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11:05 AM ET, December 11, 2018

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Edward Felsenthal / Time:
Time Magazine awards its Person of the Year honor to Jamal Khashoggi, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, imprisoned Reuters journalists, and Capital Gazette staff  —  On the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, two young reporters sit in a prison said to be “the darkest hellhole in Burma.”
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 …
Scott Moritz / Bloomberg:
Verizon has slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisition by $4.6B, says a tough ad market has led to a shortfall in revenue and profit  —  Verizon Communications Inc. slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6 billion, conceding that tough competition for digital advertising …
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.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Eight current and former temporary workers at NPR describe work as financially uncertain and stressful; union says ~21% of NPR's 483 newsroom staffers are temps  —  Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR.  After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization …
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 …
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Memo: Kathie Lee Gifford is leaving the Today show after eleven years to focus on film, music, and book projects  —  NBC News chief Noah Oppenheim announced this morning that Kathie Lee Gifford has decided to exit Today show, where she has hosted the final hour of the four-hour franchise since 2008.
Discussion: The Wrap, TVNewser and TV Tattle
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Vox Media's sports site SB Nation drops writer Ian Kidd after learning he was convicted of possessing child pornography in September 2018  —  Iain Kidd has received three years probation and is required to register as a sex offender  —  Sports news website SB Nation has dropped a writer …
Washington Post:
John Drescher, former executive editor of the Raleigh News & Observer, joins the Washington Post as deputy editor on the national politics investigations team  —  By WashPostPR  —  Announcement from National Editor Steven Ginsberg, Deputy National Editor Lori Montgomery and Senior Politics Editor Peter Wallsten:
 
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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
Discussion: Fast Company and The Wrap
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
Discussion: Tubefilter and The Wrap
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
Discussion: MediaPost and Fortune
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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
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Inspired by the success of true-crime podcasts like Serial, Katz Networks - a division of E.W. Scripps - is reviving cable network Court TV in May 2019
Literary Hub:
Q&A with Meghan O'Rourke, who has been appointed editor of The Yale Review following a year-long national search
George Civeris / Columbia Journalism Review:
At the Tow Center, academics, professors, and industry experts define the term “influencer” which can encompass staff with large followings at media outlets
Marcela Kunova / Journalism.co.uk:
Kingston University releases Discover Leveson, a free resource with audio and visual content and transcripts from the UK inquiry into press ethics and practices
 

 
From Techmeme:

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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