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December 28, 2017, 2:25 PM
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SoftBank succeeds in bid to buy big Uber stake, will likely limit stake to ~15% of company; deal values Uber at $48B, down 30% from last valuation  —  Uber shareholders tendered about 20% of company to SoftBank, sources say  —  SoftBank Group Corp. has succeeded in its bid to buy …
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Sources: Apple and Amazon are in discussions to establish a presence in Saudia Arabia through new investments; Apple in talks for licensed Apple Stores in 2019  —  RIYADH (Reuters) - Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters …
Yair Rosenberg / New York Times:
Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment  —  Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
CIRP: iPhone X accounted for ~30% of US iPhone sales during the first 30 days of availability while iPhone 8 and 8 Plus made up ~40% of sales in the same period  —  While Apple has yet to breakdown just how many iPhone X units it has sold so far, that hasn't stopped analysts from taking a stab at it.
Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Source: Snap is developing a “Stories Everywhere” product, led by former Storyful CEO, to make Stories available outside Snapchat, possibly through a web player  —  Snapchat is developing a new product called “Stories Everywhere” with a goal of making Snapchat Stories available outside …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram begins rolling out a Recommended For You section that highlights 3-5 posts liked by followed accounts  —  Instagram's feed will now show users recommended posts - a change that earlier this month was spotted while in testing, and has since quietly gone live.
Kristin Tice Studeman / Vogue:
How restaurants are using the internet and social platforms to research guests and customize their dining experience  —  Photographed by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, December 2000  —  Fine dining in the digital age is a wonderful, and oftentimes overwhelming, experience for diners.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How Helios and Matheson Analytics, which raised $60M to grow MoviePass, plans to make $9.95/mo service profitable using data from its rapidly growing user base  —  LOS ANGELES — As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu surge in popularity, movie theaters have been trying to compete …
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nintendo has told Switch developers it's delaying release of 64GB game cards from second half of 2018 to 2019, potentially limiting top-tier games  —  The company had expected to make the cards available in the second half of next year  —  TOKYO—Nintendo Co. told outside game developers …

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From Mediagazer

Todd Spangler / Variety:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says ABC's decision to not carry Trump's July 16 speech about elections live will be part of its review for ABC-owned station licenses

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q2 revenue up 10% to $1.3B due to FIFA rights in Mexico, US ad revenue down 29% to $323.3M, subscription and licensing up 40% to $621M

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
Comcast reports Peacock revenue up 54% YoY to $1.9B and its adjusted EBITDA of $189M, its first-ever quarterly profit; film revenue rose 25% YoY to $3.04B

More News

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
CB Insights: ten largest tech companies in US were involved in $2.7B worth of health care equity deals in 2017, up from $277M in 2012
Gabriel Wildau / Financial Times:
Pilot program in Guangzhou, one of China's largest cities, allows residents to link their national ID cards to Tencent's WeChat, may roll out nationwide in Jan.

Earlier Picks

Wall Street Journal:
As Facebook expands content moderation, contract workers describe the job of vetting porn, racism, and violence: high turnover, $13-$28/hour in Bay Area, more
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Experts say Bitcoin's boom is a boon for extremist groups and some far-right leaders, with Bitcoin adoption gaining new urgency after Charlottesville rally
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
San Jose-based Energous, which is developing wireless charging tech that works from three feet away, says the FCC has approved its product, set for debut at CES
Flurry Blog:
44% of global smartphone and tablet activations from December 19-25 were iOS devices, the same as last year, while 26% were Samsung devices, up 5% YoY
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