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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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Washington Post, @john_overholt, @nickbilton, @yashar, @yashar, @panger2016, The Daily Beast and Mediaite
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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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Hollywood Reporter, @tomlevenson, @feministabulous, Jezebel, FishbowlNY, The Wrap and Mediaite


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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Mediaite, TVNewser, WVXU, @brianstelter, @azi, New York Magazine, FTVLive, The Week and TheBlaze


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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Adweek, Facebook Media, SocialTimes, VentureBeat, Variety, Recode, Engadget, Marketing Land, The Drum and The Verge


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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Broadcasting & Cable, Business Insider and @isaacdovere


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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Fast Company, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, @weldpond, Krebs on Security, @leahmcelrath, @moorehn, AdExchanger and ZDNet


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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The Guardian, @benhcarrington, Mirror.co.uk, Reuters, The Huffington Post and The Guardian

Memo: Politico's Editorial Director Blake Hounshell appointed editor of Politico Magazine — FIRST PERSON - “Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack,” by Burhan Ozbilici in Ankara: “The event seemed routine, the opening of an exhibit of photographs of Russia.
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Q&A with Megyn Kelly on her next move in TV news, diversity on the staff of The Kelly File, her relationship with Trump, Fox's campaign coverage, and more — In the tour for her new book “Settle For More,” Fox News host Megyn Kelly has spoken at length about a certain progression over her career.
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New York Daily News, @washingtonpost, @hadas_gold, @edatpost, @sulliview, @erikwemple, @dmontyjr, Inside Cable News, TIME, Mediaite, TheBlaze and Media Matters for America


FCC's two Republican members send letter to lobbying firms representing ISPs vowing to “revisit” net neutrality “as soon as possible” — Pai and O'Rielly also promise not to enforce disclosure rules on small ISPs. — The US Federal Communications Commission's …
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@ssilvius, @cs_sculley, @technobiologist and Bloomberg


Twitter tests breaking news push notifications, sends news updates on the Berlin Christmas market attack and Fidel Castro's death — Twitter wants to be a news app, having recently moved to that category from the “social networking” category in the iOS App Store.
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AppAdvice.com Latest, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, @bri_sacks, @taylor_soper and Digital Trends


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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