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11:17 AM ET, December 20, 2017

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Longtime E! host Catt Sadler has quit the channel, claiming a male co-host was earning nearly double her salary and the channel refused to correct the gap  —  Longtime E! channel host Catt Sadler says she is leaving the company due to a “massive” pay disparity.
David Uberti / Splinter:
An audio recording of Ziff Davis executives' first meeting with Mashable staff sheds light on how the site is to be folded into existing e-commerce business  —  The recent trajectory of tech site Mashable has put it at the forefront of some of the worst trends reshaping digital media.
James Warren / Poynter:
Incoming NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger sends “State of The Times” address to newsroom, says paper will try to maintain stable newsroom budget over two years  —  Amid the hallowing out of newsrooms nationwide, the new leader of The New York Times pledges that …
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Michelle Davis / Bloomberg:
Source: Carlos Slim plans to cut his stake in The New York Times from 17% to about 8%, selling securities in a private offering  —  Mexican billionaire's stake would be reduced to 8% from 17%  —  Structure of sale is said to create tax benefits for Slim  —  Billionaire Carlos Slim …
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Lev Garcia Flores / Associated Press:   Mexican reporter Gumaro Pérez was shot and killed in Veracruz on Tuesday by attackers while he was attending Christmas party at his son's school
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
Sources: potential Rolling Stone buyers include Penske Media plus owners of Playboy and The Hollywood Reporter and Kuok Meng Ru, founder of investor BandLab  —  After 50 years at his iconic magazine, Jann Wenner will soon be leaving the building, a hard act to follow.  Will Jay Penske take his place?
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Michael Calderone / Politico:   John Heilemann spoke to The Tony Kornheiser show about his future without collaborator Mark Halperin, said he hopes to continue as a “solo act” but that is TBD
Marc Hogan / Pitchfork:
Pitchfork reporter describes a demo of an interactive project with hand-tracking, designed for Magic Leap hardware in conjunction with rock band Sigur Rós  —  A first look at the billion-dollar company's potentially game-changing collaboration with Sigur Rós
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Companies from ESPN to Charter are cracking down on password-sharing, with TV industry losses from it estimated to rise from $3.5B in 2017 to $9.9B by 2021  —  Using someone else's credentials to stream for free will soon be a $10 billion problem for pay-TV companies.
Press Gazette:
Sky News staff write letter to UK competition watchdog CMA, warning it that blocking 21st Century Fox-Sky deal would lead to closure of the channel  —  Staff at Sky News have piled into the debate over the broadcaster's potential takeover, warning the competition watchdog that blocking …
Media Matters for America:
On Fox News show “Outnumbered”, aired Tuesday, contributor Kevin Jackson suggested the FBI might have planned to assassinate Donald Trump  —  Serial liar and conspiracy theorist Kevin Jackson suggests “social media” sources indicated a plot against Trump  —  From the December 19 edition of Fox News' Outnumbered:
Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
Barstool Sports has named sports marketing veteran Deirdre Lester its first chief revenue officer  —  - Barstool Sports has tapped the sports-marketing veteran Deirdre Lester to be its first chief revenue officer.  — Lester will oversee advertising, revenue, and brand partnerships …
 
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Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates deleted his Twitter account following a contentious exchange with Cornell West in which Richard Spencer became involved
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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