's off-the-record briefing on Sunday evening receive Twitter backlash after posing for a photo with the President-elect  —  On Sunday night, President-elect Donald Trump held a 30-minute, off-the-record chat with his press pool inside his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, FL.
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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Media outlets, which are at risk of getting played by Trump, need to challenge the President-elect instead of going off the record with him  —  How quickly we forget.  Just a few months ago, Donald Trump was conducting an unprecedented attack on the mainstream press by keeping them in pens at his rallies …
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump held a 30-minute off-the-record meeting with the press Sunday evening, at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, more than 140 days after his last press conference  —  held an off-the-record conversation with reporters on Sunday evening.  —  While the topics of conversation were not reported …
Knight Foundation:
For the next month until January 19, 2017, the Knight Foundation will match donations from individuals to non-profit news orgs, up to a total of $1.5M  —  The Knight News Match is a call to action for everyone who believes in quality, trustworthy, in-depth journalism and the role nonprofit …
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Jack Mirkinson / Fusion:
Longtime AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici praised for astonishing courage as he documented the murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey  —  The news that Russia's ambassador to Turkey had been murdered reverberated around the world on Monday.  Beyond the obviously grim nature of the news …
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ annual report: at least 48 journalists killed in relation to their work in 2016, with outstanding questions about 27 other cases  —  Also Available in Español, , Français, Português, , Türkçe  —  Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 …
New York Magazine:
New York Magazine debuts a premium subscription for $9.99/month or $99/year, offering readers email newsletters, invites to events, private Instagram feed, more  —  New York Magazine today announced the launch of New York by New York, a premium membership program that offers insider access …
Discussion: @jyarow, @joepompeo and @noahchestnut
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sources: Jane Pratt, founder of xoJane and xoVain, is leaving Time Inc.; sites will redirect to InStyle.com, though Pratt is seeking investors for properties  —  Pratt will leave the company by the end of the year, as she looks to find a suitor for xoJane and xoVain.  —  XoJane.com
Tanzina Vega / CNNMoney:
How newsrooms can foster diversity by hiring outside of obvious silos, developing talent from within, confronting internal biases, and more  —  Hollywood inequality is a top down problem  —  On Sunday, the New York Times public editor Liz Spayd wrote a column that cut deep to the bone …
 
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has proposed criminalizing fake news with a new pro-censorship law sure to be abused
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Newsroom memo: New York Times political reporter Michael Barbaro moves to a new role on the paper's audio team, will debut new project in 2017
Discussion: @mikiebarb and @mlcalderone
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Newspapers failed to compete with Craigslist on price and product quality
Discussion: WGBH News and @michaelkruse
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
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