Mediagazer: 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 (Lloyd Grove/The Daily Beast)

6:10 PM ET, December 20, 2016

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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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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

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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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:

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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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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