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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Inside the Desperate, Year-Long Hunt to Find Donald Trump's Rumored Apprentice Outtakes — Throughout the election, both the media and the Clinton camp were obsessed by outtakes from the reality show, amid allegations of hair-raising things said by the now president-elect.
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Eric Mandel / MyNorthwest.com:
Comedian Tom Arnold claims to have unreleased footage of Trump's outtakes on The Apprentice, says they feature the President-elect using racist language — While visiting with KIRO Radio's Dori Monson on Friday to talk about his upcoming performance in Seattle, comedian Tom Arnold revealed a bombshell …
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Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Live Audio launches with select publishers and authors including the BBC, LBC, and Harper Collins, will open up to more next year — Book readings, interviews, and news radio are coming to Facebook thanks to its new Live Audio feature launching today with a few publishers and authors before opening up next year.
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Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:
Russian hackers use “Methbot” botnet to steal $3M-$5M video ad revenue per day from over 6K premium publishers in largest ad fraud uncovered to date — The botnet has been siphoning an estimated $3 to $5 million in ad revenue per day, making it the largest ad fraud scam uncovered to date.
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David Chavern / Nieman Lab:
CEO of News Media Alliance says fake news will diminish in 2017 as tech platforms recognize importance of maintaining a credible environment — My prediction for 2017 is that the explosion of overtly “fake news” of the Macedonian-teenager variety — like that found on highly influential …
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Jacob Soll / Politico:
Despite media handwringing, fake news has been around since news became a concept 500 years ago with the invention of print, often provoking violence — Bogus news has been around a lot longer than real news. And it's left a lot of destruction behind. — The fake news hit Trent, Italy, on Easter Sunday, 1475.
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Don Kaplan / New York Daily News:
Roger Ailes makes a rare call to the New York Daily News in an unsuccessful effort to get an apology for “Gropey old men” headline — Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes called the Daily News' MediaBlast Monday — to complain about a headline. — “I was hoping you would be a gentleman …
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Sling TV website shows details for AirTV Player, a new Android-powered device with an interface that combines Sling TV with over-the-air broadcasts and Netflix — Putting streaming and antenna TV channels all in the same guide — Dish's Sling TV website has (perhaps prematurely) unveiled a new set-top box, the AirTV Player.
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Snap acquired San Francisco-based ad tech firm Flite which has raised money from Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, more; source calls deal “acquihire” — Snap is beefing up its ad tech team. — Snap, the parent company that owns Snapchat, has acquired San Francisco …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Source: White House press secretary job likely to go to RNC strategist Sean Spicer; Daily Mail's US Political Editor David Martosko turned down for role — Dodging an ethical bullet, the Daily Mail's Donald Trump-friendly U.S. political editor, David Martosko—who had been interviewing …
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Jane Martinson / The Guardian:
Labour MP Ed Miliband urges Parliament to block 21st Century Fox bid for complete control of Sky — Former Labour leader argues in parliament that nothing has changed since tycoon's last attempted takeover five years ago — Ed Miliband urged the government to block Rupert Murdoch's bid …
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Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Twitter agrees to hand over user's data in a civil suit brought after Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald was sent a seizure-inducing tweet — Four days ago, an unidentified Twitter user tweeted a seizure-inducing animation at Newsweek and Vanity Fair writer Kurt Eichenwald, who has epilepsy.
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