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5:00 AM ET, December 3, 2018

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Reuters:
Sources: Nexstar has reached an agreement to acquire Tribune Media for about $4.1B, a deal which would make Nexstar the largest regional US TV station operator  —  (Reuters) - Nexstar Media Group Inc has reached an agreement to acquire to Tribune Media Co for about $4.1 billion …
CNN:
Canadian activist sues NSO Group, claims its spyware empowered Saudi officials to access WhatsApp messages with Jamal Khashoggi, possibly leading to his killing  —  London (CNN)In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured.
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The Citizen Lab:
Two Mexican journalists at a newspaper investigating cartels seem to have been targeted by the government via NSO Group's spyware after their colleague's murder  —  Mexican Journalists Investigating Cartels Targeted with NSO Spyware Following Assassination of Colleague
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Profile of The Times-Picayune food team of 3 journalists running NOLA.com, which, between its Instagram account and Facebook group has almost 100K followers  —  The Times-Picayune has its own Instagram account with more than 56,000 followers.  It has a Facebook group, too, with more than 42,500 members.
Nicholas Diakopoulos / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at algorithms that help journalists weed through hype and spin like ClaimBuster, which identifies fact-checkable claims made on air and alerts reporters  —  Does Palestine pay $350 million a year to terrorists and their families?  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested …
Christina Sturdivant Sani / Washington City Paper:
A black journalist on how the underrepresentation of black reporters in D.C. media is leading to non-existent or inaccurate coverage and taking a personal toll  —  Black journalists are underrepresented in D.C. newsrooms.  That's a problem for everyone.  —  As a black journalist …
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Fairfax and Nine merger restructuring to lead to 92 redundancies before the new business is formed December 10, with a total of 144 positions going away  —  Chief executive Hugh Marks says redundancies are spread across both media companies following merger
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed News:
Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating Cosmos series host Neil deGrasse Tyson over allegations of sexual misconduct by three women  —  Fox Broadcasting Company and National Geographic are investigating astrophysicist and Cosmos host Neil deGrasse Tyson …
Amber Jamieson / BuzzFeed News:
Arkansas school district suspends Har-Ber Herald high school newspaper after a critical article about player transfers to a rival school's football team  —  An Arkansas school district suspended its high school newspaper and threatened to fire the teacher who advises it after student journalists wrote …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
State-controlled outlets in autocratic countries find scapegoats other than Trump or avoid mentioning him knowing Trump's sensitivity to bad coverage  —  Even countries angry at the U.S. avoid insulting the volatile president.  —  When a tell-all book infuriated President Donald Trump last winter …
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Business Insider:
Interview with Heather Dietrick, CEO of the Daily Beast, on training at Hearst on the First Amendment, serving as general counsel at Gawker, and taking risks  —  - Heather Dietrick is the CEO of the Daily Beast.  — She was the president of Gawker during the Hulk Hogan lawsuit, which brought down the company.
 
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