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12:10 PM ET, January 15, 2019

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Campbell Brown / Facebook Media:
Facebook says it will invest $300M over the next three years to support local news in the US, and expand the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator globally  —  Last year, we worked to better understand what kind of news people want to see on Facebook.  We've also asked our partners …
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
A breakdown of Facebook's $300M contribution to journalism: $16M to orgs including the Pulitzer Centre, $20M to expand subscription pilot globally, more  —  The internet giants make billions from ads.  They want news publishers to sell subscriptions instead.
Discussion: Nieman Lab
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
After 15 years, Adam Moss will step down as editor of New York Magazine in March; his successor is expected to be named in the next few days  —  Adam Moss, whose visual savvy and ear for the zeitgeist made him one of the leading magazine editors of his generation, said on Tuesday that he would step …
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New York Magazine:
Memo: Adam Moss addresses the newsroom about his departure, says he will stay on as an advisor to New York Media CEO Pam Wasserstein  —  New York Media editor-in-chief Adam Moss announced today that he will be stepping down from his role at the end of March, after a 15-year run that oversaw …
Discussion: @kn8
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCUniversal promotes Bonnie Hammer to lead upcoming streaming service, aligns its content businesses under Mark Lazarus and Jeff Shell  —  NBCUniversal is set to unveil a major shakeup of its top executive ranks as CEO Steve Burke reorganizes his direct reports and the company prepares …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
NBCU CEO Steve Burke defends NBC News Chief Andy Lack, says it was his decision to hire Megyn Kelly and says Lauer was a “grenade we didn't know was a grenade”  —  The Megyn Kelly debacle at NBC News has raised the question of whether NBC News chief Andy Lack will face repercussions for the costly experiment.
Discussion: CNN, TVNewser and TV Tattle
CNBC:
NBCUniversal says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020 that is free for pay-TV subscribers; source: non-subscribers could pay ~$12/month
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Trump's attack on Bezos and praise of the National Enquirer comes amid news that American Media's Pecker is a cooperating witness in SDNY's Stormy Daniels probe  —  Even by the tweeting habits of the 45th president of the United States, it was a puzzler.  —  Until you examined it.
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Kerry Flynn / Digiday:
Roku has added Alex Jones' InfoWars as a channel, six months after Facebook, Apple, and Spotify banned it from their platforms  —  Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue.  The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
A look at the decline of Gannett over the past decade, its duty to maximize shareholder value, and possible paths forward as it considers MNG Enterprises' offer  —  Alden Global Capital, the most reviled newspaper owner in the business, now wants to buy Gannett, the United States' largest daily newspaper company.
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Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media, has built a 7.5% stake in Gannett and has offered $12/share, a 23% premium over Friday's closing price
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Netflix raises prices for US subscribers by 13%-18%, its biggest hike ever, immediately affecting new subscribers, over next three months for existing customers  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago.
Tim Cushing / Techdirt:
Appeals court says that a local official violated the First Amendment by banning a user from commenting on a Facebook page she used for official communication  —  Late last spring, a federal court in New York made it clear Trump's blocking of Twitter users violated those users' First Amendment rights.
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Source: John Lasseter faced blunt questions from female employees at a town hall at his new employer Skydance Animation's LA headquarters  —  Incoming Skydance Animation head John Lasseter was grilled for over an hour and a half on Monday by concerned staffers who wanted to know more details …
 
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Axios:
The New York Times plans to build custom Alexa skills for advertisers through its branded content studio for roughly six figures
Joe Mayes / Bloomberg:
Discovery is applying for broadcast licenses in the Netherlands to keep its pay-TV channels up in EU in case of a no-deal Brexit, will open operational HQ there
Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed News:
Prominent GOP opposition research group is digging up info on Pulitzer-winning journalist Connie Schultz, wife of potential presidential contender Sherrod Brown
Discussion: The Week
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
MailOnline Editor-in-Chief Noah Kotch has left to “pursue other opportunities”, just seven months after leaving his job running FoxNews.com
Discussion: Press Gazette and Mediaite
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Thread: HBO Vice News Tonight Correspondent Arielle Duhaime-Ross says paragraph about her in Jill Abramson's new book contains at least six errors
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
In a tweet, Stephen King urged his local paper The Portland Press Herald not to drop book reviews, so the paper asked for 100 new subscribers to help fund them
Mark Armstrong / WordPress:
WordPress.com launches Newspack, a publishing platform aimed at small and medium-sized news outlets and backed by Google, ConsenSys, Lenfest, Knight, and others
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

David Cassel / The New Stack:
An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more

 
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