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11:25 AM ET, November 29, 2017

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Mike Allen / Axios:
Memo from NBC News Chairman Andy Lack: “Today” anchor Matt Lauer has been fired following a complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behaviour  —  NBC “Today” star Matt Lauer, the highest paid personality in TV news, was fired following “a detailed complaint …
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Video: “Today” co-anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb share Matt Lauer's firing on Wednesday's show; Guthrie says they are devastated  —  Matt Lauer, the anchor of “Today” for two decades, was fired by NBC News after a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.
Alex Weprin / @alexweprin:
Note from NBC News president Andy Lack says detailed complaint filed Monday night, company said it was first complaint, but had reason to believe it was not isolated.
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Sources: Trump continues to privately harbor a handful of conspiracy theories with no grounding in fact, including doubting the Access Hollywood tape  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after his victory last year, Donald J. Trump began revisiting one of his deepest public humiliations: the infamous …
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
CNN says staff will not attend White House media Christmas party; sources say Trump's tweet about CNN International is believed to imperil journalists abroad  —  Under fire from Trump, the network says it would be ‘inappropriate to celebrate with him as his invited guests.’
John Skipper / ESPN Front Row:
Memo: ESPN President John Skipper announces 150 layoffs, mainly in studio production, digital content, and technology  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: ESPN President John Skipper shared this message with employees this morning.  —  Today we are informing approximately 150 people at ESPN that their jobs are being eliminated.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Efforts to undermine the reality-based press, including the Project Veritas scam, have forced media to be more transparent  —  In the right-wing campaign to discredit the truth, every day brings a new low.  —  I don't mean Roy Moore's campaign for U.S. Senate, though that certainly has been at the center …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Project Veritas, the organization that tried to dupe WaPo into writing a fake story about Roy Moore, received $20K from Trump's charitable org in 2015  —  James O'Keefe's organisation specialising in media stings received donations from Trump's foundation but was caught red-handed peddling a false story
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Week
Rebecca Lurye / Hartford Courant:
Campus police arrest Lucian Wintrich, WH correspondent for Gateway Pundit, after his UConn talk was interrupted and he appeared to grab a woman, starting brawl  —  Lucian Wintrich, White House correspondent for the far-right website Gateway Pundit, was arrested by UConn police after an altercation …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Arguments against FCC's Net Neutrality rollback miss that regulation incurs opportunity costs and more attention should be paid to inter-ISP competition  —  Note: This post was previously titled “Why Ajit Pai is Right.”  I have changed it to reflect my interest in a substantive debate, not flame-throwing.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
FCC's Pai says tech giants like Twitter and Facebook use “the regulatory process to cement their dominance” and pose biggest threat to online speech, not ISPs
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Wired Magazine is launching a metered paywall in January; EIC Nicholas Thompson says a price has not been set yet but it will be less than $9.99 a month  —  Wired magazine plans to introduce a metered paywall in January, which may precede online subscriptions at other Condé Nast publications
 
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Nick Holdsworth / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO expands its standalone streaming service, HBO Go, to seven more European countries, including Bulgaria, Serbia, and Croatia
Ben Fong-Torres / San Francisco Chronicle:
“Live and local” radio played a vital role during California wildfires in providing information and updates in the absence of cell service and electricity
NPR:
Memo: NPR names Edith Chapin as executive editor, replacing Chief News Editor David Sweeney, who has left NPR after a review of sexual harassment allegations
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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