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8:35 PM ET, December 10, 2018

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Elisa Shearer / Pew Research Center:
Pew: one in five US adults say they frequently get their news from social media, surpassing the number who get theirs from print (16%) for the first time  —  Social media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans: One-in-five U.S. adults say they often get news via social media …
Nic Robertson / CNN:
Source: transcript of Jamal Khashoggi's last words contradicts Saudis' explanation that it was an accident; voices of senior officials identified on recording  —  (CNN)"I can't breathe."  These were the final words uttered by Jamal Khashoggi after he was set upon by a Saudi hit squad …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Washington Post's Fact Checker introduces a new category, “Bottomless Pinocchio”, reflecting a trend of politicians repeating incorrect info even when disproven  —  It was President Trump's signature campaign promise: He would build a wall along the nation's southern border, and Mexico would pay for it.
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Gary M. Kramer / Salon:
Alexis Bloom, filmmaker behind Ailes doc “Divide and Conquer”, says Ailes was so paranoid after an encounter with a Muslim employee, he kept guns in his office  —  Salon talks to Alexis Bloom about her documentary “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”
The Daily Beast:
YouTube bans Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, says his channel was deleted for copyright infringement  —  YouTube banned Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on Monday, marking the latest social-media blow for the man who started the far-right men's group.  McInnes had amassed more than 220,000 subscribers …
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
A pitch deck for Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video startup, Quibi, says it would spend $2.6B on programming in 2025 if it reached its target of 70M subscribers  —  Jeffrey Katzenberg has been open about his plans to spend big bucks on programming for Quibi, his upcoming subscription mobile video streaming service.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
IMG's Chief Content Officer Mark Shapiro has been promoted to the newly created post of President at Endeavor, IMG's parent company  —  After four years overseeing content operations at IMG, Mark Shapiro has been promoted to president of Endeavor.  —  Shapiro's elevation to the newly created post comes …
Discussion: The Wrap and Fast Company
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: original content accounted for 37% of Netflix's US streams, up from 24% a year ago, with the rest of viewing from licensed content  —  - Fandor Lays Off Staff, Restructures Assets of Indie-Film Streaming Service Under New Entity (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Is Netflix moving fast enough to bulk …
Discussion: The Wrap
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Democratic senators are investigating whether Fox News' continued payments to White House communications chief Bill Shine breaches ethics laws  —  - Four Democratic senators are requesting the White House to hand over documents proving Trump communications advisor Bill Shine …
New Statesman:
UK magazine The New Statesman promotes George Eaton and Tom Gatti to new roles as joint deputy editors, names Stephen Bush as political editor  —  George Eaton and Tom Gatti become joint deputy editors, Stephen Bush is promoted to political editor.  —  The New Statesman has appointed George Eaton …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Study: Comcast's Sky acquisition and Disney's Fox deal mean they will dominate global content spend, displacing Netflix which had been poised to supplant them  —  Prior to Comcast's Sky acquisition and Disney's deal for Fox, “Netflix was on course to catch — and overtake …
 
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At the Tow Center, academics, professors, and industry experts define the term “influencer” which can encompass staff with large followings at media outlets
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Kingston University releases Discover Leveson, a free resource with audio and visual content and transcripts from the UK inquiry into press ethics and practices
 

 
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Thomas Gryta / Wall Street Journal:
The US awards Intel up to $7.865B under the CHIPS Act to help build or expand chip plants in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon, including $1B+ later in 2024

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Bluesky says it is working to comply with EU rules and is consulting with its lawyers, after the bloc accused the social network of flouting its regulations

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google proposes Search tweaks in the EU to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia

 
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