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11:30 AM ET, December 7, 2017

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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
In a statement, MSNBC President Phil Griffin says the network has rehired on-air pundit Sam Seder and that it was wrong to fire him  —  Progressive radio and television personality Sam Seder will be offered his MSNBC contributor job back and plans to accept, according to multiple MSNBC sources.
The New York Times Company:
The New York Times says it now has 3.5M+ subscribers, 130M monthly readers, and is creating three new newsroom roles which will be focused on growing audience  —  The newsroom is redoubling its focus on audience and establishing three new leadership positions that will play central roles …
Discussion: @adamgoldmannyt
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Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone:
In the weeks following the election, Chris Vlasto was in consideration for a senior communications job in Trump's White House  —  The same producer was in consideration the next month for a senior communications job in the Trump White House. http://www.politico.com/... http://twitter.com/...
Associated Press:
A profile of Omar Mohammed, a formerly anonymous undercover historian and blogger who documents ISIS' activities in Mosul on the blog Mosul Eye  —  The historian carried secrets too heavy for one man to bear.  He packed his bag with his most treasured possessions before going to bed …
New York Times:
Editor of The Paris Review, Lorin Stein, resigns amid an internal investigation into his behavior toward female employees and writers  —  Lorin Stein, the editor of The Paris Review, the prestigious magazine that for more than 60 years has acted as an international literary tastemaker …
Columbia Journalism School:
Netflix and Ava DuVernay among 2018 duPont award winners, for documentary “13th”; Reveal podcast, This American Life, and ABC News also pick up awards  —  CBS News and PBS each win two Awards; Netflix honored  —  New York, N.Y., December 7, 2017 — Columbia Journalism School today announced …
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Robert Iger is likely to extend tenure as Disney CEO past 2019; talks continue on deal to acquire 21st Century Fox assets valued about $40B  —  Disney is in negotiations to acquire assets of 21st Century Fox valued at around $40 billion.  —  Walt Disney Co.'s possible purchase …
David Uberti / Splinter:
Cracked, bought by E.W. Scripps for $39M in April 2016, lays off most of its staff, or about 25 people, will pivot back from video to more written content  —  When The E.W. Scripps Company announced it had bought the then-profitable humor site Cracked for $39 million in April 2016 …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
As news outlets grapple with 2017's tough ad market, they're now downsizing their international offices and scaling back plans for global expansion  —  Winter is coming for digital media, and one of the big casualties is their global expansion.  —  Not long ago, digital media …
Discussion: Mumbrella Asia
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Online giants, like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, need to be realistic about content on their platforms, rather than assuming most posts will conform to rules  —  There was an interesting aside about Apple's bad week that I wrote about yesterday.  It turns out that a user posted the macOS login …
Discussion: FOX2now.com and Vanity Fair
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has formally dropped his libel suit against the Associated Press, after it was dismissed by a federal judge in October  —  A Russian oligarch whose business dealings have come under scrutiny by investigators probing Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election …
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
The New York Times sues The Weinstein Company for $230K in unpaid advertising bills
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AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones

Financial Times:
Sources: TSMC told Chinese customers it would no longer manufacture AI chips at advanced process nodes of 7nm or smaller as of this coming Monday

Ming-Chi Kuo:
Kuo: Apple plans to upgrade the high-end iPhone 18's wide-angle lens in 2026 to a variable aperture camera; Sunny Optical will be the primary shutter supplier
 
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