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11:50 PM ET, December 20, 2017

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
New York Times says Glenn Thrush will remain suspended until late January, removes him from White House beat after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior  —  The New York Times said on Wednesday that Glenn Thrush, one of the paper's most prominent political reporters …
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Penske Media announces it has acquired controlling stake in Rolling Stone parent Wenner Media at a valuation just over $100M; BandLab retains 49% stake  —  Penske Media Corporation has acquired a controlling interest in Wenner Media, parent company of the iconic magazine Rolling Stone, the company announced Wednesday.
ProPublica:
Job ads aimed at age groups on platforms including Facebook raise questions of age discrimination, prompt lawsuit; Amazon, LinkedIn change methods after query  —  Among the companies we found doing it: Amazon, Verizon, UPS and Facebook itself.  “It's blatantly unlawful,” said one employment law expert.
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Rob Goldman / Facebook:
Facebook says aged-based targeting for employment is an accepted industry practice, disagrees with allegations that the ads are discriminatory  —  Our view on age-based targeting for employment ads  —  In the last year ProPublica has uncovered a number of different flaws in our advertising systems.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix orders a sequel of the soon-to-be-released Will Smith film “Bright”, creating what's believed to be the first movie franchise of the streaming era  —  Will Smith buddy-cop film targets movie industry's breadbasket  —  Company's $8 billion budget includes 80-movie slate for 2018
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Two women who reached sexual harassment settlements with Bill O'Reilly have joined a defamation lawsuit against him and Fox News on Wednesday  —  Two women who reached sexual harassment settlements with Bill O'Reilly joined a defamation lawsuit against Mr. O'Reilly and Fox News on Wednesday …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:   Fox News settles lawsuit with Julie Roginsky, who alleged she was denied a co-hosting position after refusing to have a sexual relationship with Ailes
Nick Statt / The Verge:
Mozilla releases Firefox for Fire TV, touts ability to launch popular video sites like YouTube amid Amazon-Google feud over YouTube access on Amazon's devices  —  An alternative workaround to the Amazon-Google feud  —  Amid Amazon and Google's bitter and self-defeating feud over the right …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Companies from ESPN to Charter are cracking down on password-sharing, with TV industry losses from it estimated to rise from $3.5B in 2017 to $9.9B by 2021  —  Using someone else's credentials to stream for free will soon be a $10 billion problem for pay-TV companies.
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Password manager maker Keeper sues Ars Technica and reporter Dan Goodin for story on a vulnerability in Keeper software, first highlighted by Google researcher  —  The vulnerability was fixed, but Keeper now demands that the allegedly defamatory article is pulled offline.
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
A look at the complications Facebook faces as it increases its content moderation efforts to fight misinformation, much of which happens opaquely  —  Earlier this year, a simple Facebook search for Mark Zuckerberg's name returned an unexpected result: an image of the Facebook founder …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
IAB data shows digital ad spending during first half of 2017 grew 23% YoY to $40.1B, as mobile ad revenue reached $21.7B or 54% of the total  —  Digital ad spending continued to grow during the first six months of 2017, according to the latest Internet Advertising Revenue Report.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Longtime E! host Catt Sadler has quit the channel, claiming a male co-host was earning nearly double her salary and the channel refused to correct the gap  —  Longtime E! channel host Catt Sadler says she is leaving the company due to a “massive” pay disparity.
 
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Author of Cat Person essay in New Yorker, Kristen Roupenian, gets a book deal from Scout Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster; sources says bidding was $1M+
Variety:
Sources: the first round of bids for the Weinstein Company are due today, with Killer Content believed to be among the bidders
Discussion: The Wrap
Bryan Curtis / The Ringer:
A look at the changes in tone SportsCenter has undergone and how the figure of Funny Highlight Guy, with his quips and catchphrases, has become obsolete
James Warren / Poynter:
Incoming NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger sends “State of The Times” address to newsroom, says paper will try to maintain stable newsroom budget over two years
Press Gazette:
Sky News staff write letter to UK competition watchdog CMA, warning it that blocking 21st Century Fox-Sky deal would lead to closure of the channel
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Tanya Dua / Business Insider:
Barstool Sports has named sports marketing veteran Deirdre Lester its first chief revenue officer
Media Matters for America:
On Fox News show Outnumbered, aired Tuesday, contributor Kevin Jackson suggested the FBI might have planned to assassinate Donald Trump
Michael Calderone / Politico:
John Heilemann spoke to The Tony Kornheiser show about his future without collaborator Mark Halperin, said he hopes to continue as a “solo act” but that is TBD
Reporters Without Borders:
Reporters Without Borders: 65 journalists were killed in 2017, the least deadly year for professionals in 14 years; Syria and Mexico are deadliest countries
Discussion: Reuters
Marc Hogan / Pitchfork:
Pitchfork reporter describes a demo of an interactive project with hand-tracking, designed for Magic Leap hardware in conjunction with rock band Sigur Rós