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5:50 AM ET, December 5, 2017

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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
AL.com's new Facebook brand, Reckon, aims to build an identity that breaks out of newspaper voice  —  “Can we, as an established news company, create something that feels like a news startup focused around investigative and enterprise news, done for a social audience?”
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
PBS to air CNN International's Amanpour on an interim basis to replace Charlie Rose, is finalizing plans for a public affairs program to follow Amanpour's slot  —  PBS has a plan for replacing Charlie Rose's late-night interview program, and it starts with Christiane Amanpour.
BuzzFeed:
YouTube says moderation team will have 10K+ people by end-2018, up 25% according to sources, and pledges new approach to ads 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.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MSNBC won't renew contributor Sam Seder's contract over 2009 rape joke tweet; on his podcast Seder claimed tweet was satire, accused Cernovich of smear campaign  —  MSNBC has decided not to renew its contract with contributor Sam Seder after an old tweet emerged in which Seder joked …
CNNMoney:
ABC News president excoriates staff over Brian Ross' Michael Flynn error, announces that Ross will no longer cover stories related to Trump  —  ABC suspends reporter over faulty Trump report  —  ABC News president James Goldston excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross' major error on a report …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
‘House of Cards’ Sixth and Final Season Shooting to Resume in Early 2018, Without Kevin Spacey  —  Netflix has reached an agreement to resume production on “House of Cards” season 6 — the show's final season — in early 2018, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are being sued by Rachel Bernstein, who settled with the ex-anchor in 2002, over comments he made about his accusers in an NYT story  —  Rachel Bernstein is suing for breach of her settlement agreement and defamation.  —  Fox News and Bill O'Reilly have been hit …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Study: Trump causing Dems to trust media more, Republicans expressing more extreme, negative views of media; online consumption less polarized than thought  —  The presidency of Donald Trump has caused Democrats to experience a surge in confidence in the press at the same time that Republicans …
Discussion: @craigsilverman and @cwarzel
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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
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
The Information launches a $199 per year plan for readers under 30 and a $749 all-access annual plan that includes event access with option to bring a guest  —  It's been a tough time for ad-based digital media, with companies missing ad revenue goals and their value declining.
Discussion: @stevekovach and Talking Biz News
Vidhi Choudhary / Livemint:
Q&A: HuffPost editor in chief Lydia Polgreen on the company's India strategy, split with Times Group, the deterioration of trust in media, and focus on mobile  —  HuffPost editor-in-chief Lydia Polgreen on the firm's India venture, the financial weakening of news organizations in the US and work as a journalist in the Trump regime
Discussion: Nieman Lab
 
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Erin Carson / CNET:
A look at how hate groups have built their own financing platforms, after being largely pushed off mainstream crowdfunding sites
Discussion: The Guardian
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Oprah Winfrey sells 24.5% of OWN for $70M to Discovery Communications, which now controls 70% of the company; Winfrey extends contract with network through 2025
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
Discussion: Editor & Publisher
Chris Thilk / Adweek:
Hollywood studios are increasingly paying for social media ads to promote positive press coverage about their movies and stars
Discussion: Forbes
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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”
Jennifer Howard / Slate:
Internet Archive exploits little-known statute to justify reproduction of some copyrighted books published between 1923 and 1941
Discussion: @cornelllaw
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
A closer look at the iPhone 17 “Air”, which lays the foundation for major design changes in future devices, including possible portless and foldable iPhones

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similarly to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5, both free

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Chetan Nayak, who leads Microsoft's Station Q team trying to build a quantum computer; source: Microsoft spends ~$300M annually on quantum research
 
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