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2:30 PM ET, December 23, 2016

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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Trump names Sean Spicer as White House press secretary, Jason Miller as communications director, and Hope Hicks and Dan Scavino to senior communications posts  —  President-elect Donald Trump named Republican National Committee official Sean Spicer White House press secretary …
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Kellyanne Conway says the press can expect “traditional” daily access to Trump when he takes office, blaming Trump's schedule for the lack of news conferences
Alex Heath / Business Insider:
Twitter's Android app inflated video ad metrics between Nov. 7 and Dec. 12, source says by up to 35%; Twitter admits technical error and refunds advertisers  —  A bug in a recent version of Twitter's Android app inflated video advertising metrics by as much as 35%, a person familiar with the matter told Business Insider.
Hamish Bowles / Vogue:
Franca Sozzani, Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, Dies at 66  —  Franca Sozzani, the Editor in Chief of Italian Vogue, has died.  —  Franca, an ageless 66, was born in Mantua.  Her father, a classic Italian patriarch, was an industrial engineer who did not approve his daughter's early ambitions to study physics.
Kate Kaye / Ad Age:
Facebook has held talks with the marketing industry's Media Rating Council about auditing its metrics, engaging in MRC accreditation process  —  The marketing industry's Media Rating Council has held recent talks with Facebook about auditing its measurement methodologies …
Discussion: @adage and Marketing Land
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A review of Sinclair Broadcasting's internal documents and reporting aired in 81 cities shows a strong tilt toward Trump  —  Over four days in early August, Donald Trump gave interviews to four TV stations in Ohio, Florida and Maine, and to the Washington bureau of a national TV chain.
Business Insider:
A look at Jared Kushner's investments to establish himself as a media industry leader, which sources say lacked vision, cohesion, and passion  —  When Jared Kushner swooped in to buy the New York Observer in 2006, he embarked on a mini media tour, posing with the paper at parties and sitting …
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Joe Pompeo / Politico:
American Media says there are no discussions regarding an acquisition of the New York Observer, but one source says there have been talks
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Apple Music executives Jimmy Iovine and Larry Jackson talk about working with stars and exclusives, the role of labels, and how Apple Music supports musicians  —  By all modern metrics, Drake was far and away the most listened-to artist of 2016, a year when music consumers further abandoned CDs …
Lam Thuy Vo / Nieman Lab:
Many stories lie dormant because journalists need data-wrangling expertise to tap data created by social media users  —  Historians and journalists alike have long prized one source of information above all others: the on-the-record, primary source.  They scour the attics for diaries …
Pete Vernon / Columbia Journalism Review:
As digital ads fail to replace print revenue losses, publishers increasingly turn to micropayments, newsletters, innovative paywalls, and native advertising  —  As 2016 draws to a close, you'd almost think the holiday season was bringing some much-needed good cheer to the journalism industry.
Discussion: Fast Company, @cjr and @cjr
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Sources: Jann Wenner is looking to sell Us Weekly for $100M, a price tag that could attract interest from US digital players and overseas companies  —  Jann Wenner is said to be hoping for a $100 million payday for Us Weekly.  Media Ink reported this week that Wenner Media was looking to sell all or a piece of the title.
 
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Richard Smirke / Billboard:
TeamRock, owner of rock music magazines and a radio station, goes into administration, leaving 70+ jobless; crowdfunding appeal raising funds for staffers
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Zuckerberg, after saying Facebook is not a media company in August, now suggests it is a media firm, just not a “traditional” one