Mediagazer: Profile: Armstrong Williams, who wants to buy the Washington City Paper, says he won't impose conservative views, but current and former staffers raise doubts (Ben Terris/Washington Post)

David Faber / CNBC:

Sources: 21st Century Fox is close to a deal with Walt Disney Co to sell its studio and TV production assets and it could come as early as next week — - Fox would sell movie and television production assets and keep its news, sports and broadcast network.

BuzzFeed:

YouTube says moderation team will have 10K+ people by end of 2018, up 25% according to sources, and pledges new ads approach to curb child exploitation problem — The company plans to have over 10,000 content moderators on staff by the end of 2018, YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki said.

Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed:
Trolls got a reporter's account locked over an old joke, revealing how Twitter's rules can be exploited and how high-profile users get better customer support

Discussion: @katienotopoulos, @davidklion, @feministajones, @eff and @jwherrman

Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast:
Facebook removes posts, suspends users for phrases like “men are scum”; ~500 female comedians staged Nov. protest using the terms, most were suspended

Discussion: @thedailybeast, The Guardian, Ad Age, @radfemfatale, @adamserwer, Hit & Run, The A.V. Club, @mattwalshblog, @rocza, @jilliancyork, The Daily Caller, @taylorlorenz, @matt_cagle, @oneunderscore__ and New York Magazine, more at Techmeme »

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Sources: Ziff Davis has bought Mashable for less than $50M; source: about 50 people will likely be laid off and founder Pete Cashmore will stay at the company — Founder Pete Cashmore is staying. — Mashable, once a fast-growing digital publisher with big ambitions, has been sold at a fire sale price.

Discussion: TechCrunch, @maxwelltani, @heysamantha, @maxwelltani, @karaswisher, @daviduberti, @rlytle, @stevekovach, @sfiegerman, @pkafka and Nxtbook Media

Jon Christian / The Outline:

Contributing writers to publications including Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, and Fast Co say they accepted payments in exchange for promoting companies — An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.

Discussion: @joshuatopolsky, @kemc, @fmanjoo, @benjihyam, @jank0 and Talking Biz News

Rebecca Carroll / Esquire:

Former Charlie Rose producer Rebecca Carroll writes about her experience as the only black journalist working on the show in the late 1990s — As one powerful man after another faces allegations of sexual misconduct, we're still not talking about the ramifications for black women.

Discussion: The Wrap, @bencasselman, @deggans, @tylercoates, @monaeltahawy, @schemaly, @kmcdonovgh, @gbahadur, @itsmeadria and EW.com

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: daily email newsletter theSkimm is exploring a potential sale after being approached by an interested buyer — Daily email newsletter reaches more than 6 million subscribers, who are mostly women — TheSkimm, the daily news digest that has taken off with younger women …

Nicholas Quah / Nieman Lab:

Sources: Apple has acquired Oakland-based Pop Up Archive, an online platform that builds tools to transcribe, organize, and search audio files — Plus: Public radio deals with a new wave of harassment allegations, Reddit and WBUR team up, et l'industrie du podcast au Québec.

Discussion: Financial Times, TechCrunch, RAIN News, Business Insider, @roybahat, MacRumors, www.wnyc.org and New York Times, more at Techmeme »

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error is one among several high-profile blunders over his career — In 2006, ace ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross went on the air with a big scoop: Pakistani officials, he reported, had arrested Matiur Rehman, an al-Qaeda explosives expert who kept an “official” list of terrorist recruits.

Discussion: Politico

Discussion: The Daily Beast, RealClearPolitics, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, @ericboehlert and Mediaite

Selina Wang / Bloomberg:

Kremlin-backed Russian IRA operated dozens of Twitter accounts, part of the suspended 2,752 list, posing as local US news sources, amassing 500K+ followers — Twitter has suspended dozens of accounts masquerading as U.S. news sources that had more than 500,000 followers.

more at Techmeme »

Jethro Mullen / CNNMoney:

Russia has designated nine US government-backed news outlets, including Voice of America, as foreign agents, after US forced RT to register as a foreign agent — Russia is labeling nine U.S. government-backed news outlets — including Voice of America — as foreign agents.

Ben Terris / Washington Post:

Profile: Armstrong Williams, who wants to buy the Washington City Paper, says he won't impose conservative views, but current and former staffers raise doubts — Armstrong Williams sat in his Capitol Hill office with a pistol on his hip and a plan for buying the Washington City Paper on his desk.

Discussion: @wplyndarobinson, @joshtpm and @mrtimregan

The New York Times Company:

New York Times promotes Monica Drake to assistant managing editor, overseeing new digital features and projects — The New York Times announced today that Monica Drake will join the masthead as an assistant managing editor, overseeing new digital features and projects.

Discussion: @samdolnick

The Daily Beast:

During an interview, Roy Moore's spokesperson, Janet Porter, told CNN host Poppy Harlow that Moore's political opponent “supports killing” her unborn child — Now that Roy Moore has received the full endorsement of President Trump, his team seems to feel emboldened to say even more audacious things in public.

Discussion: The Wrap, TVNewser, Mediaite and The Week