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12:05 PM ET, December 4, 2019

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Brad Kutner / Courthouse News Service:
Rep. Devin Nunes sues CNN, claiming CNN aired false statements about Nunes by Lev Parnas; same lawyer represents Nunes against @DevinCow, Twitter, and McClatchy  —  RICHMOND, Va. (CN) - Delivering on a promise made on Fox News last month, Republican Congressman Devin Nunes filed …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Phone records show calls between journalist John Solomon and Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, while Solomon was posting at The Hill about Ukraine  —  (CNN)Armed with never-before-seen phone records, Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's allies of coordinating …
Nic Newman / Nieman Lab:
Reuters report on podcasts finds local news pods flourishing; print and digital outlets focus more on deep dives, as broadcasters tend toward micro-bulletins  —  “The big change is commercial, which is that we had advertisers who started to come to us last year and say …
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple News launches a daily email newsletter with summaries written by Apple's editorial team  —  Apple News is expanding its mail notifications with a new ‘Good Morning’ daily newsletter.  Previously, users could opt in to receive email alerts from Apple News about select featured stories.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Plex launches a free, ad-supported streaming service featuring thousands of movies and shows from studios like MGM, available in ~220 countries  —  Plex today is launching its own ad-supported streaming service, a rival to The Roku Channel, Tubi, Crackle, Vudu's Movies on Us …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Bloomberg Media is rebranding its social media news network from TicToc to QuickTake by Bloomberg, which will launch its own streaming news channel in 2020  —  Bloomberg Media is dropping TicToc as the name of its two-year-old social-media news service, rebranding it as “QuickTake by Bloomberg.”
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Washington Post launches El Washington Post, its first Spanish-language news podcast aimed at a global audience, with 20-minute episodes on Tuesdays and Fridays  —  The Washington Post published the first episode of its new Spanish-language podcast today, its latest effort to expand …
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Sara Guaglione / MediaPost:
Rolling Stone turns its 50-year-old franchise The Rolling Stone Interview into a video series, available only on its website  —  Rolling Stone is turning “The Rolling Stone Interview,” its 50-year-old franchise featuring conversations with notable names in culture and music, into a video series.
Discussion: Rolling Stone, @emilybell and Page Six
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Jeanine Pirro and other Fox hosts continue to stump for GOP candidates; sources: Fox execs intervened to cancel GOP fundraising appearances by Pirro, and others  —  When Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro appeared onstage at a rally for President Trump last year, Fox publicly rebuked them.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Report from UK-based charity Article 19: media and digital freedom of expression is lower than a decade ago everywhere but the Middle East and North Africa
Dani Deahl / The Verge:
Genius sues Google and LyricFind alleging anticompetitive behavior and that song lyrics on its service were stolen, asking for over $400M in damages
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Following its ACLU settlement, Facebook says its US ads that involve housing, employment, or credit can't target based on age, gender, ZIP code, or race
Discussion: Wired and Gizmodo
Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Tribune announces a three-year, ~$4M initiative called RevLab, a revenue and training lab, with a starting $2.5M donation from Facebook Journalism Project
Apple:
Apple announces first ever Apple Music Awards with ceremony on December 4; Album of the Year and Song of the Year were determined based on streaming data
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