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12:05 PM ET, December 4, 2017

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush, dropped as a Today host by NBC after Trump Access Hollywood tape leaked, confirms the tape is real, despite doubts reportedly cast by Trump recently  —  Times Trump accepted the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape  —  Billy Bush is reentering the public eye, and he's starting by sending a message to President Trump.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
ABC News Suspends Brian Ross for 4 Weeks Without Pay: ‘Effective Immediately’  —  ABC News has announced that Brian Ross would be suspended for four weeks without pay “effective immediately.”  —  “It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience - these are our core principles.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
ABC News corrects bombshell report claiming Trump asked Flynn to contact Russians as a candidate, elicits criticism by initially calling it a “clarification”  —  Trump's praise of Michael Flynn over the years  —  ABC News on Friday evening corrected an explosive special report …
The Guardian:
Police in Malta have arrested 10 suspects over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, nearly two months after she was killed in a car bomb  —  Malta's PM Joseph Muscat offers ‘personal commitment’ that no stone will be left unturned in finding who commissioned and executed killing
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The Opelika-Auburn News has taken a careful, nuanced approach to editorials about Roy Moore, as it navigates Alabama's Senate race and offers a community forum  —  Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally last month in Henagar, Ala. (Brynn Anderson/Associated Press)
Tom Westbrook / Reuters:
Australia's competition regulator says it will investigate whether Facebook and Google have disrupted news media to the detriment of publishers and consumers  —  SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
The Pulitzer Prizes have expanded the Breaking News Category, will no longer limit newsrooms to entries where the story in question is local  —  The Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday a change to the Breaking News reporting category, according to a press release.
Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Les Whitten, an investigative reporter who worked for Jack Anderson's Washington Merry-Go-Round, dies at 89  —  Les Whitten, an investigative reporter whose skill at cultivating government sources and securing secret documents — sometimes through threats or the use of a paid private investigator …
Suki Kim / The Cut:
Multiple women accuse John Hockenberry, public radio icon and former host of WNYC's “The Takeaway”, of sexually harassing female colleagues  —  This story starts differently than most sexual harassment accounts out there.  It begins with the accused harasser honorably “retiring” …
Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab:
Study of 18K people across nine countries finds 67% cite bias, spin, or hidden agendas as reasons they don't trust the news  —  “Rebuilding trust will a long-term process and will require the commitment of publishers, platforms, and consumers over many years."
Discussion: Reuters Institute
Chris Thilk / Adweek:
Hollywood studios are increasingly paying for social media ads to promote positive press coverage about their movies and stars  —  Why it works—and how it's causing problems  —  This Friday, The Disaster Artist hits theaters in limited release—and indie entertainment company A24 …
Jennifer Howard / Slate:
Internet Archive exploits little-known statute to justify reproduction of some copyrighted books published between 1923 and 1941  —  The internet has made it easier than ever to access information that you once had to dig through stacks and archives to find.
 
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
HuffPost reporter Ashley Feinberg has apologized for a tweet congratulating John McCain's family on their “upcoming tax-free inheritance”
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Contributoria alumni open new site Publish.org to public beta to produce peer-reviewed journalism; funding comes from donations, partnerships, and grants
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Freia Nahser / Global Editors Network:
How the Offshore Journalism Toolkit is working to archive online stories that may be removed due to censorship, right to be forgotten, or organizations closing
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The Guardian:
State-owned firms withholding advertising from opposing news outlets, restrictions on free speech, restrictive media laws threaten local media around the world
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Le Monde's suite of fact-checking tools for the public, Décodex, is almost a year old, and editors hope to share it with news outlets using other languages
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vidme Shuts Down User-Generated Video Service, Citing Inability to Compete With Google, Facebook
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Bill Simmons as he launches Ringer Films, focused on non-scripted programming; initial Ringer investor HBO to have first pass at video content
 

 
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Muyao Shen / Bloomberg:
Hashed: Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, had $112M+ of USDC outflows on December 23, over concerns of trading by North Korean hackers

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US FTC orders Marriott and Starwood to implement a robust customer data security scheme after Starwood's 2014 to 2018 breaches and Marriott's 2018 breach

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production

 
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