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Mike Flynn, Trump's pick for national security adviser, has deleted a tweet that linked to a fake news story about Hillary Clinton — Gen. Mike Flynn quietly deleted a tweet that promoted a baseless story about Hillary Clinton's “sex crimes.” — Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo, The Wrap, The Hill and Media Matters for America

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:

Michael Flynn Jr., son of Trump's national security advisor General Michael Flynn, slammed the Washington Post and questioned if it should continue to operate — Michael Flynn Jr., the son of incoming Donald Trump national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn, attacked The Washington Post Wednesday …

Discussion: @washingtonpost, Washington Post, RT, @usaredorchestra, Mother Jones, The Wrap, Business Insider, @badpressawards, @globalfreemedia and @anthony

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

Trump has gone 36 days without holding a press conference since becoming President-Elect, twelve times longer than Bush and Obama — The president-elect postpones this week's press conference, his first planned since July, while holding four “Thank You” rallies — and meeting Kanye.

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, The Week, @mlcalderone, @danpfeiffer, bookforum.com, Business Insider, The Verge, Mashable, New York Times, Gothamist and Politicus USA

Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
In radio interview, Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus says there are “different ways” to do WH daily briefing, seemingly suggesting it could be abolished

Discussion: Mediaite, The Huffington Post, CNNMoney, The Daily Caller, @toddruger, @hughhewitt, @hughhewitt, @sahilkapur, @hughhewitt, @chrisgeidner, @seungminkim and Washington Post

Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Press conferences are reporters' most effective means of cross-examining Donald Trump, which is why he's so reluctant to have one

Discussion: The Week, @pbump, @thefix, @ammboston, @digiphile, @digiphile and Jezebel

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

Memo: Politico ends Julia Ioffe's contract after she sends vulgar tweet about Trump, reiterates that its journalists should not share opinion on any platform — Politico has terminated its contract with magazine writer Julia Ioffe after she sent a tweet that referenced a possible incestuous …

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

150 prominent filmmakers sign an open letter to major camera makers, including Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others, asking for default storage encryption — In the summer of 2013, when documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras was shooting a still-secret NSA leaker named Edward Snowden in a Hong Kong hotel room, she took security seriously.

Discussion: Freedom of the Press …, ZDNet, Mashable, TechCrunch, The Verge, @snowden and @freedomofpress

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Twitter's rule against inciting harassment means it could ban President-Elect Trump, but free speech advocates argue his tweets have value — If Twitter wanted to, it would be well within its rights to suspend Donald J. Trump's account. — After the president-elect used Twitter last week …

Discussion: @joshua_pederson, @ronlieber, @claystockton, @fmanjoo, @rubibarragan, New York Magazine and @max_read

Peter Kafka / Recode:

Facebook is in talks with TV shows and video producers about licensing content including original, licensed, scripted, unscripted, and sports programming — The company says it wants to “kickstart” its video efforts. — Facebook, which has long relied on other people to provide it with content …

Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget, Marketing Land, Consumerist, TechCrunch, Variety, SocialTimes, Business Insider, @mims, @jwherrman, Mashable and New York Times

Claire Reilly / CNET:

Australian federal court orders ISPs to block torrenting sites, including The Pirate Bay, within 15 business days under new site-blocking law — Goodbye Pirate Bay, farewell TorrentHound — Australia's ISPs have been ordered to block a raft of torrenting sites under new site-blocking laws.

Discussion: ABC and Techly

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Sports-focused streaming service FuboTV signs deals with Fox Networks Group, NBCUniversal, NBA TV, the Weather Channel, and A&E Networks — Virtual pay-TV startup signs Fox, NBC, A+E, among others — Coming into the TV marketplace as a new digital entrant and getting the rights …

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, @keachhagey and @keachhagey

Joel Stein / Bloomberg:

Imzy, founded by two former Reddit employees, launched in October to be a gentler version of Reddit; site has 50K members and $11M in seed funding — Imzy, started by two former Reddit employees, wants to be a kinder, gentler version of the controversial discussion site. — by — Subscribe Reprints

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Commenting platform Disqus lays off 20% of its workforce, or 11 people, as it shifts business models to focus on data services for publishers and advertisers — Some downsizing and refocusing is underway at Disqus, the startup incubated at Y-Combinator that became an early mover in the business …

Jane Martinson / The Guardian:

In letter to the Culture Secretary, former UK PM Gordon Brown urges UK government to delay Fox-Sky deal until after second part of the Leveson inquiry — Former PM says planned second part of inquiry is needed to look at evidence of wrongdoing beyond phone hacking

Discussion: @mediawisemj and @jpublik

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Amazon expands Prime Video to 200+ countries excluding China, no additional cost for Prime members, $5.99/month in countries with no Prime subscription option — A month after it dropped major hints, Amazon has made its Prime Video service available in more than 200 countries worldwide bringing …

Discussion: Variety, ZDNet, VideoNuze Analysis, BGR, Mashable, VentureBeat, @refsrc, Amazon.com, Fortune, @shalini, @jonrussell, @amasna and Variety

Patrick Frater / Variety:
Amazon Prime Video's absence in China reflects other Internet giants' struggles to break into that market where web services are governed by strict regulation

Discussion: VentureBeat

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Amplified by the US media, Russia executed an effective cyber offensive against the DNC, aided by a sluggish FBI response

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