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10:20 AM ET, December 13, 2019

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Steve Stecklow / Reuters:
Refinitiv, which distributes Reuters news on the Eikon trading platform, has blocked 200+ Reuters stories since August in China, under government pressure  —  Under pressure from the Chinese government, the financial information provider that distributes Reuters news to investors has blocked …
Gretchen Carlson / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson calls on Fox to release employees from NDAs they'd been forced to sign: “buying silence instead of stopping harassment is immoral and unjust”  —  I still can't talk about what happened to me because of a non-disclosure agreement.  —  Ms. Carlson is a journalist and author.
Jennifer Brett / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Olivia Wilde, the actress who plays the late journalist Kathy Scruggs in the movie Richard Jewell, defends her portrayal of Scruggs in a series of tweets  —  The actress cites “independent research” which didn't include talking to Scruggs' brother or close friends
Kathryn Hopkins / WWD:
David Carey, who left as president of Hearst's Magazines unit in 2018, is returning as SVP of public affairs and comms, shortly after staff launched union plans  —  His return comes as magazine staffers are trying to form a union, a move executives do not support.  —  David Carey, pictured in 2016.
Discussion: New York Post and @wwd
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Apptopia estimates that Disney+ has been downloaded 22M+ times on mobile devices since launch; bundling with Hulu and ESPN has upped downloads of the latter two  —  Disney+, launched four weeks ago, has now been downloaded more than 22 million times to mobile devices alone, estimates independent app-tracking company Apptopia.
Discussion: Quartz, MacRumors and Digital Trends
Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR approves new model for calculating member stations' programing fees, shifting one based on their total revenue and audience to one based on donor revenue  —  NPR's board of directors approved a new method for calculating its member stations' fees for programming and other services, moving to a model based on station donor revenue.
Discussion: @cassbasler and @nwquah
David Cohen / Adweek:
Pandora begins testing interactive voice ad functionality, with Nestlé, Comcast, Unilever, and others participating in the initial test group  —  The audio streaming service has its own native voice assistant  —  Audio streaming service Pandora is expanding on the Voice Mode native voice assistant …
Discussion: @pandorabrands
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: YouTube's premium services have 800K+ subscribers in India and are growing faster than rival paid services including Spotify, Gaana, and JioSaavn  —  - YouTube said to sign up more than 800,000 users in the country  — India is home to the video service's most-subscribed channel
Discussion: @bloombergquint
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBCU's 42 NBC and Telemundo stations, along with its 9 RSNs, have partnered with TVSquared, which tracks response to ads to determine their effectiveness  —  NBCUniversal's TV stations want to keep talking to their advertisers even after their commercials have already run.
 
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Libby Cohen / The Daily Dot:
CBS News included an Infowars host in an online video of Trump fans at a PA rally, without identification; CBS later added an editor's note identifying the host
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Netflix paid for Critics Choice Association members to take four pricey trips this year; critics call the trips a potential breach of etiquette and ethics
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
A look at revenue streams for local broadcast news, which stands to get ~$3B of election ad spend this cycle and benefit from rising retransmission fees
Wall Street Journal:
Sources describe how ISPs like AT&T and Cox push the FCC to omit unflattering data, among other tactics, to improve scores on FCC's internet speeds report
Greg Dool / Folio:
Palm Beach Media Group, a subsidiary of Hour Media Group, acquires Gulfstream Media and its six Florida lifestyle magazines, plus FortLauderdaleDaily.com
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Kali Hays / WWD:
Editors of Out magazine and The Advocate, owned by Pride Media, are leaving; sources: Pride Media CEO is also stepping down, and more departures are expected
Pew Research Center:
A Pew study of 50+ of its surveys shows that political party affiliation is the biggest factor affecting trust or skepticism of the news media
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Apple News will co-host a presidential debate for the first time, on Feb. 7 in New Hampshire, and Twitter will co-host a debate on Feb. 25 in South Carolina
Belinda Luscombe / TIME:
Time names Bob Iger Businessperson of the Year following Disney's Fox acquisition, box office success, and Disney+ launch
Caroline Porter / Shorenstein Center:
A case study of Mother Jones' revenue strategy: prioritizing investigative journalism, following reader preferences, effective campaign messaging, and more