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The Walt Disney Company:
Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox, including stakes in Sky and Hulu, after spinoff of certain businesses like Fox News, for $52.4B in stock — 21st Century Fox to spin off Fox Broadcasting network and stations, Fox News, Fox Business, FS1, FS2 and Big Ten Network to its shareholders
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New York Times:
Four women detail violent sexual behavior by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons between 1988 and 2014, and three say he raped them; Simmons denies rape allegations — Mr. Simmons, a powerful gatekeeper in the entertainment and media worlds, damaged careers and self-confidence with his pattern …
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New York State Attorney General:
NY AG asks for delay in net neutrality vote at FCC because public comment process was corrupted with up to 2M comments that had used stolen identities — NEW YORK - Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released new details of his office's investigation into fake comments submitted during …
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Salma Hayek / New York Times:
Salma Hayek details Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment, threats, rages, and business and creative coercion as she worked to produce movie about Frida Kahlo — HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster. — For years, he was my monster.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators — Patreon has called off plans to add a service fee to patrons' pledges, a proposed update that angered many users.
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Anthony Noto / New York Business Journal:
Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss raises $2M, led by Lightspeed to close a $3.1M seed round, to grow website, podcast, rallies; Lightspeed's Nicole Quinn to join board — New York-area startups and venture capitalists are making funding deals with the hopes of creating the next profitable company.
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Yahoo! News:
Nine European press agencies call for internet giants including Facebook, Google, and Twitter to be forced to pay copyright for using their news content — Nine European press agencies, including AFP, called Wednesday on internet giants to be forced to pay copyright for using news content on which they make vast profits.
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@umairh and @ian_fraser, more at Techmeme »
Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ: record high 262 journalists jailed globally in 2017 in relation to their work, with half of those imprisoned in Turkey, China, and Egypt — For the second year in a row, the number of journalists imprisoned for their work hit a historical high, as the U.S. and other Western powers failed …
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New York Times, Mashable, Mediaite, Journalism News, @journotopia, @sashachavkin and Al Jazeera English
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Senate candidate Roy Moore's loss serves as a cautionary note for those relying on support of just one media outlet, even when it's Breitbart and Steve Bannon — At a pre-Thanksgiving event, Dean Young, the chief strategist for Roy Moore's failed Senate campaign, echoed winning lines …
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Andy Grimm / Chicago Sun Times:
Judge rules journalist Jamie Kalven won't have to testify and reveal sources after subpoena claimed the information may have influenced witnesses in murder case — Journalist and activist Jamie Kalven sits in court and it is announced that he will not have to testify.
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@bettergov, bnd, abc7chicago.com, Chicago Tonight and Chicago Tribune
Selina Wang / Bloomberg:
Alibaba's video streaming unit, Youku Tudou, has signed multiyear content licensing deals with NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures — Multiyear agreements give Youku subscribers access to movies — Deal comes as Alibaba doubles down in entertainment, Hollywood
David Uberti / Splinter:
Judge rules R.J. Bell's defamation suit over '16 Deadspin story should not proceed, calls arguments “disingenuous”; suit against author Ryan Goldberg is ongoing — A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ruled that a defamation lawsuit over a 2016 Deadspin story should not proceed …
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Fusion Media Group, Wall Street Journal, @rmac18 and Law360
Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent Music plans IPO in 2018, is expected to raise $1B+, valued at $10B; unit has 120M paying subscribers vs Spotify's 60M — Internet giant is said to plan music-business IPO next year — Katy Perry, local artists exploit messaging, karaoke apps
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter says Russia-linked accounts spent just $1,031.99 on six Brexit-related ads during regulated campaign period before UK referendum from April to June 2016 — Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote.
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