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12:45 PM ET, December 7, 2015

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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
MSNBC to broadcast Bloomberg Media's politics show With All Due Respect, hosted by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin  —  MSNBC to Add Bloomberg TV Political Show  —  “With All Due Respect,” Bloomberg Media's flagship political television show, will also be shown on MSNBC, weeknights at 6 p.m., after a deal between the two.
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:
Sinclair Acquired and Will Relaunch Mobile News Site Circa  —  TV station owner plans to hire 70 journalists for new push in digital media  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., the owner of the most local TV stations in the country, has purchased and next spring will relaunch …
Discussion: @djbentley, @mathewi and @jayrosen_nyu
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Refinery29 has 10 staffers producing 14 pieces per day, seven days a week for Snapchat Discover  —  Inside Refinery29's Snapchat Discover Operation  —  Women-focused digital publisher churns out 14 pieces of content, 7 days a week  —  The number “33” is written on a dry erase board.
Discussion: Ad Age
Mehreen Zahra-Malik / Reuters:
Some Pakistani officials hinder Reuters and Washington Post journalists in Punjab from reporting on California shooter Tashfeen Malik  —  Pakistani security seeks to tamp down reporting on California shooter  —  Pakistani security forces appeared to be trying to dampen down reporting …
Jessica Toonkel / Reuters:
Gannett to tap former Conde Nast Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman as content officer  —  Gannett to tap former Conde Nast Portfolio editor as content officer  —  Dec 7 Gannett Co Inc, publisher of USA Today, has tapped Joanne Lipman, former editor in chief of Conde Nast Portfolio …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Newsweek names Margarita Noriega as Director of Social Media  —  Newsweek Names Director of Social Media  —  Newsweek has named Margarita Noriega director of social media.  Noriega most recently served as an editor for Vox.com.  —  Noriega previously worked as director of social media …
Discussion: Media Wire Daily
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
The Daily Mail's reputation is so bad it can't be libeled: Gawker lawyer  —  So many people already think The Mail Online swipes content from other sources that it can't be libeled, new court papers charge.  —  The UK-based Mail Online sued Gawker in Manhattan Supreme Court in September …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:
Vevo Buys Showyou Video Site in Step Toward Subscription Service  —  Largest U.S. online music video site makes first acquisition  —  Showyou already sells subscriptions, offers curated stream  —  Vevo LLC, the largest online music video service in the U.S., has acquired video streaming company Showyou …
Kevin Rawlinson / Guardian:
Sun takes down story claiming reporter travelled from Turkey without passport  —  Croatian government criticises article claiming investigator dodged its officials on his way to Paris - and produces a scan that it says they took of his passport  —  A Sun story claiming its reporter managed …
Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
National Association of Black Journalists may close due to $380K estimated budget shortfall, questions raised about financial practices  —  Why The Country's Largest Minority-Journalism Group May Close  —  As it prepares to mark its 40th anniversary this week, the National Association of Black Journalists is in trouble.
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism School dean Steve Coll on balance, disclosure, and ethics when advocacy groups support nonprofit news in wake of Exxon controversy  —  Exxon-Columbia spat highlights emerging gray area in nonprofit journalism  —  A month after a Columbia Journalism School team published …
Robert Cookson / Financial Times:
Losses point to bleak future for companies whose sole business is music streaming  —  Losses point to bleak future for music streaming services  —  Smaller music companies find it hard in face of offerings from big technology groups  —  For record labels, music streaming is big business.
 
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Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Nielsen: time spent on TV keeps falling while number of 18-34-year-olds on smartphones, tablets, and game consoles surges 26% YoY ending in May
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Huffington Post's politics vertical had 6.5M unique visitors in October from its Good News section, though many stories weren't directly related to politics
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times prioritizes commenters by placing them at the center of its homepage
Siobhán O'Grady / Foreign Policy:
A new report by the PEN American Center details the systematic repression of journalists in Myanmar
Discussion: PEN American Center
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Shannon Bond / Financial Times:
Podcast network Gimlet Media raises $6M at $30M valuation in round led by Graham Holdings
Discussion: Poynter
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Guardian is focusing on sports through live blogs, soccer coverage including of women's events, social platforms, data, and VR
 

 
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Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about its €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: IBM is in advanced talks to buy data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B, above its market value of ~$8B as of December 5 close

Laith Al-Khalaf / Financial Times:
Singapore-based banking and payments startup Airwallex raised $330M at an $8B valuation, after raising $300M at a $6.2B valuation in May, and plans a US HQ

 
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