Mediagazer: SEC filing: AT&T, Time Warner say they may not need FCC approval for merger; source says Time Warner has been trying to transfer or sell broadcast licenses (Bloomberg)

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Bloomberg:

SEC filing: AT&T, Time Warner say they may not need FCC approval for merger; source says Time Warner has been trying to transfer or sell broadcast licenses — In filing, companies say they can avoid FCC license review — Proposed deal has drawn criticism from President-elect Trump

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Trump remains opposed to AT&T-Time Warner merger — Donald Trump remains opposed to the megamerger between AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. because he believes it would concentrate too much power in the media industry, according to people close to the president-elect …

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Joe Pompeo / Politico:

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Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:

US intelligence report: Russia Today played a key role in the Putin-ordered campaign to undermine the US election, collaborating with WikiLeaks — Russia's state-sponsored news agency Russia Today “has actively collaborated with” WikiLeaks, the organization that published documents …

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:

Q&A with New York magazine CEO Pamela Wasserstein on newly launched membership program, e-commerce initiatives, what's coming in 2017, and more — “We're making sure that we're appropriately marketing directly to consumers and really selling subscriptions at full price."

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David W. Chen / New York Times:

State of New Jersey media coverage: Star-Ledger newsroom down nearly 50%, deep cuts at The Record, little to no dedicated staffing from NYT or WSJ — TRENTON — When New Jersey lawmakers blocked a vote last month on a bill backed by Gov. Chris Christie that would have ended the requirement …

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Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

In its first meeting with the WHCA, Trump's team says it will allow a full press pool and will continue to allow the media to fly on Air Force One — The Trump administration will respect the use of a protective press pool and will continue to allow the media to fly with the President on Air Force One …

Discussion: @poynter, @hadas_gold, @politico, @jayrosen_nyu and The Huffington Post

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Roy Greenslade is ending his daily media blog for The Guardian at the end of the month, ten and a half years after it was launched — Roy Greenslade is stop writing his daily media blog for The Guardian at the end of this month ten and a half years after it was launched.

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:

The New York Times launches Outthink Hidden, its first project inside its new augmented reality app, T Brand Studio AR, with IBM as sponsor — Publishers have been jumping on the virtual reality and 360-video bandwagon, but have been slower to harness its cousin, augmented reality.

Discussion: @niemanreports, @michaelmossc and @digiday

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