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7:10 AM 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
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.
Hollywood Reporter:
The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group buys SpinMedia's music brands: Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum  —  The deal expands THR-Billboard Media Group's online audience to 45 million readers a month.  —  The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group today announced that it has signed …
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.
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 and @cjr
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 …
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.
Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Sources: Jared Kushner is trying to sell the New York Observer, with National Enquirer parent American Media rumored to be a potential buyer  —  According to insiders, Kushner has been quietly shopping the Observer to potential buyers.  —  Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at the Met Gala, May 2016.
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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  —  A crowdfunding appeal to raise funds for the staff of a rock music publisher that has gone into administration - similar to chapter 11 bankruptcy …
 
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